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

Posted by EditorDavid on 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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  1. Mistaken they were. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check their sources they did not.

  2. Another UN Image Gaffe by mentil · · Score: 3, Informative

    This reminds me of the time the BBC aired the logo for the fictional United Nations Space Command (from the Halo series) instead of the real logo for the real organization United Nations Security Council. Apparently noone checks images when it comes to the UN, but goes with the first google result.

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    1. Re:Another UN Image Gaffe by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2

      This reminds me of the time the BBC aired the logo for the fictional United Nations Space Command (from the Halo series) instead of the real logo for the real organization United Nations Security Council.

      If anyone's old enough to remember Gerry Anderson's "U.F.O." television series . . . I always thought that CNN could have generated more interest with the American public for the Space Shuttle Program, if they had "unintentionally mixed up" live coverage of Mission Control in Houston with scenes of SHADO command centers on the Earth and Moonbase.

      If we had seen more female space flight technicians with purple hair in tinfoil miniskirts and bikinis, the Space Shuttle would still be flying today!

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  3. Just because it appeared on an image search.... by complete+loony · · 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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  4. Finally some real history by udachny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Joined the dark side Yoda has.

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  5. Always two there are by Dave+Emami · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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