Sexism has hit a new low. Most women-centred scenes from Star Wars: The Last Jedi have been edited out! According to Pedestrian, an anonymous user uploaded a film called “The Last Jedi: De-Feminized Fanedit” on Pirate Bay recently.
The user who uploaded it has been referred to as an “MRA,” or “Men’s Rights Activist".
The 46-minute cut is surely the product of a deranged mind. The Star Wars series has always been offering badass women rebels as its leading characters.
Well, if that not enough, the MRA also named the video “The Chauvinist Cut” – you know just in case the intention wasn’t clear
So let me get this straight -- now the new Star Wars movie has no lead character, since the main protagonist is a woman -- so no Rey (Daisy Ridley)? Wonder how’d that be? So it’s only just storm troopers? It’s a simple yet powerful question: why?
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Because a galaxy far, far away without Carrie Fisher and other powerful female figures, the franchise loses its identity
Answers: The user describes the cut as “basically The Last Jedi minus Girlz Powah and other silly stuff.”
REALLY!!!
While the fan tried to take feminists out of the powerful women-led franchise, its very existence proves why we need powerful women in 'Star Wars'
Naturally, social media users and true Star Wars’ fans are fuming over the interference in the work. Star Wars actors are mocking the person behind the recut film.
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Film writer and critic Priscilla Page posted a link to a news report about the recut:
ahhaahahahhahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahhhhhaaaahahahha pic.twitter.com/Uz2JfF8Snf
— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) January 16, 2018
Rian Johnson, the film’s writer and director, who joined in:
Priscilla hits all the major points here but I’ll just add hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha https://t.co/f0bKJ9NeUe
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 16, 2018
Mark Hamill, the Luke Skywalker and plays an older version of the character in the latest, tweeted:
Agreed. But let me add
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 16, 2018
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Even John Boyega, who played Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well as in The Last Jedi, couldn't stop laughing
Great points. Hope it’s okay to make a final point...
— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) January 16, 2018
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Fans reacted:
To the MRAs who created the 46 minute fan edit of The Last Jedi erasing the female characters: pic.twitter.com/a8PpfX7gEW
— Lauren (@stuckinspincycl) January 15, 2018
Saw The Last Jedi. Can definitely see why all the whining little MRA Nazi dudes hate it. All the same reasons I found it delightful 😍
— Jamie Killen (@jamieskillen) January 1, 2018
The goal is never to divide or make people upset, but I do think the conversations that are happening were going to have to happen at some point if sw is going to grow, move forward and stay vital.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) December 21, 2017
Does the 46 minute MRA Last Jedi cut edit out Poe hugging BB8 because feelings aren’t alpha? I must know.
— Megan Want Kenobi (@themeganpurdy) January 15, 2018
"Nice Guys" finish editing last
— Peter Marino (@nycitywonk) January 15, 2018
It is impossible not to look at "MRA Star Wars" and not turn your nearest male friend to say, "come get your boys." While sobbing with laughter.
— Amy Kate (@taterpie) January 15, 2018
Let's be honest, the MRA neckbeard that made an edit of The Last Jedi without all the women was just trying to mirror his own womanless life.
— Ron Swanson (@RevRonster) January 16, 2018
I literally can’t stop laughing at this MRA edit of The Last Jedi.
— Mother Suspiriorum Fan Account (@coucouaaron) January 16, 2018
MRA's: We're not sexist, we want equality. That's were removing all the women from Star Wars, Star Trek, Little Women, Jackie Brown, Frances Ha, Ghostbusters, Wonder Woman, Terminator, every Porno, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Educating Rita...
— Jonathan Eilbeck (@JonathanEilbeck) January 15, 2018
The MRAs who edited all the "feminism" out of LAST JEDI have reached a new and previously unknown level of Mad Online™. We might actually be seeing Mad Online™ Nirvana here. https://t.co/j6Lxu7yDDU
— Scott Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerBMD) January 15, 2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Episode VIII) is the continuation of the movie franchise that started in 1977. The series has a huge fan following and the last of its episode was released in 2015 with the name The Force Awakens.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi had the second-biggest opening weekend of all time in the US when it was released in December. It earned a whooping $450m in just three days and had the highest opening weekend of any film in 2017 in the UK.