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Originally Posted by newB
Satire and parody have certain protections under copyright laws. Consider Mad Magazine that spoofs every major blockbuster that comes out. So long as they stay within the guidelines of what is permissible they'll be fine.
The Rick Moranis movie Space Balls also comes to mind.
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I completely understand that, but George Lucas isn't one I'd take chances with. Space Balls parodied the Star Wars films but in doing so changed the names of characters, traits of characters, etc. The trailer above indicates that this "parody" does everything possible to look and appear EXACTLY like Star Wars, only with sex stuck in.
Family Guy also parodied Star Wars. But they didn't have graphic visual depictions of George Lucas' characters engage in sexual activities. I think that fact alone will draw the ire of Lucas, and I would hate to be on the receiving end of him.
Just my thoughts...