News to me. But I'm trying to imagine how crazy a person would have to be to try to pull off a stunt like that. In America, the country where you can sue a doctor who stops to help you on the side of the road, you are seriously going to plagiarise a blockbuster film series and proceed to sell the product? And against the Lucas empire no less. Wow.
That is definitely sad, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised that someone eventually tried this. Still, my guess is that Lucas's people see that fanfiction, in general, keeps people interested in their films and keeps them buying paraphenalia so it's to their benefit to allow most writers to continue without interference. Not that I know them personally, but it seems to make marketing sense.
