A Fox News contributor who said she wasn’t excited to see the new Star Wars movie has reportedly received death threats from the series’ enraged devotees.

Katherine Timpf made the joke last month, during a slot on a late night political comedy show, according to TIME.

“I have never had any interest in watching space nerds poke each other with their little space nerd sticks, and I’m not going to start now,” Ms Timpf said during the original broadcast.

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“You people are crazy. You Star Wars people are crazy. Yesterday I tweeted something, and all I said was that I wasn’t familiar with Star Wars because I’ve been too busy liking cool things and being attractive – people threatened my life.

She was discussing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, set for worldwide release in December.

Then on Tuesday, Timpf wrote a piece following up on the threats, which discussed online bullying.

“Bottom line: If you are telling me that I should die and/or apologise for making a joke about a movie you like, then you are too sensitive,” Timpf in the National Review. 

“You have the problem, not me. I’m sick of oversensitive mobs in our overly sensitive society bullying people into saying that they’re sorry over jokes — even if the subject of the joke is something as serious as Star Wars. So, for that reason, I will not apologise.”

Below is video of the original comments by Ms Timpf: