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Posted on 9 Nov 2000 at 15:54

Lucasfilm, which has been lambasted for its draconian attitude towards Star Wars fan sites in the past, has now done a bit of an about turn.

The company behind the Star Wars franchise is no longer getting its wookie in a twist over such matters and has teamed up with Atom Films to for the Star Wars Fan Film Network.

The site will allow access to media clips from the Star Wars movies, including Darth Vader's dodgy breathing and the swooshing sound of a light sabre. So far 25 people have submitted films to the site in the hope that they will scoop some of the revenue generated by advertising or sponsorship.

Mich Chau of Lucasfilm said of the new site, "We hope to create an easy-to-find, entertaining site for Star Wars fans to share their creativity and have fun."

That's a completely different company line from earlier in the year when Lucasfilm pursued fan sites with determined vengeance, claiming that they owned the copyright of material hosted on the StarWars.com site and preventing unauthorised use of trailers on a number of fan sites.

It's enough to make you turn to the dark side!

Author: Darren Lock