Disney Investigating Alleged Theft of Solo Poster Designs

French artist Hachim Bahous has accused Disney of borrowing his art designs for Solo: A Star Wars Story posters without his permission.

THR reports Bahous made the claim over the weekend via a Facebook post, stating the work he did on a series of albums in 2015 looks too similar to the Solo posters released earlier this year. Disney is said to be looking into the allegations and provided the following statement to THR: “The posters were created by an outside vendor and it’s something we are currently looking into.”

Bahous’ post has since been set to private, but THR was able to nab a screenshot in time. The post includes images of the Solo posters and Bahous’ album covers.

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