I’ve not done a lot of research. But it seems like Lucas was pretty good to the fan base. i.e. not policing things like fan created stuff like he could have. And also I believe they released original sound recordings so people could use them for their fan projects like those custom lightsabers with sound effects?

Imagine if 20th Century Fox had been in control of Star Wars, i.e. Lucas didn’t have in his contract that he controlled the brand. Then I think a lot of these fan projects and things would have probably been policed and shut down. And we probably wouldn’t have gotten access to original sound recordings and things.

Right now, Nintendo is pretty bad at policing fan stuff. Do they not understand that a lot of this fan stuff actually helps promote their products and probably increases their sales?