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Star Wars bar scene ‘inspired by night out in Wrexham’

The bar scene in the new Star Wars film was inspired by a visit to a pub in Wrexham, it has been claimed.

Maz Kanata’s ‘watering hole’ is featured in the highly-acclaimed Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The scene was a nod to the original bar scene on Tatooine in Star Wars: A New Hope, which in turn was inspired by George Lucas’s visit to Wrexham in the 1960s, says WalesOnCraic’s showbiz reporter, Brenda Widethighs.

He told WalesOnCraic:

“I can’t remember much about Wrexham because I was totally stoned the entire time I was there. I needed to be because I was afraid of the women and the sheep. I do remember one pub in particular though – I was feeling anxious because it was coming up to closing time and someone stuck on a slow song. Every woman in the building grabbed a fella and shoved her tongue down his throat. I think they were women, I couldn’t be sure. Anyway, I ran away. A few years later, I was writing Star Wars and I thought I’d feature a similar set in the film. That’s why the film is called A New Hope, because I was staying in a place in Flintshire called Hope.”

Some fans have poured scorn on the claim, saying that ‘it’s a load of bollocks’.

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