Bionic Woman and Kings producer Kamran Pasha, who also teaches screenwriting seminars, made it very clear he uses Star Wars: The Last Jedi to instruct his students on how not to write a screenplay.
Pasha responded to a tweet from Wired staff producer Adam Lance Garcia, who pondered, “I have no idea how anyone can spend years being angry about a movie.”
I have no idea how anyone can spend years being angry about a movie
— Adam Lance Garcia (@AdamLanceGarcia) December 2, 2019
One user responded that they are fascinated by The Last Jedi because every time they watch they find “more basic errors in screenwriting, editing, & plain script coherence seem to grow in number and severity.” They added, “It’s just a haemorrhage of how NOT to write a script.”
I find TLJ fascinating actually.
Im fascinated that with every repeat viewing I have of the film, more & more basic errors in screenwriting, editing, & plain script coherence seem to grow in number and severity.
It’s just a haemorrhage of how NOT to write a script. #tljisamess— DC50379 (@dc50379) December 2, 2019
That’s when Kamran Pasha weighed in. He stated, “I’ve done screenwriting seminars at Columbia, University of Chicago and other great schools. I always use STAR WARS to teach students how to write a screenplay. Now I add: “THE LAST JEDI will show you how to do it wrong.”
I’ve done screenwriting seminars at Columbia, University of Chicago and other great schools. I always use STAR WARS to teach students how to write a screenplay. Now I add: “THE LAST JEDI will show you how to do it wrong.”
— Kamran Pasha (@kamranpasha) December 3, 2019
This isn’t the first time Pasha has spoken out about the problems with The Last Jedi.
Back in October he detailed that there are a number of Hollywood screenwriters who share his distaste for The Last Jedi. He even says most won’t speak about it in public “for fear of Disney.”
I am a professional screenwriter, and I can tell you that many of my colleagues in Hollywood share my distaste for The Last Jedi. Few will speak about it publicly for fear of Disney. But this opinion is widely shared among filmmakers I know.
— Kamran Pasha (@kamranpasha) October 14, 2019
Not only does Pasha use The Last Jedi to teach about bad screenwriting, but he describes the movie as a “garbage film that is poorly written and motivated by ideological issues from people who have no love for Star Wars.”
Yes, that is actually my opinion, Iqbal. The Last Jedi is a garbage film that is poorly written and motivated by ideological issues from people who have no love for Star Wars.
— Kamran Pasha (@kamranpasha) June 21, 2019
THE LAST JEDI is garbage. I’ll proudly own that opinion until the day I die.
— Kamran Pasha (@kamranpasha) October 11, 2019
He has also described the film as “emotionally dead.”
The Phantom Menace had the Duel of the Fates, one of the greatest lightsaber battles in the history of Star Wars. The Last Jedi did not even have one proper lightsaber battle. TPM also had some touching scenes between Anakin and his mom. TLJ was emotionally dead.
— Kamran Pasha (@kamranpasha) July 10, 2019
What do you make of Kamran Pasha’s comments?