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The Boba Fett Home Page
Background
On the weekend of April 13th, Jason Ruspini, creator of the Star Wars Home
Page at UPenn, received a phone call from a representative of Lucasfilm
LTD. He was told, in no uncertain terms, that because his site makes use
of the Star Wars name and various other Lucasfilm trademarks, he would have
to shut it down. This representative then went on to say that LFL was actively
clamping down on the use of its "intellectual property", and planned
to shut down many more fan-created home pages in the next few months.
The Campaign
The Sabacc Home Page and the Boba Fett Home Page believe that Lucasfilm's recent actions are petty
and insulting to the average fan. For a company that thrives on creativity
and artistic freedom, their new policy for dealing with fan-created web
sites is appalling.
According to many Star Wars sources, the Star of Alderaan is the highest
honor awarded to heroes of the Rebel Alliance. It was created in memory
of the millions killed, when the Imperial Death Star destroyed their planet.
For these reasons, the Star of Alderaan has been chosen as the symbol of
protest against Lucasfilm. One web site has already been shut down, and
many more will follow. Sites that choose to display the Star of Alderaan
will acknowledge the memory of these sites, attesting to the creativity
of Star Wars fans, and also show Lucasfilm that their policy hurts the fans,
and ultimately, the Star Wars franchise.
How can I show support?
You can show your support for the Star of Alderaan campaign by displaying
the Star of Alderaan on your home page. To download your own copy of the
graphic, and set it up on your home page:
1.) Open a link to:
http://gamera.syr.edu:3456/sabacc/star.gif
2.) Choose the 'Save As...' (or equivalent) feature of your browser, to
save the graphic to your site.
3.) After copying the graphic to your web directory, insert the following
lines in your web page:
<a href="http://gamera.syr.edu:3456/sabacc/star.html"> <img
src="star.gif" border=0></a>
Alternately, if you don't have a web page but still want to show your support,
there are other ways for you to do so. If you happen to come across a Star
Wars related web page without the Star of Alderaan, let the site maintainer
know how he can show his support for the campaign. In addition, you may
send e-mail showing your displeasure with Lucasfilm's actions to lucasfilm.
Nearly everyone is upset with Lucasfilms' new policy, but please keep all
correspondance with them civil and level-headed. Flames and insults will
only deepen the rift between us.
With any luck, we'll let Lucasfilm know that we aren't about to take this
sitting down. May the force be with us...