Tuesday, April 7, 2009

George Lucas is kind of a Jerk, who knew?

When he's not ruining your childhood memories it seems that George Lucas spends his free time not paying his actors the royalties they deserve.

"David Prowse, the English actor who played (but didn’t voice) Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars , recently told Equity Magazine that he has yet to receive any of the residuals he’s owed for Return of the Jedi … because LucasFilm claims the film hasn’t made a profit ."

~via film drunk

Lets see, by last account Return of the Jedi made 475 million dollars and had a reported budget of 32.5 million. Lucasfilms' official stance is that while the movie did turn a gross profit, it didn't actually make any net profit, therefore Prowse isn't owed anything. That's some pretty ballsy accounting right there. I'm guessing these are the kinds of business practices that make sure Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew are paid in boxes of Mike and Ikes to show up at your local sci-fi convention this weekend while George Lucas can hire Ex NBA stars to carry him to his race car bed every night.

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