The BBC is doing a three part series on ILM. Yesterday was Inside Industrial Light and Magic, today they look at the data center, and tomorrow will be an interview with visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett.
Three Lucas Online sites up for Webbies
Lucasarts’ Thrillville and Lego Star Wars II plus ILM’s The Show have all received Webby Award nominations. Click through to QueenAmidala’s blog for more information.
Star Wars in the news
George Lucas has been named Grand Marshall of next weekend’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. He’s also participating in the 31st Annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race on Saturday.
Putting together the London Star Wars exhibit.
Star Wars is getting namechecked as movies in 3-D get press coverage, but remember, far as we know the saga in 3-D is still on hold.
Plans to make major additions to Skywalker Ranch (two screening rooms and a bridge) were approved by Marin County last month.
Damn it, Jim, I’m a blogger, not a lawyer
So what’s going on beween LucasArts and Digg.com is a trademark dispute, not a lawsuit. But what does that mean? The Googling, it does nothing! (Well, okay, there is this, this, and this.)
WTF, LFL?
Lucasfilm is suing community news site Digg.com for trademark infringement, claiming that the site infringes on their trademark for The Dig, a 1994 video game. Is LFL hoping to set some scary (for fans) legal precedent or are their lawyers just jumpy?
More interesting reading, if not any real surprises, via the Digg post on the suit…
Tour ILM, see the sights
Lots of ILM goodness on news.com – articles, interviews, and video, mostly focusing on Pirates and their Oscar nod. There are more pictures at Veronica Belmont’s site.
LFL wins lightsaber lawsuit
Suprise, suprise: Lucasfilm Ltd. is the victor in their court battle against High-Tech Magic, which sold unauthorized lightsaber replicas. The Maryland company has the privilege of paying LFL $250,000 (ouch!) and is banned from selling any facsimile of a lighted or glowing sword … and/or parts designed to enable others to build.”
Here’s the raw press release. Paranoid fans, pay special attention to Lucas Licensing President Howard Roffman on such matters: “Our goal is to go after and shut down businesses that are trying to make a profit off of creations and properties that do not belong to them.”
Work for the man
Lots of openings at Lucasfilm, including a ton of Lucas Animation positions, as well as several at Lucas Online.