11.06.2001

More Star Wars News...well, sort of...

From SciFi.com SciFiWire:

"Lucasfilm is suing the producers of a pornographic version of Star Wars, alleging that it's too similar to the SF epic, the Montreal Gazette reported. George Lucas' production company filed a federal lawsuit against Media Market Group Ltd., the New York producers of Star Ballz, claiming copyright and trademark infringement, the newspaper reported.

The suit argues that consumers could be confused into thinking that Lucasfilm sponsored or produced the X-rated movie. But Linda Wildblood, a partner at Media Market Group, told the Gazette that her company's movie is an animation parody. "Just like Scary Movie is a spoof of horror movies, Star Ballz parodies many different movies and themes," she said. "No one in their right mind could look at it and say this is Star Wars." "
She should also thank Lucasfilm for the free publicity.



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