“To whom it may concern … Get used to it,” Boyega said late last year about the issue.Long before it even released, the 2019 Star Wars video game Jedi: Fallen Order was being compared to 2008's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - and it's not hard to see why. The casting of a black actor, Boyega, in the role of a Stormtrooper, was initially met with backlash. Some of the movie’s stars are expected to attend the gala premiere in China. 9 - about a month after its worldwide release on Dec. “Star Wars” hits theaters in China on Jan. The poster was released earlier this week along with the announcement of the film’s release date in the country. The “ Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Chinese poster. They’re replaced by X-wings, TIE fighters and rows of Stormtroopers. Meanwhile, other non-white characters, including Oscar Isaac, who plays rebel pilot Poe Dameron, Lupita Nyong’o, who plays alien pirate Maz Kanata, and Chewbacca have been cut out altogether. Boyega, who plays a lead role, is lowered down from the original poster - where he’s the third largest character after Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren and Daisy Ridley’s Rey - and tucked under Harrison Ford’s gun-toting Han Solo and Carrie Fisher’s Leia, and behind a much lager BB-8.
HT /ATpvcd51L6Īside from giving BB-8 more prominence, the biggest discrepancy between the two posters is the shrinking of Boyega’s Finn and the positioning of his body. Star Wars' Finn (who happens to be black) and Chewbacca (happens to be Wookiee) get shafted in China. The poster has sparked controversy online over stylistic changes, one of which resulted in the diminished presence of John Boyega’s lightsaber-wielding character. “ Star Wars: The Force Awakens” fans are menaced by the Chinese poster for the upcoming sci-fi epic.
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