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From: krf7527@ritcv.UUCP (Keith Fieldhouse)
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Subject: Re: Silent Running
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 18:31:07 EST
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Another (perhaps) interesting bit of info about Silent Running.
When Battlestar Galactica first came out, 20th Century Fox, the 
producers of Star Wars, initiated a lawsuit claiming that Galactica
was essentially a copy of Star Wars (Or should I say A New Hope?).
It seems that the cylons (remember them?) were just a little *too*
much like silver Darth Vaders to sit well with Fox.  The producers
of BG (Paramount, I think) filed a counter suit claiming that
Star Wars infringed on their movie, you guessed it, Silent Running.
Apparently they felt that R2D2 was an awful lot like Huey, Luey,
and Dewy from SR.  I seem to recall that somewhere along the line,
both suits went up in a puff of irrelevance.  Does anybody
know for sure what happened?
 
I  find the above rather ironic considering what was to become 
the deluge of SF films that followed the rather spectacular
success of Star Wars.  Fox wouldn't have had much time
for anything if they tried to stop everybody who attempted to 
cash in on the success of SW.


				Keith Fieldhouse
				@ The Rochester Institute of Technology
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