Koo Stark, the former girlfriend of Prince Andrew, who played Camie Marstrap in the original Star Wars film, along with Anthony Forrest, who played Laze ‘Fixer’ Loneozner and a Sandtrooper, are suing Lucasfilm for $190 million for “profitting off their likenesses”. Their scenes were cut from the theatrical release, later to appear on 1998’s Star Wars: Behind the Magic Interactive CD-ROM. Both characters appeared in The Book of Boba Fett in 2021, with the roles recast by Mandy Kowalski and Skyler Bible.
The 68-year-old actress – who dated Prince Andrew in the early 1980s before his marriage to Sarah, Duchess of York – starred as Camie Marstrap in George Lucas’ 1977 film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope), but her scenes were cut from the final edit.
The scenes in question have resurfaced online in recent times and the character has appeared in various spin-offs over the years, with litigation filed in an LA court claiming the production company has profited off Stark’s likeness.
The legal action was brought by actor Anthony Forrest, who starred as the deleted character Fixer in scenes that were eventually cut. It’s claimed both Stark and Forrest’s “intellectual property rights were exploited” when the scenes became available online and on DVD.
Forrest, who also played the role of a sandtrooper in the film, uttered the line, “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for” – however, he allegedly received no compensation for his work.
Forrest, 73, went on to appear in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
We will be watching this story closely.
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