British designer in 'Star Wars' copyright fight
The Independent Saturday 5th March, 2011
The Stars Wars stormtrooper has terrified a generation of film-goers since the film director George Lucas launched them in a galaxy far, far away. Tomorrow the empire's henchmen will be at the centre of a battle in the UK's Supreme Court, when Lucas attempts to stop the British designer who made the first helmets from continuing to make and sell them. The film mogul's company Lucasfilm claims Andrew Ainsworth, from Twickenham, who makes replicas to sell to fans, is breaching its copyright. The case revolves around Mr Ainsworth's argument that he made the original helmets seen in the film, based on 2D artwork. After solving the technical problems he made 50 stormtrooper helmets and other body armour for the first Star Wars film.In 2004, Mr Ainsworth began making the helmets again and sell...
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