The Fandom Menace Volume One - A Fandom Betrayed (The Fandom Menace Volumes Book 1)

by Stephen Walton

During the reshoot for The Last Jedi, overwhelmed with personal memories, emotions and probably the immense pressure that would be his alone, to truly know what his work means to so many; Mark seemed to experience an exhaustion and a breakdown of sorts. Rian Johnson was like ‘Meh’ and walked off the set. That’s right. As Hamill let out his deep angst, attempting to legitimize this scene from a place of true love for the character – Johnson…walked off set? What a fuckin’ asshole…forget about Star Wars. What cruelty, unyielding arrogance and self-entitlement. Fans fought back tears in confusion and rage. Who at Lucasfilm would think that it was a good idea to include the personal and private moments of cast members in the hopes of boosting DVD sales? Why show your consumers what heartless beasts and sociopaths you have on the payroll…building our dreams by destroying our heroes? Why share with adoring fans the crushing realization that a part of a personal legacy is being twisted and destroyed with a budget of over half a billion dollars? With such conduct and decision making or the lack of it dumping mountains of fuel to the indignation and outrage of the consumer base; combined with such direct and open distain by Johnson. The risk of an impending open rebellion against Disney/Lucasfilm by the fanbase became a very real possibility.