Stormtrooper Battle at High Court
Mon 9th Apr 08, 1.30pm
A great headline on the BBC news site - story here - you can almost imagine a dusty British courtroom erupting with laser fire and old men in wigs drawing blasters to repel the Stormtroopers. Or maybe not.
The reality is less exciting. Lucasfilm are suing Shepparton Design Studios for selling replica Stormtrooper outfits, some going for nearly £2k. Wow! That's a lot of bread for an outfit for what's effectively Star Wars' version of the Keystone Cops. They never hit anything, apart from their heads on a blast door...