Welp, Axanar got sued. Unfortunately, they’re not going down without a fight, which means that things are going to get REALLY ugly out there. I read through the motion, CBS/Paramount are not wrong. Axanar needs to prove that they aren’t making ANY money from the project, and even then that might get them out of only some of it.

It’s the “potential damages” part that worries me. Axanar fans are well known for not being fans of the new franchise direction and are already talking boycotts, which plays right into the hands of what they’re fighting against. If CBS/Paramount can say that they missed out on a multi-billion dollar movie like TFA because of Axanar fans, they could sue for millions.