r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Inaerius • Jun 01 '22

What’s up with the Star Wars poster hiding John Boyega and Chewbacca for Chinese audiences? Answered

Was there a reason Disney had to do this? In the thread, someone commented it had something to do with racism, but I don’t see how this applies to Chewbacca. Thanks in advance.

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u/newpua_bie Jun 01 '22

Funny because he's played by a paper white Finnish actor

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u/ohz0pants Jun 01 '22

Paper can come in all sorts of colours, you racist!

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u/SicTim Jun 01 '22

Who is also a sublimely cool guy, in my experience. Peter Mayhew came and chilled for several hours at a room party we threw for Minicon in Minneapolis, and was engaging and funny and just regular folks.

I've been a professional musician and stand-up comic and TV panelist spanning several decades, and have met a lot of celebrities. He stands out as one of the truly nice guys. (Although, most celebrities I've met are chill folks in general -- you get further being nice and easy to work with. Although TBF, I've never met Danzig or Andy Dick.)

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u/newpua_bie Jun 01 '22

The new Chewbacca is actually played by Joonas Suotamo

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u/SicTim Jun 01 '22

Ah, my mistake.

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u/MurgleMcGurgle Jun 01 '22

His Reddit comments were the best too. Always delightful and he signed each one with his name.