The Costumer

Recently, the Los Angeles Times did a ‘best of 2008′ list as many publications tend to do. One of their top items caught my eye. It is worth reviewing the fact that there are rights and permissions battles being fought every day regarding Star Wars. No, the Wookiees aren’t looking for reparations from the Empire, but Andrew Ainsworth, an original prop designer for the series, would like to retain his rights to publish replicas of the storm trooper helmets he made back in 1977. Lucasfilm already won $20 million in a lawsuit against Ainsworth, and as of April, the rights battle was being fought in Britain.

As an aside, I purchased the Stormtrooper Fathead for my fiance for Christmas this year. (He wants Stormtroopers in our wedding; I said no and this was his licensed consolation prize .) Stormtroopers are everywhere–not to make Lucas paranoid, but it’s true. They’re everywhere, many of them floating around without licenses.

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