George Lucas is waging his own war in court against the designer who created the Stormtrooper costumes for his epic film.The Star Wars director has launched a High Court bid to stop British prop-maker Andrew Ainsworth from selling copies of the iconic white armoured outfits to fans.
Ainsworth originally created the costumes for the 1977 blockbuster at a cut-price but has allegedly been reproducing them for sale for almost £2,000 each since 2004Mr Ainsworth originally created the costumes for the 1977 blockbuster at a cut-price but has allegedly been reproducing them for sale for almost £2,000 each since 2004.
Despite Mr Ainsworth maintaining he's the legal copyright owner, a court in the US has already awarded Lucas £10 million in damages for copyright infringement, unfair competition and trademark infringement.
Lucasfilm has now launched the case in the UK courts to make sure that this decision is enforced here. The case is expected to take up to ten days to resolve.
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