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LONDON — The George Lucas empire struck back Tuesday against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the Stormtrooper uniforms from the “Star Wars” movies.
Designer Andrew Ainsworth sculpted the Stormtrooper helmets for the first “Star Wars” movie in 1977 and later sold replicas of the molded white uniforms, worn in the films by warriors of the evil Galactic Empire.
A British judge ruled that Ainsworth had violated Lucas’ U.S. copyright but rejected a copyright claim against him under British law, saying the costumes were not works of art. Now lawyers for Lucas want the Court of Appeal to rule that the suits are sculptures covered by British copyright law. The Associated Press
