A lot of people are still not over how 鈥楪ame of Thrones鈥� ended. And like the Targaryens, they鈥檙e out for fire and blood.
Thousands of jilted GoT fans have demanding that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss be kept away from writing the upcoming 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� films.
The petition, which had reached nearly 26,000 signatures as of Wednesday, reads that the pair being given 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� was a 鈥渕istake, plain and simple.鈥�
Back in February, Disney and Lucasfilm tapped Benioff and Weiss to write and produce a series separate from the long-running Skywalker saga which began back in 1977.
The petition was started two weeks ago by an anonymous person who claimed to have the name George R. R. Martin -- the author of the 鈥淎 Song of Ice and Fire鈥� book series on which the HBO show had been based.
The creator, who is looking to obtain 35,000 signatures, said it would be in Disney鈥檚 best interest to remove Benioff and Weiss entirely because they 鈥渉ave a crutch for plot devices and rushed stories with emphasis on 鈥榮hock and awe鈥� storytelling.鈥�
Throughout the final season of 鈥淕ame of Thrones,鈥� many critics and viewers felt that the writers had rushed complicated plotlines, focused more on spectacle than coherence, and made characters perform that felt unlike them -- all of which left fans unsatisfied.
鈥淚鈥檇 be lying if I said I wasn鈥檛 a little bit worried,鈥� host of the 鈥淪tar Wars 7x7 Podcast鈥� Allen Voivod told CTV News Channel. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e very valid criticisms.鈥�
The show鈥檚 finale is considered one of the worst episodes of the series, with a rating of only 4.3 stars out of ten on , based on nearly 200,000 reviews.
Not the first petition
鈥淪eeing how these writers handled the most popular TV show of a generation and seeing how the fans are reacting to it should not be rewarded with giving them the most popular movie franchise in the world,鈥� the petition continued.
鈥淭here are plenty of talented writers and producers loyal to the franchise that would make much better work in the Star Wars Universe,鈥� it concluded. 鈥淪ubvert our expectations, Disney!鈥�
But this is only the latest petition against Benioff and Weiss that has popped up since the fantasy epic ended on May 19.
Earlier this month, hundreds of thousands of disappointed 鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥� fans began signing a petition calling for the show鈥檚 final season to be remade entirely.
The plea stemmed from widespread anger at how the shortened last season had been unfolding. It has since racked up more than 1.6 million names.
Will Disney step in?
While Disney isn鈥檛 expected to bow to the whims of this latest hoard of jilted fans, Voivod pointed out that the entertainment behemoth has taken steps to fix installments in the 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� franchise in the past.
These included switching out the initial writer for 鈥淭he Force Awakens,鈥� hiring new writers for 鈥淩ogue One: A Star Wars Story,鈥� and dismissing the original writers for 鈥淪olo: A Star Wars Story.鈥�
鈥淭hey have no problem doing it,鈥� he said.
The latest 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film, 鈥淭he Last Jedi,鈥� proved divisive, with some fans complaining that characters made questionable, avoidable decisions; plotlines led nowhere; and abandoned story threads that 鈥淭he Force Awakens鈥� had established.
And with its director Rian Johnson also been tapped to direct his own separate Star Wars trilogy -- it goes without saying that a petition is likely in his future too.
With files from Cillian O鈥橞rien
