It Seems Chinese Star Wars Fans Hate Wookies, Black Jedis

Who knew Star Wars was big in backwoods Alabama?

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens looming like a Death Star Destroyer hovering over the planet, anything that remotely appears to be of “The Force” is closely scrutinized. That said, you would think someone at Lucasfilm considered their audience, knew their proclivity for cosplay, collections, and sleuthing, and realized their latest movie poster may — may — be investigated carefully.

That happened, and then other stuff.

Tell you what: Whether you are a fan or not, a collector or not, use your PR wings and fly over both of these posters to see if you catch on to why the Internet almost shot its wheels off at the sight of these movie advertisements.

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