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Lucasfilm says it didn't approve GQ's racy Star Wars-inspired Amy Schumer cover
Studio distances itself from images involving Schumer sucking C3PO's finger
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Your support makes all the difference.Lucasfilm have said they ‘didn’t approve’ the use of Star Wars imagery or characters in GQ’s raunchy Amy Schumer cover, after the Trainwreck actress was pictured sucking C3PO’s finger in a Princess Leia-style bra.
The shoot, in the August issue of the men’s magazine, shows Schumer paying homage to the Star Wars universe, doing can-can dancing with Stormtroopers, smoking a cigarette in bed with R2D2 and sticking a lightsaber in her mouth.
After receiving complaints from fans, who thought the shoot was distasteful, Lucasfim, which was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, said in a tweet that they were never consulted over the use of their intellectual property.
“Lucasfilm & Disney didn’t approve, participate in or condne the inappropriate use of our characters in this manner,” they said.
While some fans pointed out that the use of the characters is a testament to the Star Wars universe’s cultural significance, the fact that Lucasfilm is now owned by Disney, a family company, is a major factor in the backlash.
Schumer has not responded to the criticism, but she has found a fan in the original Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill:
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