Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster Parodies
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster Parodies are photoshopped variations of the official poster for the upcoming science fiction adventure film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Origin
On October 18th, 2015, Disney released the official film poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (shown below, left).[1] That day, artist Olly Gibbs[2] published a digitally edited version of the poster featuring several superimposed illustrations of the controversial Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks (shown below, right). In the next 72 hours, the post gathered upwards of 320 notes.
![Original Poster ED THE F ORCE AWAKENS AL CA FILM皿 BAD ROB T HIN S ARWA S THE FORCE AWAKEI HARRISON OR MARK Hil CA RE FISHER ADAM OR VER DAISY RILEY JOHN BU EGA CHI ISA C UFTA NYING DYSE KIS MHNAll GEESI N ANTH MY M ES EIER M EW MAX VON SYDOW HN WIL MS 맵 ND SI I TA MAI MO I AN M RY MA Y LL ING 菰CARTER DA EN G RO IAN NOEL 𩥈I MY PERJA NI MLIN K HEE KENNEUU 11 MHMS a l NBUK' AMENCEKASIAN IIA RAS MI IARI I LIN DECEMBER 18 IN 3D, REALD 3D AND IMAX 3D](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/032/769/988.jpg)
![Jar Jar Binks Version THE FORCE AWAKEN S DECE MBER 18 N3D REALD 3D AND IMAX 3D](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/032/770/ee0.jpg)
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That day, Redditor stelaingyourpixels submitted a photoshopped poster featuring actor Mark Hamill's face superimposed into the upper right corner in a post titled "I added Luke Skywalker into the new Force Awakens post" (shown below). In the first 72 hours, the post gained over 5,500 votes (91% upvoted) and 300 comments on the /r/StarWars[3] subreddit.
![Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) Version THE FOR CE A W A KE N S ALUCASFILM LID PROUCTION A BAD ROBOI PRCOUCTION "STAR WARS.THE FORCE AWAKENS" HARRISON FORO MARK HAMILL CARIE FISHER ADAM DRIVER DASY RIDLEY JOHN BOYEGA ISCAR ISAAC LUPITA NYONGO ANDY SERKIS DOMHINALL GLESON ANTHONYDANIES PETER MAYHEN AND MAX SOW RJHN WILLIAMS JASON MIcAUN He ITHLEEN KENEDpga J A I LAWRENCE KASDAM &J.L.ABRAMS AND MICHALEL ARNOT . ABRAM a BYANBRK DECEMBE R 18 IN 3D, REALD 3D AND IMAX 3D 2015 & TM Lucasiim Ltd All Rights Reserved](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/032/771/57c.jpg)
The following day, the LEGO art site Macro LEGO Universe[6] released a photoshopped version of the poster featuring various LEGO characters (shown below, left). On October 22nd, Redditor jpcollier90 posted a Seinfeld-themed edit of the poster to the /r/Seinfeld[5] subreddit (shown below, right). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the poster parodies, including.The Verge,[4] BGR[7] and Slash Gear,[8]
![LEGO Version THE FORCE AW AKENS WARS LUCASFILM UIO PRCU.LONA BAD ROBOT PROIOSTAR WARS,THE FORCE AENS HARISON FORD MARK HAAILL CARRIE FISHER ADAM ORIVER OAISY RICLEY JOHN BOYEGA OSCARISAAC LUPTANONGO ANDY SERKIS DOMINALL GLEESON ANTHONY DANES PETER MAYHEWD MVON SV0OW OHI WILIAMS WS R I LI T& MAGIC SHI HARKAP AN all YJOM WY MARYM N BRA O CK CAR R DARREN GI ORO 뚫 MM 盖 INA HAHER㎍ON ILI ICA EN CENNEY LIARAM BR NBU MEN EK DAN JARA S nkl CHIARNI-JA M DECEMBER 18 IN 3D,REALD 3D AND IMAX 3D MACRO LEGO Universe](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/032/772/c2b.jpg)
![Sein Wars THE FORCE A WAKENS AR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/032/773/42e.jpg)
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External References
[1] StarWars.com – Star Wars – The Force Awakens
[3] Reddit – I added Luke into the new Force Awakens poster
[4] The Verge – Fan fixes Star Wars The Force Awakens posters major flaw
[6] MacroLEGOUniverse – Star Wars VII
[7] BGR – Hilarious Star Wars 7 Poster Meme
[8] Slash Gear – Star Wars the Force Awakens poster parodies
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