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Carrie Fisher Slams Star Wars 7 Advert Ban

General Leia isn’t happy with the First Order’s attempt to quash free speech…

During an interview with the Mail On Sunday, the star of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ explains why she thinks the Church of England’s Lord’s Prayer advert shouldn’t have been banned from showings of ‘Star Wars 7’.

“I have no idea why they would do that,” she said. “Offended? No. People should get a life. I don’t think it is offensive to have a ‘power of prayer’ advert before Star Wars.”

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The 60-second advert featuring the Lord’s Prayer was due to be shown before showings of the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ sequel… but has since been pulled by Digital Cinema Media which represents leading UK cinema chains, Odeon, Cineworld and Vue.

And they’ve already come under fire for their actions… especially since the advert was approved by the Cinema Advertising Authority and the British Board of Film Classification.

Carrie Fisher, who plays Princess Leia in the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, compared the advert to the presence of Gideons Bibles in hotel rooms… and says it’s no more offensive.

“I have never seen an advertisement like this, but if the theatre is like a hotel room, then they have every right to put up a power of prayer advert,” she said. “It’s advertising, so it has to be advertisers that are objecting.”

DCM has already been blasted by Prime Minister David Cameron as well as the Equality and Human Rights Commission for refusing the Church’s advert on the grounds that it may cause offense.

DCM has stated that the advertisement has been pulled due to its policy of not running adverts which are political or religious in nature, as they carry “the risk of upsetting, or offending, audiences”.

In fact, the DCM’s website states that an advertisement must not “in the reasonable opinion of DCM constitute political or religious advertising”. This includes “advertising which wholly or partly advertises any religion, faith or equivalent systems of belief (including any absence of belief) or any part of any religion, faith or such equivalent systems of belief”.

Either way, it looks as though the Force won’t be with the Church of England.

At least, not this time.

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ heads to cinemas on 17 December 2015.

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Picture Credit: Lucasfilm.