J.J. Abrams is now officially active on Twitter and for his first-ever tweet, he announced thatStar Wars 9has started filming while also talking about Carrie Fisher and shouting out Rian Johnson and George Lucas. As most directors and celebrities are either deleting their Twitter accounts or trying to sanitize them,J.J. Abramshas decided to stick his toes in the social media pool for the first time. In addition to the kind words, Abrams also posted a picture from the set.
It was announced last week thatStar Wars 9wasgoing to begin shooting on this dayand J.J. Abrams confirmed the news with his first time on Twitter. In the tweet, the director states that filming is bittersweet without Carrie Fisher, but reveals that the cast and crew are all ready for the challenge that lies ahead. Abrams also states that he and the cast and crew are lucky to be a part of the whole process. He had this to say.
“Bittersweetstarting this next chapter without Carrie, but thanks to an extraordinary cast and crew, we are ready to go. Grateful for @rianjohnson and special thanks to George Lucas for creating this incredible world and beginning a story of which we are lucky to be a part.”
As of this writing, J.J. Abrams has over 6,000 followers with each refresh of the screen adding dozens more. Social media has not been too kind to the entertainment industry over the past several weeks, so it’s interesting to see Abrams join in on the fun now.Star Warsin particular has some very harsh critics on social media that unfortunately also boasts a considerable amount oftrolls who have caused Kelly Marie Tranand Daisy Ridley to delete their social media accounts.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3directorJames Gunn was recently firedafter some of his old tweets that contained terrible jokes were unearthed. Disney quickly fired Gunn and a massive debate has started about free speech as well as changing as a person over the years, which makes J.J. Abrams' first tweet so interesting. The tweet was only a few minutes old before theStar Wars 9director was getting trashed by “fans” for mentioningThe Last Jedidirector Rian Johnson, so this will be a very interesting account to follow.
Rian Johnson was one of the first people to react to J.J. Abrams' first tweet and showed his appreciation with an image of Han Solo saluting. Now that Abrams is active on Twitter, we’ll hopefully get some regular updates aboutStar Wars 9and the production process, much likeWonder Woman 1984director Patty Jenkins has been doing as well as Ron Howard when he was makingSolo: A Star Wars Story. You can check out the first-ever tweet below and a picture from the set ofStar Wars 9below, provided byJ.J. Abrams' Twitteraccount.
