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Stephen Colbert Explains 'Star Wars' to China

Chinese moviegoers may be unacquainted with "the force."

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Say you’re one of those billion or so people on the planet who didn’t get introduced to Luke Skywalker when he first appeared on U.S. movie screens in 1977.

“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert offers up a synopsis for those in China who might be unfamiliar with “Star Wars” — though, he notes, “they might be familiar with some of the toys.”

The story begins with a simple farm boy who buys two robots. We’ll let Colbert take it from there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwjjTBvOnYo

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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