Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Manhua / StarWars

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope is now Definition Only


* OffModel: Artistic depictions of certain things and characters are often VERY different from the film, and sometimes even within the work.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* NamesTheSame: The publisher, Popular Science Press, has nothing to do with Popular Science Magazine.

Added: 51

Changed: 984

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


In 1980, the People's Republic of China had a problem. It felt that young people needed to seek careers in science. The solution? Adapt a major Western movie into Manhua form! It's unclear if the adaptation was authorized or not, but it did sell. A copy was posted on the internet in 2014, and rapidly was translated. It can be viewed beginning [[http://www.nickstember.com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/ here]].

!This work contains examples of the following:

to:

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chinese_star_wars_comic_manhua.jpg]]
%%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]

In 1980, the People's Republic of China UsefulNotes/{{China}} had a problem. It felt that young people needed to seek careers in science. The solution? Adapt a major Western movie ScienceFiction [[Film/ANewHope movie]] into Manhua form! It's unclear if the adaptation was authorized or not, but it did sell. A copy was posted on the internet in 2014, and rapidly was translated. It can be viewed beginning [[http://www.nickstember.com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/ here]].

!This
here]].
----
!!This
work contains examples of the following:

Changed: 1

Removed: 54

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Everythings Better With Monkeys has been turned into a disambiguation. Zero Context Examples and examples that don’t fit existing tropes will be removed.


This work contains examples of the following:

to:

This !This work contains examples of the following:



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Chewbacca is a monkey.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


In 1980, the People's Republic of China had a problem. It felt that young people needed to seek careers in science. The solution? Adapt a major Western movie into Manhua form! It's unclear if the adaptation was authorized or not, but it did sell. A copy was posted on the internet in 2014, and rapidly was translated. It can be viewed beginning here: [[http://www.nickstember.com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/]]

to:

In 1980, the People's Republic of China had a problem. It felt that young people needed to seek careers in science. The solution? Adapt a major Western movie into Manhua form! It's unclear if the adaptation was authorized or not, but it did sell. A copy was posted on the internet in 2014, and rapidly was translated. It can be viewed beginning here: [[http://www.nickstember.com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/]]
com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/ here]].



* Crossover: The Trans-universal carrier [[http://www.nickstember.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chinese_star_wars_comic_manhua_llianhuanhua5-1024x805.jpg looks a lot like]] Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato.

to:

* Crossover: {{Crossover}}: The Trans-universal carrier [[http://www.nickstember.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chinese_star_wars_comic_manhua_llianhuanhua5-1024x805.jpg looks a lot like]] Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato.



* Cyborg: The Sand People.

to:

* Cyborg: {{Cyborg}}: The Sand People.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / ExpoLabel: There is a door marked, "Door".

to:

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / ExpoLabel: There is a door marked, "Door".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** One image of [[http://www.nickstember.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chinese_star_wars_comic_manhua_llianhuanhua-53-1024x786.jpg Obi-Wan on a missile-firing motorcycle]] has a motorcycle based on one from ''Deathsport''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Crossover: The Trans-universal carrier [[http://www.nickstember.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chinese_star_wars_comic_manhua_llianhuanhua5-1024x805.jpg looks a lot like]] *SpaceBattleshipYamato.

to:

* Crossover: The Trans-universal carrier [[http://www.nickstember.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chinese_star_wars_comic_manhua_llianhuanhua5-1024x805.jpg looks a lot like]] *SpaceBattleshipYamato.Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HilariousInHindisght: This comic features several bits that pop up in later Star Wars stories, including Stormtroopers looking like Boba Fett, Stormtroopers going into battle with medical droids, using the force to fly through space, and IG-88 on the Death Star.

to:

* HilariousInHindisght: HilariousInHindsight: This comic features several bits that pop up in later Star Wars stories, including Stormtroopers looking like Boba Fett, Stormtroopers going into battle with medical droids, using the force to fly through space, and IG-88 on the Death Star.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* GeniusBonus: The "Viking Piper" reference in one panel is to a [[https://www.genscape.com/blog/tracking-final-voyage-castoro-7-41-year-old-pipe-laying-vessel pipelaying barge]], whose career lasted for around forty years. She took that name at the beginning of 1981.
* HilariousInHindisght: This comic features several bits that pop up in later Star Wars stories, including Stormtroopers looking like Boba Fett, Stormtroopers going into battle with medical droids, using the force to fly through space, and IG-88 on the Death Star.
** Also may have inspired a bootleg toy, [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1230149-bootleg-knock-off "Star Knight"]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

In 1980, the People's Republic of China had a problem. It felt that young people needed to seek careers in science. The solution? Adapt a major Western movie into Manhua form! It's unclear if the adaptation was authorized or not, but it did sell. A copy was posted on the internet in 2014, and rapidly was translated. It can be viewed beginning here: [[http://www.nickstember.com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/]]

This work contains examples of the following:

*BackedByThePentagon: The PRC encouraged this to help get young people interested in science.
*BigWhat: From a loudspeaker.
*BoobsAndButtPose: Leia. Vader even mimics it, sort of.
*Crossover: The Trans-universal carrier [[http://www.nickstember.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chinese_star_wars_comic_manhua_llianhuanhua5-1024x805.jpg looks a lot like]] *SpaceBattleshipYamato.
*CruelAndUnusualDeath: Leia is sentenced to a slow death.
*Cyborg: The Sand People.
*EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Chewbacca is a monkey.
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / ExpoLabel: There is a door marked, "Door".
*HotterAndSexier: Leia. Her attractiveness is a major part.
*KnightInShiningArmor: The Jedi Knights- on missile-firing motorcycles.
*ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: Subverted. Vader has a map of space referencing the Kennedy Space Center.
*NamesTheSame: The publisher, Popular Science Press, has nothing to do with Popular Science Magazine.
*OffModel: Artistic depictions of certain things and characters are often VERY different from the film, and sometimes even within the work.
*ProductPlacement: Obi-wan likes J&B Whisky.

Top