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Originally Posted by seeric
No, you still have a parody movie.
Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody, is a parody of Star Wars.
Hopefully, this clears it up.
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No, you have an unauthorized remake/reshoot. Parodies change character names, modify plot details, add humor, commentary, in the sake of making fun of the original. Keeping the exact character names that are registered trademarks, the title and the plot with only adding sex does not make it a parody. Neither does saying "Oh, this is a parody, not the real thing." From the trailer, and the lack of any effort to tweak character names, etc., this is not a parody. It's Star Wars with fucking.
Call it "Star Whores." Tweak the character names: "Hand Solo," Princess Lay-me," "Luke Skyfucker." You get the point. Even mainstream parodies change character names (Scream's "Sydney" became "Cindy" in Scary movie).
But keeping the exact same trademarked character names and such is essentially busting a nut in George Lucas' face and daring him to sue because you called it a "parody" so it's safe. I'm honestly surprised that the Spiderman, Superman, etc. flicks didn't get sued over the name usage alone, but I bet the original copyright holders didn't want to draw any more attention to the porn versions. Fox managed to get the name of "The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Porn Parody" changed (it was originally "The X-Files: A Dark XXX Parody") by threatening a lawsuit. (Source:
http://www.horroryearbook.com/545941...es-porn-parody)
If you think slapping the word parody on something gives you carte blanche do whatever you want with other peoples trademarks and doesn't open you up to potential lawsuits, you're fucking delusional.