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Bai Ling played Senator Bana Breemu who was cut for posing in Playboy

Bai Ling has always been a sultry woman performing in many different movies. Her landing a role in Star Wars Revenge of the Sith movie as Senator Bana Breemu brought her to lore status, until they removed her scenes due to the Playboy cover.



The deleted scenes on the DVD and Blue-Ray shows Ms Ling's performance. What is sad is a woman of color playing a very powerful role getting cut from the movie because she was too provocative. That her sensual look was too much to bear for a "kids movie" at the time and would overshadow the story.  The executives thought there would be too much cross over from adult content to the movie, but in 2005 there were worse things occurring - Afghanistan and Iraq.

Watching a woman's form in an dress that does not reveal much and she is on the cover of Playboy does not mean she must be cut from a movie.

Basically, they slut shamed.