Mången Star Wars-fans var väldigt högljudda med var skorna klämde i fallet The Last Jedi, en episod som fick ta emot en hel del kritik på grund av sin märkliga humor, en trist casino-sekvens och den kontroversiella Luke-tolkningen. På vissa håll anklagades även filmen för att ha haft en slags feministisk agenda, något som J.J. Abrams - mannen bakom The Force Awakens - valde att kommentera i en intervju med IndieWire:
"Star Wars is a big galaxy, and you can sort of find almost anything you want to in Star Wars. If you are someone who feels threatened by women and needs to lash out against them, you can probably find an enemy in Star Wars. You can probably look at the first movie that George Lucas did and say that Leia was too outspoken, or she was too tough. Anyone who wants to find a problem with anything can find the problem. The internet seems to be made for that"
J.J. Abrams valde också att kommentera processen bakom Episod IX och hur bakslaget för The Last Jedi egentligen inte påverkar hans film överhuvudtaget:
"Not in the least. There's a lot that I would like to say about it, but I feel like it's a little early to be having the Episode IX conversation ... I will say that the story of Rey and Poe and Finn and Kylo Ren --- and if you look, there are three men and one woman, to those that are complaining that there are too many women in Star Wars --- their story continues in a way that I couldn't be more excited about and cannot wait for people to see"
Ligger det något i det Abrams säger, tycker du?
"Har du händelsevis hört talas om 'the mystery box', Daisy?"
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