Leak Star Wars, Go To Jail

Shea O'Brien Foley, a former production assistant at LucasFilm, has been arrested on 13 counts of theft of Star Wars material from LucasFilm worth $450,000. The police investigation was launched after an early Attack of the Clones cut was leaked to and reviewed by Aint It Cool News in March, two months before it hit theaters. Other than the fact that Ain't It Cool News and Harry Knowles aren't being charged with anything, police aren't saying much. Apparently, Jedi mind tricks didn't work on the arresting officers. Update: 10/14 23:51 GMT by T : Michael Singer points to an article on internet.com with more depth.

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Trolling for Dollars

[Anonymous Coward]

Since when was it that our country was put under a police state by the Lucas Film Corp? It's our right to be able to listen to free music, watch free pr0n, trade free movies and ESPECIALLY get all the inside scoop on the Star Wars franchise. This kind of thing has to stop and it has to stop NOW!! I say , that we form a band of merry geeks with a ton of weapons and march right up to Lucas and put him to death. The force is strong within him, but it's also of the dark side. We can take him men! Join me! And together we will rule the galaxy! We already rule the internet, so why not?

How'd I do Adolph Hitroll?

Re:Well, it's only lawful

[Henry V .009]

19 CD-ROM disks -- value $9.00 at Best Buy

2,000 high-quality digital images -- value $0.00 they're just bytes

Hundreds of video files of "Episode II," from concept shots to final clips, valued at $100,000 -- value $0.00, they are talking about computer files, right?

About 113 storyboard images - or sketches outlining scenes from the film - with handwritten notes by Lucas, valued at more than $100,000 -- now this is hard to value. Were they digital or dead tree? Were these the only copies? Given the inflated claims for the other items, I'd be skeptical.

Total: $9.00