Rian Johnson Deletes Many Tweets After James Gunn Firing [UPDATED]

UPDATE : We have amended the text to reflect the timeline of Johnson deleting tweet and include an image .

Star Warsdirector Rian Johnson deleted more than 1,000 tweet from his write up follow James Gunn ’s firing ( and has off more than 20,000 overall ) . San Diego Comic - Con was eclipse by the newsGunn was fired fromGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3after offensive tweets from his past resurface . In the aftermath , many Hollywood personalities ( includingGunn’sGuardianscast members ) have voiced their support of the ousted director . Fans have launched a petition for Disney to rehire Gunn , which currently has more than 275,000 signature tune .

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A YouTube TV on the channel John mouth Star Wars ( hat tipCosmic Book News ) reveal shortly after Gunn ’s firing off , Johnson delete over 20,000 tweets . consort to screenshots presented in the TV , Johnson at one point had 22.3 K tweets , but that number is now down to 1,126 . Though the tweet are being purged from his write up , they can still be view on the Wayback Machine , which archive web pages . It is deserving remark that Johnson had already removed a substantial amount of tweets well before the Gunn incident ( he had 2,312 on July 9 ) , but clear up out a bulk post - Gunn dismission . Check out a timeline shared on Twitter by user30YearOldBoomer .

While it is alarming to see Johnson remove that many tweets at once , nobody should jump to any conclusions until there ’s more classic evidence . This does n’t necessarily mean Johnson has unsavoury frame in his loo that could endanger his calling . In all likelihood , if he had anything as unfitting or controversial as Gunn ’s sometime prank , it would have already come to light by now . Johnson has been a major part of the public heart since becoming imply withStar Wars , specially afterLast Jediproved to be highly divisive . As for why Johnson clear out his story , it could be a pillow slip of him being safe ( in typeface someone out there could construe an old tweet as offensive ) . It ’s also potential the timing of this was coincidental and Johnson feel like cleaning up his account ( which seems more likely with this new information ) . Some citizenry do edit potentially unenviable tweets , so that would n’t be so implausible .

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Another thing worth keeping in judgment is Johnson has remained active on Twitter . In recent days , he ’s posted about honest-to-god wristwatch , the newGodzillatrailer , and Rose Tico cosplayers . Even today , he shared well wishes forStar Warsactor Peter Mayhew , who is recover from surgery . Gunn has n’t tweeted anything since July 19 , bespeak he ’s mistreat back from the platform for the prison term being . For now , Johnson ’s futureStar Warsprojects are still a go .