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Lucasfilm and Verizon, sitting in a tree: L-I-C-E-N-S-E-E

November 10th, 2009 by Dunc · 5 Comments

If you keep an eye on mentions of Lucasfilm on Twitter, it’s pretty hard to avoid the wide range of reaction as folks spot the trademark notice on the various promotional materials for Verizon’s Droid phone. As pointless as it may be to ask on a site full of Star Wars fans, what do you think? Answer on the sidebar or under the cut.

We recently learned, thanks to Verizon, that Lucasfilm owns the trademark on the term 'droid.' This makes you feel:

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  • 1 SirDan // Nov 10, 2009 at 11:35 am

    Anyone have one of these yet?

  • 2 Pabawan // Nov 10, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Yay! Uninformed debate!

  • 3 @@driver // Nov 10, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    Well, the rest of the world learned thanks to Verizon. This is old news in fandom, surely?

  • 4 izikavazo // Nov 10, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    Surely everyone who hears the name of this phone will think of Star Wars first. Right?

  • 5 jedifarfy // Nov 10, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    I’m amused, but would be delighted if my Star Wars Fan Club membership card, or Darth Vader mastercard got me a discount. :P

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