How Lucasfilm Filed a Trademark Lawsuit Over a Porn Film Called "Starballz"

Here's a tremendous example of how parodies tend to not count in lawsuits regarding intellectual property -- something you have to keep in mind when branding your properties. Anyone can poke fun at your stuff. Look at Mel Brooks, for example: "Spaceballs," for crying out loud! That film OOZED of Star Wars merchandise and branding, and you'd think Lucasfilm would've jumped on that one to protect their IP stuff like they did on numerous other occasions. They didn't, though, and here's why:

A Long Time Ago (in a Galaxy Far, Far Away), Lucasfilm Tried Suiing One Media Group for an Animated Porn Movie Called "Starballz"

You can laugh. This is for real. What you're looking at is a still shot of the animated hentai (which is anime language for "porn"), featuring similar imagery along with characters like "W___ Solo" (just try to imagine the first name they used) and a furry character known as "Chewhowie." Cute.

We Can Imagine, Though, That There's a Line to Draw on the Galactic Sand Here

Using actual design imagery and clips, though, could get this hentai porn in hot water. I honestly don't feel too keen on seeing the actual C3PO doing anything nasty with an ewok.