Twitter Roasts The ‘Men’s Rights’ Fan Edit Of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’

Someone who surely possesses a sparkling personality uploaded a 46-minute long bootleg edit of Star Wars: The Last Jedi to Pirate Bay on Sunday, calling it “The Last Jedi: De-Feminized Fanedit (aka The Chauvinist Cut).” Yes, he — let’s go ahead and assume “he” — removed “Girlz Powah and other silly stuff.” So… he didn’t like it

And what was changed in this totally alpha male, non-cuck-for-sure edit of Last Jedi Spoilers ahead.

Gone is Laura Dern’s character (Vice Admiral Holdo). Poe Dameron comes up with her kamikaze idea instead, and he dies. Before he dies, he has a much easier time with General Leia, who “never scolds, questions nor demotes Poe” for disobeying orders and getting people killed. One of those people killed was bomber pilot Paige Tico (played by Vietnamese actress Veronica Ngo). The fan edit maker cut her scene entirely and refers to her only as “China girl” and calls the character’s sister Rose Tico “Asian chick,” in case you were wondering if this nonsense was also going to be racist. (Of course it is.)

Speaking of Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran), her scenes were drastically cut down; her and Finn’s Canto Bight scenes are completely omitted. The uploader says, “Asian chick speaks less, doesn’t bully Finn, Finn doesn’t try to escape, she is never formally introduced. She is just there and occasionally smiles at Finn or screams ‘Finn!’. She has no sister. Serves her right for all the heinous stuff she did.” (Uh… what heinous stuff)

In this version, Leia dies and it’s Kylo who kills her, because apparently you aren’t a real alpha male unless you kill your mom. Lovely. The uploader also says there’s no “superpowered” Rey. When her and Kylo fight Snoke’s guards, Kylo kills almost all of them while “Rey struggles with a single one.” Captain Phasma is also much weaker; she’s “finished after the first blow by Finn” because “women are naturally weaker than men.” (Even Brienne of frickin’ Tarth, dude)

The uploader also has complaints about Luke. Among other changes, “Luke is not a semi-force-ghost and is smashed by the first laser cannon shot.”

News of the edit’s existence prompted an appropriate reaction from Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, which was then echoed by stars Mark Hamill and John Boyega:

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 16, 2018

Agreed. But let me add

- mh https://t.co/H3jacep5sU

— @HamillHimself (@HamillHimself) January 16, 2018

Great points. Hope it’s okay to make a final point…

https://t.co/YnXFrjW47r

— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) January 16, 2018

Good to know we're on the same page, son. https://t.co/5hA1pd7CPM

— @HamillHimself (@HamillHimself) January 16, 2018

They weren’t the only ones having a laugh. Jokes circulated around Twitter. Some people envisioned their own version of a fan edit:

— pixelated boat (@pixelatedboat) January 16, 2018

ahhaahahahhahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahhhhhaaaahahahha cc @BBW_BFF pic.twitter.com/uLo4XDZtJB

— John Jack O'Brien (@obrienjohnjack) January 16, 2018

I have created a 46-minute recut of The Last Jedi

It is entirely a pilot episode of "Rose Tico, Space PI." Tonight guy's special guest: Laura Dern.

Yes, I used the Magnum PI theme, why

— Bully, the Little Stuffed Bull (@bully_thelsb) January 16, 2018

Others wondered about the type of person who would be this Mad Online™.

— Scott Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerBMD) January 15, 2018

If you remove all the women from The Last Jedi, then the First Order would win. I guess that makes sense considering the sort of person who would edit The Last Jedi to remove all the women.

— Kieran Shiach (@KingImpulse) January 15, 2018

a culture of men afraid of women edit a movie so they don't have to see them succeeding but the rest of the world are the triggered ones pic.twitter.com/jMOB6ML2ZH

— Sigh Hersh (@Ugarles) January 16, 2018

I'm trying to imagine the sort of man who'd take comfort from the ability to edit women out of existence or heroic narratives, and it's making me a little nauseous. https://t.co/kfqT5g9kWy

— David Gaider (@davidgaider) January 15, 2018

My impression of all the people showing up in my notifications defending the MRA cut of Last Jedi pic.twitter.com/QwDFI9ZTis

— Darryl Mott (@Abstruse) January 16, 2018

man, whenever I tweet positive shit about THE LAST JEDI, my mentions turn into Diaper Watch 2018

— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) January 17, 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

Others raised important questions about which scenes may have been cut:

— Megan Want Kenobi (@themeganpurdy) January 15, 2018

And others just let important works of art sum up their response.

— Jen (@hvymetta) January 16, 2018