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Lucasfilm has won their British copyright infringement case against Shepperton Design Studios. A High Court judge affirmed that LFL is indeed the rightful owner of the stormtrooper costume designs and that Andrew Ainsworth’s company infringed by selling unlicensed reproductions of the iconic armor. No damages are mentioned in the UK case, but LFL may choose to pursue an appeal under UK industrial design law.
UPDATE: A story from the AP notes that both sides are claiming victory; More details at TheLawyer.com. (via)
You can go ahead and add a copy of J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard to your Christmas wish list. Sales of the book, which will be released on December 4, will benefit the Children’s High Level Group (CHLG).
You can pre-order either the deluxe collector’s edition or the standard edition from Amazon.
Bonnie recaps Celebration Japan with her picks for the most memorable people, costumes, and phenoms.
Honors: The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers has named Star Wars vet Alan Dean Foster their second Grandmaster. Foster was the first novelist to tackle the franchise, ghost-writing the novelization of Star Wars as well as (under his own name) the first original novel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. He returned to the GFFA in 2002 with The Approaching Storm. (via)
UPDATE: The official site now has the synopsis.
Random House has released the cover for Michael Reaves’ third Coruscant Nights book, due out in November, and man is it cool. (If you ignore the cheesy text effects.) See the whole thing under the cut. Continue reading “Cover for Coruscant Nights: Patterns of Force“
Just one for Wednesday – Rebellion #15. But at least it’s also part 7 of Vector!
The official site has a refresher course on the art of lightsaber combat.
With the odd-day The Clone Wars release out and up, Del Rey has an excerpt from the book and an interview with Traviss, where she talks about the new book, her writing process, and briefly touches on some of her upcoming Star Wars work…
I’m continuing the Republic Commando series in Imperial Commando books. There are a few other SW books in the pipeline too, including a Boba Fett one.
Comics are also mentioned, but not whether they’re Star Wars or something else.