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By Chris Snellgrove
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The upcoming Supergirl film is going to be much more of a cosmic adventure than Superman (2025), with the Woman of Steel traveling the stars to help her faithful pooch, Krypto. That means we can look forward to seeing many wild alien designs onscreen, including that of Jason Momoa’s Lobo. Supergirl is only the second feature film in James Gunn’s growing DCU, and it looks like it’s going to stretch the boundaries of this cinematic universe further than ever. Recently, though, DC got in trouble for flying Supergirl into a very familiar galaxy far, far away.
With Supergirl about to fly into theaters on June 26, DC has been doing all kinds of things to promote the upcoming film. This includes selling various licensed collectibles, one of which was a metal print of Millie Alcock’s Supergirl surrounded by many of the wild aliens she encountered in the film. It’s a beautiful print, but there was just one problem: the artist included Lexo Sooger, who is the most obscure character in Star Wars. Obscure or not, though, that’s a character owned by Disney, and DC subsequently removed the metal print from their online store for fear of legal action.
Up, Up, And Away (From A Lawsuit)
The promotional art print above is drawn by Bilquis Evely, one of the artists who worked on the Woman of Tomorrow comic that Supergirl’s story is based on. In the print, we can see Alcock’s Woman of Steel surrounded by several wacky alien designs. The one that got DC in trouble, however, is the hunched-over dude, wormy dude behind her with the blinged-out necklace. As it turns out, this is Lexo Sooger, an obscure Star Wars character. How obscure are we talking? He was only featured in the deleted scenes for The Last Jedimeaning that the vast majority of Star Wars fans have never seen or even heard of this guy.
Once DC realized this artwork featured a Star Wars character, they stopped selling the metal print and removed its page from their online store. How, though, did a character from a galaxy far, far away end up on Supergirl artwork in the first place? It’s not actually the artist’s fault. According to IGN, Evely was sent images of Lexo Sooger for reference when designing this print. While neither she nor DC has publicly commented on this snafu, it seems like whoever sent the reference image is the one to blame.
Somehow, Lex Sooger Returned
However, that unnamed person may have simply made an understandable mistake. You see, one of the weird aliens in Supergirl looks a lot like the aforementioned Star Wars character: gold necklace, white robe, and long neck. It’s possible that whoever provided the reference image really thought Lexo Sooger was the Supergirl character. Or, more pessimistically, it’s possible that the alien in the film was originally a rip-off of Sooger, and the designer thought the Star Wars character was too obscure for anyone to notice.
If that’s the case, they forgot the first rule of online fandoms: somebody always notices. At any rate, what’s done is done. DC stopped selling the print (which has now, hilariously, become a collector’s item), and Disney hasn’t taken any action against either DC or Warner Bros. Supergirl is scheduled to superhero land in theaters on June 26, where we’ll get to see the weird alien who looks just like a forgotten Star Wars character. Here’s hoping that Millie Alcock takes one look at him before staring right into the camera and uttering those four immortal words every fan wants to hear: “somehow, Lex Sooger returned.”
