Like the full size AT-AT project, this has all the signs of being C&D'd even with the wired article support.  But on the artistic side, they've got a case if they want to counter the C&D.  (but the court dates would push the project past it's deadline)  It may slide thru as you could see the goal as benefitting Mayhew.

Would assume this mardi gras action will be a part of this possible Mayhew biopic: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-movie-peter-mayhew-chewbacca-357405

Erikstormtrooper wrote: If they don't want to go that route, they should at least keep the fundraising on the down-low.

But that's why this is possibly a good test case, they are not just playing off one genre, they are blending and mixing from a wide variety of things.  They poke/pull at/from a larger group of resources: http://neworleans.about.com/od/festivalsevents/a/Chewbacchus-Sci-Fi-Mardi-Gras.htm

Chewbacchus claims to be a "Carnival Krewe for the most revelrous of Star Wars Freaks, Trekkies, Whovianns, Mega-Geeks, Circuit Benders, Cryptozooligists, UFO Conspiracy Theorists, and all the rest of Super Nerdom."