Earlier this week movie mogul and Star Wars creator George Lucas sent a cease and desist letter to a Hong Kong company and demanded that they stop selling their popular product the “Pro Artic Laser.”
Lucas didn’t do this because if misused the product can cause permanent blindness, severe skin burns and possibly skin cancers (although it can likely do all three). No, the film maker’s concern is that the product too closely resembles the lightsaber hilts (i.e. handles) featured in his popular Star Wars movie series.
The makers of the product said they have no desire to stop selling the laser or redesigning the handle. So, it looks like the granddaddy of all Jedis might end up suing them.
Here is just brief list of items and concepts also featured the Star Wars saga, that George Lucas could end up suing people over due to copyright violation.
1. BOUNTY HUNTERS
Boba Fett really put bounty hunters on the map, and he’s the only reason that people like…
Dog The Bounty Hunter even exist or have television shows today.
2. ROBOTS
Sure the idea of robots existed before Star Wars Episode IV, but Lucas is the one who gave them personality and had them making witty quips during laser battles.
Honda better watch its back if it’s Asimo droid ever goes on the market. If it has an English accent and crybaby attitude Lucas will sue for sure.
3. CHESS
Nobody played chess or thought it was cool they saw it played in a 3-D hologram version aboard the Millennium Falcon.
George Lucas paved the way for the chess champions of today and should receive some type of royalty check from every game played since 1976 because of it.
4. SPACESHIPS
Again, spaceships were around before Star Wars but they were never cool or maneuverable. They were only represented as rockets and saucers in movies and popular fiction.
Star Wars made everyone think about spaceships as something cool that you could ride around in with your friends, jumping to light speed and negotiating asteroid fields.
5. SPACE STATIONS
Both Death Stars (even the crummy unfinished second one) was the greatest space station ever built. These things could destroy entire planets and house thousands of Stormtroopers and cool space vehicles.
All our contemporary space stations do is study the effects of zero-gravity on plants, spiders and other boring stuff. They don’t even have awesome sea monsters in their trash compactors.
6. WOOKIES
Wookies and the character of Chewbacca predicted two popular trends in contemporary film and entertainment...
Sexy, hot-tempered werewolves.
And annoying former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell.
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