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Almost certainly, but why would they? There is no reason for Lucasfilm to go after the folks who keep that "fire in the belly" love alive. Now, if Fox had the control that Lucas does, I'd imagine that would be a very different story.

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If lucasfilm is ever in need of money, watch out that could be an easy way they could obtain it.

 

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Blood from a turnip. They aren't going to ruin the lives of their hardest of hardcore fans.

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Why not? It happens all the time anyway and money overrides "ruining the lives of their hardest of hardcore fans" if they have a sure fire way of getting it.

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The kind of money they would require is probably beyond most people's capabilities. You're never going to find someone's life ruined by LFL because they downloaded a fan edit. You've seen how well that's worked out for record companies.

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"Chewie, check the controls, we've drifted off-topic again. Dammit, I thought I fixed that! Never mind, make the corrections and get us back on course."

:-)

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I'll get back on topic, swear, but let me just say that every fanediting comes with the understanding that you must own a legal copy of the movie before downloading the fanedit. It becomes piracy if you did not pay for the legal copy of the movie. If you have a copy of Star Wars, it's just a back up. There's very little the feds can do with that. I've also never heard of anyone getting in trouble over a fanedit.

Back on topic, I've always liked that Lucas lets others play with the universe. The Clone Wars has gone from a crappy movie to a fantastic TV series, with some of the best Star Wars EU stories in existance. A lot of that comes from direct input from Lucas, but clearly the show belongs to Dave Filoni. Filoni brings a great style to the show without losing the "Star Wars" vibe. Lucas doesn't have to let him get dark on the show, or kill characters. And I gotta respect that.

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SpenceEdit said:

I'll get back on topic, swear, but let me just say that every fanediting comes with the understanding that you must own a legal copy of the movie before downloading the fanedit. It becomes piracy if you did not pay for the legal copy of the movie. If you have a copy of Star Wars, it's just a back up. There's very little the feds can do with that. I've also never heard of anyone getting in trouble over a fanedit.

 

It doesn't quite work like that.

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bigmonkey2382 said:

SpenceEdit said:

I'll get back on topic, swear, but let me just say that every fanediting comes with the understanding that you must own a legal copy of the movie before downloading the fanedit. It becomes piracy if you did not pay for the legal copy of the movie. If you have a copy of Star Wars, it's just a back up. There's very little the feds can do with that. I've also never heard of anyone getting in trouble over a fanedit.

 

It doesn't quite work like that.

What are you, a narc?  Go start a new topic if you want to argue the legality of fanedits.

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TV's Frink said:

bigmonkey2382 said:

SpenceEdit said:

I'll get back on topic, swear, but let me just say that every fanediting comes with the understanding that you must own a legal copy of the movie before downloading the fanedit. It becomes piracy if you did not pay for the legal copy of the movie. If you have a copy of Star Wars, it's just a back up. There's very little the feds can do with that. I've also never heard of anyone getting in trouble over a fanedit.

 

It doesn't quite work like that.

What are you, a narc?  Go start a new topic if you want to argue the legality of fanedits.

Just stating a fact, and I'll go where I like, thanks. :)

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bigmonkey2382 said:

TV's Frink said:

bigmonkey2382 said:

SpenceEdit said:

I'll get back on topic, swear, but let me just say that every fanediting comes with the understanding that you must own a legal copy of the movie before downloading the fanedit. It becomes piracy if you did not pay for the legal copy of the movie. If you have a copy of Star Wars, it's just a back up. There's very little the feds can do with that. I've also never heard of anyone getting in trouble over a fanedit.

It doesn't quite work like that.

What are you, a narc?  Go start a new topic if you want to argue the legality of fanedits.

Just stating a fact, and I'll go where I like, thanks. :)

Ah, I see where the confusion is. You're in the "say something nice about George Lucas" room. The "discuss the legality of fan edits" room is a few doors down, on your right. You can't miss it.

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Pardon my getting off topic! I'll say something nice about George.

He's never gone after anyone for a fan edit or preservation.

