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Disney and Lucasfilm have a new lawsuit headed their way, over their use of late actor Peter Cushing’s image in the Star Wars spinoff film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, back in 2016. According ...

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Film producer Kevin Francis is suing Lucasfilm (and, by proxy, Disney) over the reproduction of Peter Cushing’s image in Star Wars: A Rogue One Story.

The makers of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are being sued over the image rights of actor Peter Cushing, whose image was resurrected for the 2016 film. Cushing, who passed away in 1994 from cancer ...

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Additionally, Disney paid around £28,000 to Cushing’s estate for the use of his image in Rogue One. As such, Disney notes there is no “unjust enrichment” at hand.