BEIRUT, Lebanon — High school students in Saudi Arabia opened their social studies textbooks this week to find that the Force was with them. 
 
 In a lesson about the United Nations was a historic photograph of King Faisal. To his right stood Yoda, the Jedi master from the “Star Wars” films. 
 
 One ruled Saudi Arabia for 11 years, outlawed slavery, spread public education and introduced television to his country. 
 
 The other was adept with a light saber, trained Luke Skywalker and lived for more than 800 years. 
 
 How they had ended up together in a textbook in a country with no public movie theaters was anyone’s guess. Even the Saudi artist who created the image had no idea. ||||| DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi authorities fired a senior education official and other supervisors after a school textbook was found that included a photo-shopped image of the late King Faisal seated next to “Star Wars” movie character Yoda, Saudi media reported on Tuesday. 
 
 The dismissal was also prompted by other errors in various textbooks, including history, chemistry, English language and religious education. 
 
 The Education Ministry recalled textbooks with a cover photo showing Yoda seated next to King Faisal as he signed the United Nations Charter in 1945, Saudi media said. 
 
 The Arabic-language Okaz daily said the education minister ended the contract of the undersecretary of the Curriculum and Educational Programs Department, Mohammed bin Attiyah al-Harthi, as well as all officials in charge of reviewing and approving the textbooks. 
 
 The online newspaper sabq.org and al-Madinah Arabic daily carried similar reports on their websites. 
 
 The reports appeared after Harthi rejected charges that a social science textbook contained errors. He accused critics of exploiting the mistakes to achieve fame, Okaz said. 
 
 Okaz quoted Harthi as saying he would remain loyal to the kingdom despite his dismissal. 
 
 The artist who had added the Yoda image to the photo of King Faisal said he did not know how the picture had ended up on the cover of the textbook, Saudi media reported. 
 
 He said he made the picture in 2013 as part of a project intended to “build a bridge between the young generation and major historic events” by mixing popular culture in U.S. movies into historic events.
– Royally messed up, they did. A senior education official and others in Saudi Arabia have been fired after a government textbook included a photo of King Faisal seated next to Yoda, everyone's favorite Jedi Master from Star Wars. The doctored black-and-white photo showing Yoda on King Faisal's right as he signed the United Nations charter in 1945 was accidentally included in a high school social studies book published by the Saudi Ministry of Education, report Reuters and the Telegraph. Though it isn't clear how it came to be included in the book, the photo had been one of several doctored by Saudi artist Abdullah al-Shehri as part of a 2013 series designed to make Arab history more "fun," reports the New York Times. Al-Shehri's photos showing Yoda, Darth Vader, and Captain America present for iconic moments in Arab history were previously shown at galleries in the US and Middle East, but al-Shehri never expected to find one in a textbook, which is where his mother spotted the one of King Faisal and Yoda. Saudi Education Minister Ahmed al-Eissa says the textbooks are being replaced with corrected versions and a legal committee has formed "to determine the source of the error and to take appropriate action." According to Reuters, however, al-Eissa has already fired the undersecretary of the Curriculum and Educational Programs Department and others in charge of reviewing textbooks. (This Indian textbook told kids to suffocate cats.)