Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker maakt komaf met tal van concepten die in Rian Johnson The Last Jedi werden geïntroduceerd. Terwijl de nieuwe film voor velen een teleurstelling blijkt te zijn, is op Twitter een golf van liefde ontstaan voor zijn voorganger.

Onder de hashtag #thankyourianjohnson tweetten tal van Star Wars-fans hoezeer ze The Last Jedi op prijs stellen. Johnson reageerde door hen op zijn beurt te bedanken.

“Ik heb oneindig veel bewondering voor jullie passie, creativiteit, woede, vreugde, positiviteit, enthousiasme, engagement en liefde. Jullie zijn de beste,” schreef hij.

Endlessly awed by your passion, creativity, anger, joy, positivity, excitement, engagement and love. You continuously defy every cynical narrative. You’re the best. #thankyoustarwarsfans

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) December 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/geekgirldiva/status/1209265246877011968

Thank you, Rian, for giving me the Tico sisters, porgs, and a Star Wars story I love so much. #thankyourianjohnson pic.twitter.com/db9LAZ0XOT

— Laura ลอร'า 劳拉 🍥 (@lsirikul) December 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/remembersolo/status/1209247766607585282?s=20

#ThankYouRianJohnson for telling a story that resonated with women, for empowering us through Rey. Even if we were “nobodies” pic.twitter.com/IYLimGe3qy

— alwaysReylo (@AlwaysReylo) December 23, 2019

#thankyourianjohnson for including Carrie Fisher in your writing on The Last Jedi, for always placing women front and center and in every single group shot frame in a Star Wars movie, for understanding our needs and caring

— nat 🇵🇸 (@ashesforfoxes) December 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/space_hamlet/status/1209254737419350016

#thankyourianjohnson for caring about the myth of star wars

— 𓆙ꪻꪗ (@black_tym) December 24, 2019

#thankyourianjohnson for giving us a film that challenged us to think differently and creatively about Star Wars, and ourselves. proud to be your fan 💜 @rianjohnson pic.twitter.com/ZSqUGR3Pfr

— Caitlin ✨ (@caitlinplesher) December 24, 2019

#thankyourianjohnson for, among a whole other bunch of shit, this scene.

you coulda gone immediately with sound but you dropped it out so that we could really experience the amazingness visually & hear ourselves think 'did she really do that?!' pic.twitter.com/Rmgz3ZaMWY

— asia murphy phd (river to the sea) (@am_anatiala) December 23, 2019

https://twitter.com/maredfield/status/1209255123094036480

Bron: ComicBook