An issue of a Star Wars comic book is causing a bit of a stir online, as people think Samuel L. Jackson’s iconic Jedi Master Mace Windu looks like a racist caricature and… a bit, well, simian.
Master Windu in new comic. Bruh. https://t.co/9lB4T9XGtW pic.twitter.com/aukW38iq5L
— Prequel Memes (@rPrequelMemes) October 10, 2021
The image is from IDW Publishing’s Star Wars Adventures #9, published in 2020.
It should be noted that Windu does not look quite as… off… in other panels in the book, and this was likely just the artist’s style and not a deliberate trolling.
And Windu has been drawn many times over in other Star Wars comics, and they somehow managed to not make him look so awful.
However, that didn’t stop many Twitter users from questioning why IDW editors didn’t catch the image before going to press. Especially with Disney’s increased focus on diversity and inclusion.
https://twitter.com/PM_Antunes/status/1447346462971531265
Only in Can these guys draw Master Maze Windu as a hairless chimpanzee and then get the gall to call us racist. https://t.co/biSvUVJSpT
— Onii-chan4ever🥛👌🐸⬛️🟧 Let’s Go Brandon!🔞 (@Lega_Niichan) October 10, 2021
._. how many people saw this and OKed it https://t.co/baasZjXbji
— Mary Misfit (@8thDrBestDr) October 10, 2021
Yeah… that’s a big yikes… did no one actually look at this before it went out?!?! https://t.co/YmXoJbzS0M
— ABBA Oil (@Adam_B888) October 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/Shogun_Fafnir/status/1447286945936195587
Who drew them shit? What editor allowed it? https://t.co/f7lBmFHE3c
— Marcel Dupree (@Marcel_Dupree) October 10, 2021
While this kind of outrage might normally push Disney to react… it’s unnecessary. IDW Publishing is ceasing publication of both the all-ages Marvel Comics and Star Wars lines.
The word is that Disney pulled the license, for unknown reasons likely not related to this particular issue.
Anyway, as they like to say… this is a “bad look” in “current year.”
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