French Artist Calls Out Disney For Plagiarizing His Work For ‘Star Wars’ Posters
French artist Hachim Bahous has called out Disney for apparently ripping off his work.
Earlier this year, Disney released promotional posters, along with a trailer, for the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story.
The pop art-style movie posters bear an uncanny resemblance to Bahous’ series of album covers, which he had designed back in 2015.
Bahous posted a side-by-side comparison to Facebook, which you can view below.
The artist explained he was flattered that Disney had recognized his work, but commented that copying it completely without his permission was something that could not be tolerated. He expressed his wishes for his work to be credited and paid for accordingly.
Take a look at the similarities between the Star War’s poster and Bahous’ work below.
A gauche les affiches officielles du prochain Star Wars (Disney), à droite les compiles pour lesquelles j'ai fait la cré...
Posted by Hachim Bahous on Friday, March 2, 2018
Um, @Disney, I loved the posters for #StarWars #Solo, but you have some explaining to do to the artist who created these album covers in 2015. pic.twitter.com/8WPOQuioTx
— Adam Levermore (@lexigeek) March 3, 2018
“These album covers are amazing! Should we try a little harder to make our #Solo posters look different?”
— Chris Taylor (@FutureBoy) March 3, 2018
“Nah, just add the Millennium Falcon and three TIE fighters. No one will ever know.” https://t.co/JHKCFMh83g
[via Mashable, opening image via Star Wars]
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