‘Star Wars’ statue removed from Bristol’s “controversial” Colston plinth


"Do you remember the council consulting on turning the slave trader plinth into an advertising spot"

8th April 2023

A Star Wars inspired statue has been removed from the plinth that once housed a tribute to slave trader Edward Colston.

In 2020, protesters in Bristol used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Edward Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader, as local artists described its presence as “a metaphor for how racism operates; Ever present, but often in the background.”

Massive Attack welcomed the removal by anti-racism protesters saying that it “should never have been a public monument”.

https://www.nme.com/news/film/star-w...plinth-3427535