Fact #124270
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It is announced that 2 Live Crew leader Luther Campbell has paid filmmaker George Lucas more than $300,000 in an out-of-court settlement, and has also agreed to stop using the name Luke Skyywalker. Some months earlier, Lucasfilm Ltd. had filed a $300m federal trademark infringement lawsuit against Campbell, who had been performing under the name Luke Skyywalker. Lucasfilm asserted that despite the two Ys, the name was too similar to their Star Wars character Luke Skywalker.