‘Fired, you are’: Saudi official sacked over image of Yoda near King Faisal in textbook

‘An image of the iconic Star Wars character, Yoda, which made it inside a textbook in Saudi Arabia, has led to the dismissal of a senior education official and the supervisors who approved the material.
On Tuesday, several Saudi outlets, including Okaz and al-Madinah Arabic daily papers, reported that the education minister had fired the undersecretary of the Curriculum and Educational Programs Department, Mohammed bin Attiyah al-Harthi, as well as other officials who oversaw the review and approval of the textbooks.
The move was prompted not only by the Yoda flop, but also other errors found in history, chemistry, English language, religious education and other textbooks, reports say.
Last week, the Saudi Education Ministry recalled 10th grade social studies textbooks after a photoshopped image of Yoda, seated next to King Faisal at the signing of the UN Charter in 1945, was found inside.’
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