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I'm a HUGE fan of well over half his body of work, which is saying something about such a prolific artist.

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MJPollard said:

bigmonkey2382 said:

TV's Frink said:

bigmonkey2382 said:

SpenceEdit said:

I'll get back on topic, swear, but let me just say that every fanediting comes with the understanding that you must own a legal copy of the movie before downloading the fanedit. It becomes piracy if you did not pay for the legal copy of the movie. If you have a copy of Star Wars, it's just a back up. There's very little the feds can do with that. I've also never heard of anyone getting in trouble over a fanedit.

It doesn't quite work like that.

What are you, a narc?  Go start a new topic if you want to argue the legality of fanedits.

Just stating a fact, and I'll go where I like, thanks. :)

Ah, I see where the confusion is. You're in the "say something nice about George Lucas" room. The "discuss the legality of fan edits" room is a few doors down, on your right. You can't miss it.

Is it?! I would have never known, had YOU not pointed it out to me. :)

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Lucas sold the rights to the radio version of Star Wars to USC for one dollar.  He allowed Brian Daley and USC free reign to write and present the story they wanted.  He also allowed them full access to the sound effects library and film score. 

Where that NPR version of Star Wars is concerned, he was as unselfish and uncontrolling as he could be.  Since that NPR version of Star Wars is my go-to for the story, his generosity and lack of meddling is something I'm very grateful for.

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bigmonkey2382 said:

MJPollard said:

bigmonkey2382 said:

TV's Frink said:

What are you, a narc?  Go start a new topic if you want to argue the legality of fanedits.

Just stating a fact, and I'll go where I like, thanks. :)

Ah, I see where the confusion is. You're in the "say something nice about George Lucas" room. The "discuss the legality of fan edits" room is a few doors down, on your right. You can't miss it.

Is it?! I would have never known, had YOU not pointed it out to me. :)

What can I say? I'm just a nice guy trying to help a fellow forum participant get maximum value out of his experience. :)

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Having lived near Modesto, California, it's humble, humble beginnings.

By that I mean it's kinda a hole.

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Lucas helped popularize the work of Joseph Campbell.

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My friend met him in Disneyworld in Florida and apparently he was vey nice.

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Firstly, like TheBoost said (and part of what I came here to post, dammit) is Edutopia. God knows we need all the help with education we can get.

 

Personally, I love the man. George Lucas is something of a hero to me, or at least a person I greatly admire. The Star Wars movies, and especially the OT, have really helped define who I am as a person; from what I want to do when I grow up, to what I'm doing in school, to my attire (I mean Star Wars shirts, not flannel).

He seems like a normal guy with a good head on his shoulders. He seems to have a good idea of what his shortcomings are. He seems to have a sense of humour. He definitely has vision and some great ideas.

I don't hate him for the "mistakes" (from my point of view) that he's made with Star Wars. I'm angry at him, sure, but I'm angry at him like a friend of a guy who asked out a girl you were into. Sure it sucks, but it ain't the end of the world. I'm not going to end the friendship over something like that.

I feel kinda bad that he's being held back like he is. I feel like, with a better team of support, unlike all the useless ass-kissers around him now, he could actually crank out some more amazing films.

Either way, I think he's a pretty swell fellah.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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I'm sure someone must have pointed this out by now... but he has great hair!

<span style=“font-size: 12px;”><span>We seem to be made to suffer. It’s our lot in life.</span></span>

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It's nice George hasn't put a flying Yoda in the OT yet. Although it's never too late.

But seriously, he did something important and influential in his life (although he is trying to destroy it now). There are not so many people who have managed to achieve something like this.

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I enjoyed many projects that also had his hand in them, such as Indiana Jones, Willow and the sequel books, etc.  He's not all bad in my opinion.  His biggest weakness is that he became too convinced that he alone is the key to Star Wars' success instead of allowing more creative input from everyone else.  Reading The Secret History of Star Wars shows that he acknowledged his shortcomings before, and if he still had been willing to acknowledge them again when working on the PT, he would have made far better films.