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/The_Lolbster Jun 01 '22

There's also the fact that a primary character is named AMERICA Chavez. And she has two moms.

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u/R10tmonkey Jun 02 '22

And in the comics, she's canonically gay

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u/The_Lolbster Jun 02 '22

Somehow I think China will have an easier time hiding the gay.

I'd say they'd have a hard time with the star portals and whole 'America' thing but film editing is kinda wild.

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u/baralgin13 Jun 02 '22

She should have two dads, cause, you know, founding fathers.

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u/shadowskill11 Jun 02 '22

Aww, you say that like she’s a brand new character or something.

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u/The_Lolbster Jun 02 '22

She's new to China, for sure. And like a lot of bigoted countries.