Starfleet Jedi

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:09 pm**

Check this out:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201008 ... 0741.shtml
http://thresq.hollywoodreporter.com/201 ... um=twitter

Note to all potential clone armies: LucasFilm holds trademarks on Jedi Knight, Jedi Power Battles and Jedi Training Academy, but not directly on Jedi Mind and other affiliated marks. Nevertheless, it claims dominion over "all characteristics associated with the Jedi knights not memorialized in a registered trademark...[including] Jedi robes, the lightsaber weapon, the power to levitate objects, a telepathic oneness with other Jedi and the universe, and the ability to shoot energy beams called 'Force Lightning' from the fingertips."

... err... they could sue you for representation of mere vanilla telekinesis on random objects?

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:12 pm**

The power to levitate objects has been seen waaaaaayyyyy before SW ever came to be, so good luck with that...

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:34 am**

No kidding. Given how much Lucas admittedly stole.. er, gave homage to books like Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles, Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, and Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" stories, as well as elements from Classic Star Trek, I don't think he's got a legal or moral leg to stand on.
-Mike

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:48 pm**

He does have a flanneled leg to stand on, though... :)

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:33 pm**

Errr... when he says... Jedi robes... I assume he really means any robe that's pointed at by a character and said to belong to a Jedi, right? With the price tag and all that?

Starfleet Jedi

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