> George Lucas didn’t have billions of merchandising revenue in mind...
Doesn't copyright stop other people from making billions in merchandising revenue off of George Lucas' ideas without his consent?
> We don’t really need Nth Star Wars sequel powered by those extra profits.
Without a copyrighted C3PO, he could start turning up in just about anyone's derivative works. There could be horrible Star wars sequels forever, or TV ads with C3PO selling household cleaning products.
Doesn't copyright stop other people from making billions in merchandising revenue off of George Lucas' ideas without his consent?
> We don’t really need Nth Star Wars sequel powered by those extra profits.
Without a copyrighted C3PO, he could start turning up in just about anyone's derivative works. There could be horrible Star wars sequels forever, or TV ads with C3PO selling household cleaning products.