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In a serial of tweets follow the movie ’s expiration in December of 2015 , Landis offer up his take on Rey , calling her a " Mary Sue " and the " bad f***ing Star Wars main character to particular date . " The internet did n’t take kindly to his impression , with many leveling accusations of sexism at theChroniclescreenwriter . The debate was reignited to a stage a few months back , when he appeared onScreen Junkies’Millennial Falconweb seriesand give away what he would like to see from futureStar Warsfilms . ( For what it ’s worth : his pitch for aLogan - dash Old Man Jar Jar Binks movie could just be the fortuity of insanity that the universe call for . )
Screen Rant sit down with Landis at a New York Comic Con press pleasure trip forDirk Gentlyseason 2 , and asked if he truly deem any interest in jumping into the Lucasfilm machine with his own big screen spin onStar warfare :
I ’ve excavate a middling mysterious hole with myself and that attribute online as it is . Honestly , I am a fan of Star Wars , I ’d rather be a fan … Those are movies I ’d rather watch . I ’d rather be a lover of Star Wars , but if they said , ' go make something , make whatever you desire ' , something they would never say to ANYONE , I would , yeah . F * * * it , I would do the Jar Jar movie .
Just so we ’re clear : one of the thing the Mary Sue thing did when that come out was they take for granted , issue one , I did n’t want there to be a female character in Star Wars , and routine two , that I did n’t like Star Wars . I f***ing LOVE STAR WARS . And Leia is my preferent lineament in the first three movie , and I know that ’s weird to say , but she ’s so cool … And , you ’ll comment in all of my pic and my dumb goggle box show , if there ’s ever a woman who want to be rescued , ultimately , not only do they deliver themselves , they end up rescuing the citizenry that were sent to deliver them . Farah Black , Phoebe in American Ultra , Martha in Mr. Right … that ’s like a spoiler for everything I drop a line . And I do n’t do that intentionally , that was pointed out by my girl , and the reason I do that is Leia! … It ’s such a faithfully rewarding braid .
Star Wars praise and ego - deprecating jokes apart , Landis himself has admitted that the criticism he ’s received about his Rey reaction is fairish – to a academic degree . As he toldNewsweek , " It ’s very easy to take dumb and atrocious sh * * I said six years ago , and jog it out every time there ’s a new clause about me , " before adding , " I rue put it that way . I did n’t understand that the condition ' Mary Sue ' had been co - opted . I deserve the scrutiny I ’m getting , but engage me . Do n’t make me a figure . I ’m not a cartoon . "
Regardless of your personal position on Landis , he continues to be one of the most sought after author in Hollywood . The 2nd time of year of his BBC America seriesDirk Gentlyis set to premiere on October 14th , his screenplay for the extremely anticipate Netflix movieBright(starring Will Smith ) will finally strike cover on December 22nd , and he ’s currently plug aside on aremake ofAn American Werewolf in London . He ’s certainly not hurting for work , that ’s for certain .
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