George R.R. Martin defended Game Of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, as the petition to remake the eighth season reached 1.3 million signatures.
The 70 year old author claimed the pair work in a different medium to him, and had a massive undertaking as they only had eight hours to complete the final season, while his last two books will 'fill 3000 manuscript pages between them'.
Writing on his Not a Blog website on Monday, he said: 'They had eight hours for this final season. I expect these last two books of mine will fill 3000 manuscript pages between them before I’m done… and if more pages and chapters and scenes are needed, I’ll add them.'
On their side: George R.R. Martin defended Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss on Monday, as the petition to remake the finale reaches 1.3 MILLION signatures
The petition to replace the final season had more than 1,350,000 signatures early on Tuesday morning.
Hosted on Change.org, it has the critical title: 'Remake Game of Thrones Season 8 with competent writers'.
Its authors said: 'David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material (i.e. the books) to fall back on.
'This series deserves a final season that makes sense. Subvert my expectations and make it happen, HBO!'
Different mediums: The 70 year old author claimed the pair only had eight hours to complete the final season, while his last two books will 'fill 3000 manuscript pages between them'
Unhappy fans: The petition to remake the final season of Game of Thrones - featuring an image of the Night King - had more than 1.3 million supporters by Tuesday morning
After HBO aired the long-awaited series finale, George also spoke out about his long-awaited sixth (The Winds of Winter) and seventh (A Dream of Spring) novels in the book series.
The author said that asking which one is the 'real ending,' between the show and the books, is, 'a silly question.'
'How will it all end? I hear people asking. The same ending as the show? Different? Well… yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes,'
