George Lucas...WTF?

[Dannyalcatraz]

And dead.

Which, BTW, lets him join the pantheon of other unbeatable horses, like Trigger and Silver.

 

[FoxWander]

well, there's the thing. If you take a printt of Crappy Horse and rotate it 180 degrees, you will see the exact likeness of the legendary painting Dead horse.

Ah yes, the famous Dead Horse. Remarkable painting. Lovely colors. It's sad how often it's mistaken for the stunning work, Blue Roan- resting, by the Norwegian painter, Olaf Prot.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And his subequent work, Blue-grey Mare- pining for the fjords.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Wicked Lasers Given Reprieve by LucasFilm on Lightsaber Clone
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - by Michael Santo
Lucasfilm has backed off the cease-and-desist demand it had made to Wicked Lasers, creator the of Spyder III Pro Arctic. Admittedly, the device sure reminds us of a lightsaber, but according to the letter that was sent to the Wicked Lasers' CEO, as long as the company puts a disclaimer on any pages that are graced by the Pro Arctic, they will drop the demand.

The letter, from David J. Anderman, General Counsel for LucasFilm, stated that based on the publicity and statements that Wicked Lasers had made, it was clear that "The media and public has come to realize that Lucasfilm would never endorse or license a highly dangerous product such as your Arctic Pro Laser."

In addition to the statements the company made, Wicked Lasers added safety features to the product (pictured above). There is a safety lock, its default setting now sets the power level at 20 percent of maximum, and all lasers are shipped with safety goggles.

Wicked Lasers CEO Steve Liu said, however, that all the publicity proved to a positive, and sales in fact tripled. "This has been strange. We felt that it would have been a very bad thing in the beginning, but it ended up helping the business in a very big way."

source

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Good for Wicked Lasers!

Also, that sounds like a really dumb move by LucasFilm. By adding a disclaimer to any page with info on the product, now they'll basically be pointing out any possible similarities between the two. ""Disclaimer: This is totally not a light saber, and LucasFilms had nothing to do with it! Honest!"

Or as someone simply put it in the replies to that source page: "Of course sales triple... no body had ever even heard of the company until LucasArts made a fuss about it!"

I'm happy, seems like Wicked Lasers got the best possible outcome and LucasFilm shot themselves in the foot. Awesome two-fer in my book.

 

[Someone]

"Disclaimer: Despite being totally cool and simliar enough to lighsabers so Lucas himself though they were stolen from Vader's personal armory, this device is not a lightsaber. Whooshing sounds not included"