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Star Wars FPS Mod Gets LucasArts Permission

Posted by simoniker on from the these-are-the-enlightened-licensors-you're-looking-for dept.

Thanks to UT2003Troopers.com for the news that their Unreal Tournament 2003 'Troopers' Star Wars-themed mod has been officially approved by LucasArts. This extremely rare step means the previously unlicensed mod is free to enter the Make Something Unreal competition without restriction, and the announcement continues: "The agreement made with LucasArts (after a long period of VERY friendly negotiations) also allows the Troopers Development Team to implement Star Wars assets and content directly from the movies and games. This means that, with the exception of the Star Wars music (which LucasArts doesn't own the rights to, and so therefore could not give us the rights to use), we can use anything we want."

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  1. Woohoo by Komarosu · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Looks like LucasArts have finally accepted theres alot of fans wanting to create works around there fave films... Hopefully this will be the start of something better for all the mod makers out there trying to make a movie spinoff mod.

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  2. the OTHER SIDE by rerunn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Theres alot more to this

    Theres quite a soap opera brewing away at UT200Troopers.com

    The team members got into a big pissing match with the project lead and they ended booting his ass. He got all up tight about it and has been making his opinions known in the forums as well as on his website where he details his interactions with Lucas Arts.

    His account did not include any VERY friendly negotiations. In fact, Lucas Arts threatened legal on his ass before anything else.