Because it features Magic dude. No movies could feature magic.
Thatâs patently untrue and also a far more recent rule that was frequently misreported by the western press
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afaik film foreign film distro in china before 1994 was uh. âobscureâ and most films were only released there on an unofficial (pirated) basis. after that there was a quota of how many fully foreign produced* movies could be released there every year, with a profit-sharing system set up that has changed a bit over time. itâs not many, like 10 or 12. censorship concerns certainly played a role in what films were selected to be officially released, but i have a feeling that with star wars they just figured since they missed out the first time around they wouldnât have the audience for it with the prequels.
that said it wasnât totally unknown there. iâm sure plenty of people were still able to pirate stuff, or had connections to get access to various things. star wars was released in hong kong, and probably some stills used to promote that movie are the way people were able to write those zany comic book adaptations
*afaik this is also why there are so many more co-productions with chinese companies these days, if itâs a transnational coproduction itâs treated differently.
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The prequels came out officially! And flopped!
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ah cool. Didnât know that!
If my first exposure to Star Wars was the prequels, I wouldnât want to watch more, either.
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Iâm not sure what âmagic dudeâ is?
Chinese folklore has tons of magic. But it isnât CHINESE magic I guess, so I get it. But I donât get it.
Tulpa and u_u came in right under and owned me with real knowledge.
Today I had the sudden, extremely strong realization TLJ said fucking nothing about the Knights of Ren.
Itâs going to be hilarious if they just never actually explain that ever. I kinda hope they donât.
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Disneyâs holding back on paying that one off until they buy Nickelodeon. They we get a full Knights of Ren Hoek movie.
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everything rian does makes me like him more and more
if we have do suffer through indy 5 anyway, they should let him do it
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Darth Kadoogan
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v. good
When they came to the place in which the princessâs army should have been they saw nothing. They wondered what became of them. In the sky they saw a flock of birds, rising over clouds of mist and the shining moon in the middle of the sky.(8)
âTell me, Eoganâ, said Finn, âwhat are those birds and clouds and moon? For the sun is shining and it is not yet dark.â Cenn Obi replied, âThey are not birds but the clods of earth thrown up by the horses of Da ThfĂ©iderâs army. They are not clouds but the fierce and manly breathing and exhaling of Da ThfĂ©iderâs menâ, he said âThatâs no moon. Itâs the shining eye of Da ThfĂ©ider himself that can destroy an army with a single glare.â Before they could flee they were beset by men from Da ThfĂ©iderâs army and brought as prisoners into the camp.
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Oh no thatâs so entertaining
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r/deepfakes outdid ILM god damn
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watching this on loop looks like sheâs saying âstar warsâ as the last line of the movie
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âthis has the potential to start a war⊠a star war.â FIN
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