Rogue Won: A Culture War Story

In a column titled “‘Rogue One’ Premiere Targeted by Pro-Trump Street Artist” Paul Bond from The Hollywood Reporter writes:

“I’d never seen the mainstream media sell their souls for a candidate the way they did for Hillary, and she still lost,” says Sabo, who plastered faux movie posters all over Hollywood Boulevard.

When Disney hosts its star-studded Rogue One: A Star Wars Story premiere on Saturday, guests will be greeted by artwork meant to rub it in the faces of liberal Hollywood that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

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The faux Star Wars poster features a heroic-looking image of Trump with an ominous image of Clinton lurking in the background. Huddled around Trump are his senior counselor Steve Bannon, pundit Ann Coulter, Breitbart News tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Fox News host Sean Hannity, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes, an early Trump supporter.

At the bottom of the poster, the title of the film has been altered to read, “Rogue Won: A Culture War Story.”

Breitbart’s Charlie Nash in his column “Trump-Themed Star Wars Posters Featuring MILO Spotted Around ‘Rogue One’ Premiere Area” notes:

The posters, which were reportedly designed and placed around Hollywood by notorious conservative street artist Sabo, appear to also be a reference to the controversy surrounding Rogue One writers Chris Weitz and Gary Whitta, who seemingly attacked Trump and his supporters while comparing them to white supremacists shortly after the election.

“Please note that the Empire is a white supremacist (human) organization” posted Weitz in a since-deleted tweet shortly after the election.

Whitta responded to the tweet, pointing out that “the white supremacist” empire were also “Opposed by a multi-cultural group led by brave women”– a reference to Hillary Clinton.

Weitz also posted a picture of a safety pin, along with the comment “Star Wars against hate. Spread it.”

The comments prompted a mass boycott from Trump supporters, with the “#DumpStarWars” hashtag also trending on Twitter last week.

We are waiting for the CIA, the failed Hillary campaign, Jill Stein and John McCain to blame the Russians for these posters.

Stay tuned.

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