George Lucas shuts down Star Wars Marathon

The only thing Lucas really has is Star Wars.

He thinks he's Speilberg but he aint.

I'm actually torn on this.

I don't understand the legality of it. Cause it wasn't even being done for profit, so can sm1 please enlighten me?
This has cost Lucas sm points in my eyes & I'm a HUGE Stare Wars fan...Yup, I even liked the prequel trilogy. That's how much

George Lucas is in the right entirely. Any public viewing like that legally requires permission.
They have no idea his current plans with the Star Wars series and a public viewing may or may not endanger that. The planners shouldve planned better and gotten permission first.

While the organizers share some blame here as they should have gotten permission first (or at least attempted to) Lucas could have been the "bigger man" and been gracious seeing as it was not for profit but rather for FANS of his films. All it would have taken was one 30 second phone call to his lawyers and he would have come out smelling like roses instead of dog$hit.

I concur. Douche.

^^ Awesome :)

if they own the movies they can play them. the bar just can't charge admission to the event. bs mister lucas. bad form!

Its situations like this that makes me believe in that old William Shakespeare line of "Kill all the lawyers". This is yet another example of bigshot, bigwig media barons taking advantage of their property and of their fans.
The one thing that is REALLY sad in all of this is that We, the people, forget how much power we DO have over bloodsuckers like George Lucas, the RIAA, and etc.
DON'T buy their movies.
DON'T see their films.
DON'T buy their music.
Hit them where it hurts the most, their wallet.
It should be an honor and a priviledge to have scores of people love your work to such an extent, that it becomes a part of their lives.

You don't callously throw them to the wind because they aren't filling your already overflowing coffers, trying to enjoy your work.
Its a shame that us fans and the rest of the populace don't take a stand to show these moguls that it is US who have made them great, not the stars!

I, for one, refuse to honor George Lucas with any viewing of his creations again. Such a man doesn't deserve such fandom.

Thanks Xenix. I guess i understand that. I just figured maybe one of these guys owned all the movies. Figured if you bought the DVD's or Blueray you could do what you want with them. Oh well i'll still love Star Wars.

At first, I thought Lucas was a douche for stopping it, but after some thinking I realized that someone IS making a profit off his movies. The movies are bringing in 200 customers to that bar. The organizer may not be making money off the screening, but the bar definitely is. Lucas has every right to stop it in my opinion.