10 Hated Movie Characters That Were Written Out After Fan Backlash

Rose Tico was one of the most hated parts of Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi. Sadly, fans thought she added very little to the film and was generally seen as a drag to the movie as a whole.

She was clearly written to give a forced love interest to John Boyega's Finn in a move that a lot of fans felt was pointless and reeked of Disney interference.

The Last Jedi was panned by audiences for a large number of reasons and Rose was pinpointed as a big issue to the point that there was a movement to get her out of the series. Part of this movement had a darker underside, somewhat inevitably too, as a group of fans who wanted a return of the white male hero bullied actress Kelly Marie Tran until she quit social media.

When planning out the sequel, Disney looked to reverse what Johnson had done in The Last Jedi, whether they admitted it or not. Writers JJ Abrams and Chris Terrio considered this when writing the script and saw a chance to undo Rose as a character, giving her just over a minute total of screen time.

The Rise of Skywalker ended up being a critical flop and the treatment of Tran was seen as giving in to those who bullied her off social media. So at least there was some karma for it.