John, I agree that Lucas does own all the copyright on all Star Wars items, but he can only waive his copyright for free use on the things that he owns exclusively. So while he may own the copyright on the designs of everything in a computer game, the game company also owns some copyright, whereas with the things in the movies he owns the copyright outright. What this means is that he won't stop anyone using anything, but something that comes from a computer game also has other "interested" parties. But up to now there has not been a single case of Lucas or any other copyright owners restricting the free use of any items. Basically, Star Wars is safe.

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