--- title: The Last Jedi Director Responds to Fans Who Edited women out description: When some people tried to cut out all the women from 'The Last Jedi,' director Rian Johnson only had one response: laughter. canonical: https://time.com/5104584/last-jedi-mens-rights/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-16T22:01:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:48.292Z og:title: The Last Jedi Director Is Not Here for Men's Rights Activists og:description: Rian Johnson has only one response to those trying to change his movie og:url: https://time.com/5104584/last-jedi-mens-rights/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98432cb28a7e683/6988f5417cdbacb0b8d5b4a8/rey-the-las-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: rey-the-last-jedi og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Last Jedi Director Is Not Here for Men's Rights Activists twitter:description: Rian Johnson has only one response to those trying to change his movie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98432cb28a7e683/6988f5417cdbacb0b8d5b4a8/rey-the-las-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Last Jedi_ Director Has Only One Response to the Men Who Edited All the Women Out of the Movie  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 16, 2018 10:01 PM CUT  Star Wars: The Last Jedi..Rey (Daisy Ridley)..Photo: David James..©2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Star Wars: The Last Jedi..Rey (Daisy Ridley)..Photo: David James..©2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.Jonathon Olley— Lucasfilm Ltd  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 16, 2018 10:01 PM CUT While it was [critically acclaimed](http://time.com/5061707/star-wars-the-last-jedi-review/ "undefined") and made bank at the box office, the latest Star Wars movie — [_The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/5099085/star-wars-the-last-jedi-luke-skywalker-blue-lightsaber/ "undefined") — did have some detractors. Some were not pleased with the portrayal of certain beloved characters in the Star Wars canon. And some took issue with the fact that this time, many of the leads were female. For an [anonymous social media user](http://time.com/18102/mens-rights-activists-didnt-like-lena-dunhams-snl-skit-jewelry-party-reddit/ "undefined"), the shift towards a more gender-balanced universe was not to their liking. So they cut the movie down to 46 minutes – calling it the “chauvinist cut” by editing out “all the women,” as [one article](https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/last-jedi-mra-fan-edit-women/ "undefined") put it. _Last Jedi_ [director Rian Johnson](http://time.com/5018112/new-star-wars-trilogy-rian-johnson-last-jedi/ "undefined") only has one response to this adaptation of his work: a never-ending laugh. “Priscilla hits all the major points here but I’ll just add hahahaha…” he tweeted this week, responding to a post from Twitter user Priscilla Page. Page had shared a screenshot [of an article](https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/last-jedi-mra-fan-edit-women/ "undefined") titled “MRAs Make 46 Minute Cut of The Last Jedi That Edits Out All the Women,” which ridiculed a “de-feminized fanedit \[sic\]” of the sci-fi film. She had simply appended a string of “hahas” to the image. A _Last Jedi_ without all the women would remove the performances of [Carrie Fisher](http://motto.time.com/4626594/carrie-fisher-star-wars-women/ "undefined"), Daisy Ridley, Kelly Marie Tran, [Laura Dern](http://time.com/5047683/star-wars-the-last-jedi-laura-dern-bb-8-playing-video/ "undefined") and many more. Each of those characters had critical storylines in this latest Star Wars installment. And, given the [strong response](http://time.com/money/4843774/wonder-woman-box-office-worldwide/ "undefined") to the female-driven blockbusters of the year, it’s doubtful that the men’s rights activists will be seeing anything less than a continuing push for gender equality onscreen in the future. > [](https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/953107873487208448) > [](https://twitter.com/BBW%5FBFF/status/953106797878960128) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5104584/last-jedi-mens-rights/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5104584/last-jedi-mens-rights/"},"headline":"Last Jedi Director Has Only One Response to the Men Who Edited All the Women Out of the Movie","datePublished":"2018-01-16T22:01:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:48.292Z","description":"Laughter.","url":"https://time.com/5104584/last-jedi-mens-rights/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98432cb28a7e683/6988f5417cdbacb0b8d5b4a8/rey-the-las-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98432cb28a7e683/6988f5417cdbacb0b8d5b4a8/rey-the-las-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rey-the-last-jedi","caption":"rey-the-last-jedi","creditText":"Jonathon Olley— Lucasfilm Ltd","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5104584/last-jedi-mens-rights/","name":"Last Jedi Director Has Only One Response to the Men Who Edited All the Women Out of the Movie"}}]}] ```