JJ Abrams slams ‘Star Wars’ racist fans

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JJ Abrams is sick of racist Star Wars fans complaining about the fact that John Boyega, a black man, has been cast in the new Star Wars movie.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Abrams said he was tired of people complaining about the fact that Boyega dons the stormtrooper suit.

“All I know is John Boyega is extraordinary in the new movie I think the people who are complaining about that probably have bigger problems than there’s a black stormtrooper,” he said.

Dismissing the racist fans’ concerns as ridiculous, he then moved on to other things … like where Luke Skywalker, the star of the original trilogy, has been in the previews.

“Here’s the thing. I really want to make sure we’re not ruining the movie for people, that they’re not seeing too much of it before it comes out,” he said. “I hate it when I go and see a trailer and I feel like I’ve just seen the whole movie in encapsulated form. It makes me nuts.”

“You don’t have to do that to sell the movie. You don’t have to show the whole story. I’d rather be asking questions than feel that they’ve been answered for me.”

Abrams also told the story of how he broke his back trying to help Harrison Ford after a hydraulic door came down on him. (Abrams had to wear a brace for months after this incident.)

“His ankle went sideways, like 90 degrees. It was really horrific. So I’m there with one of my idols, who’s now down on the ground. Not an ideal scenario for him. So I go and try and lift up this door, as any of us would, with a kind of like Hulk, ‘I’m gonna lift the car up off the person I love’ energy. […] What I discover in doing that are two things.  One, is a hydraulic door cannot be lifted, unless it wants to be lifted. And secondly, bones break. So I feel this pop in my lower back,” he recalled.

“And I think, ‘f***, what is that? Is that a muscle?’ whatever. All I’m trying to do is help my friend. And seconds later, the door is opened up by a gentleman who has a giant button.”

He continued, “All day my back is hurting and of course all I care about is Harrison. A week after I go to the doctor and get a scan … see his face go white. He goes oh my god your back is broken. You’ve fractured your L4.”