World of the Bizarre

Saudi Arabian textbook shows Yoda at the UN

By T.K. Randall
September 23, 2017

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) The image, which shows the pint-sized Jedi master sitting next to King Faisal at the founding of the UN, was somehow included by mistake in a section of the book about the King's rule.

It turned out that the doctored image had been created by artist Abdullah al-Sheri as part of a series showing famous film characters inserted in to photographs of major events in Saudi history.

"I am the one who designed it, but I am not the one who put it in the book," he said.

Saudi Arabia accidentally put Yoda next to King Faisal in its school textbooks https://t.co/vf4rNnQKTF pic.twitter.com/q3wSB1zcnH

— The Independent (@Independent) September 23, 2017

Authorities are now scrambling to have copies of the textbook withdrawn from schools.

"The Ministry of Education regrets the inadvertent error," said education minister Ahmed al-Eissa.

"The ministry has began printing a corrected copy of the decision and withdrawing the previous versions, and has formed a legal committee to determine the source of the error and to take appropriate action."

Source: Telegraph

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