Saudi Arabian Textbook Shows Yoda Joining The UN (bbc.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:30PM from the truly-wonderful-the-mind-of-a-child-is dept.

Long-time Slashdot reader Mikkeles quotes the BBC: Saudi Arabia's education minister has apologised for the production of a school textbook in which the Star Wars character Yoda is seen superimposed on a photograph of the late King Faisal... The image, which shows the diminutive Jedi Master sitting beside King Faisal as he signs the UN Charter in 1945, was created by the Saudi artist Shaweesh. He told the BBC it was not yet clear how it had ended up in the textbook... The 2013 artwork, entitled United Nations (Yoda), is part of a series in which symbols of American pop culture -- ranging from Captain America to Darth Vader -- are superimposed onto archive photos of historical events... Shaweesh said he included Yoda because, like King Faisal, he was "wise, strong and calm".
"Someone should have checked the image before printing," he added.

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Mistaken they were. by Anonymous Coward · 2017-09-23 19:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Check their sources they did not.
Just because it appeared on an image search.... by complete+loony · 2017-09-23 20:07 · Score: 3, Funny

... doesn't mean it hasn't been altered. Like that time Bert appeared on an osama bin laden poster.

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Finally some real history by udachny · 2017-09-23 22:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Joined the dark side Yoda has.

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Always two there are by Dave+Emami · 2017-09-23 22:44 · Score: 4, Funny

"Adventure! Hmph! Excitement! Hmph! A Jihadi craves not these things!"

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