China's secret plan to use the force of 'Star Wars'

A long time ago in a country far, far away, Chinese authorities managed to obtain a copy of America's ultimate cultural weapon, a blockbuster movie with enough special effects to wow an entire planet. Summoned to a small theatre in the southern city of Guangzhou in 1980, artist Song Feideng was shown "Star Wars" and instructed to transform it into a traditional Chinese comic book, known as a "lianhuanhua", to promote scientific achievement to China. Song was one of the first people in China to see George Lucas' magnum opus, at a time when it was still banned -- a marked contrast to the status of the series' most recent instalment in a market Hollywood increasingly sees as crucial to success.

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