Would Disney try to crush it if someone would try to Orville Star Wars?

[Karha of Honor]

Would it be worth it financially? Is it possible legally? Is it possible creatively?

[TGLS]

Viability of Pseudo-Star Wars
Financially? Probably, but don't expect much of a boost from styling like Star Wars, it'll be treated as just another space opera. Legally? Almost certainly; Space Opera is an established genre, and plenty of examples that are similar to Star Wars exist. Creatively? Maybe not. Modern space opera is very ossified and rigidly constructed, especially in film.

[Draco Dracul]

They probably wouldn't take legal action, but it's a moot point because no studio is going to be willing to spend that kind of money on an untested scifi property unless James Cameron is attached.

[Admiral X]

Isn't that basically what Space Balls is?

[Darth Wedgius]

Isn't that basically what Space Balls is?

I think Spaceballs is more of a parody than Orville is, and parody has some strong free speech protections. Still Mel Brooks cleared it with George Lucas, and Lucas gave it his blessing as long as no merchandise was made.

Which was too bad, because that flamethrower looked fun.

FWiW, 20th Century Fox did bring suit against Universal for the original Battlestar Galactica encroaching too far on Star Wars, and they settled. Doesn't mean Disney would do what 20th Century Fox did, of course.

[Nealithi]

Isn't that basically what Space Balls is?

I think Spaceballs is more of a parody than Orville is, and parody has some strong free speech protections. Still Mel Brooks cleared it with George Lucas, and Lucas gave it his blessing as long as no merchandise was made.

Which was too bad, because that flamethrower looked fun.

FWiW, 20th Century Fox did bring suit against Universal for the original Battlestar Galactica encroaching too far on Star Wars, and they settled. Doesn't mean Disney would do what 20th Century Fox did, of course.

I wanted the lunch box.
But on a more realistic point. Since BSG was allowed to continue. Could Universal put out BSG movies to rival the SW movies?

[Darth Wedgius]

Isn't that basically what Space Balls is?

I think Spaceballs is more of a parody than Orville is, and parody has some strong free speech protections. Still Mel Brooks cleared it with George Lucas, and Lucas gave it his blessing as long as no merchandise was made.

Which was too bad, because that flamethrower looked fun.

FWiW, 20th Century Fox did bring suit against Universal for the original Battlestar Galactica encroaching too far on Star Wars, and they settled. Doesn't mean Disney would do what 20th Century Fox did, of course.

I wanted the lunch box.
But on a more realistic point. Since BSG was allowed to continue. Could Universal put out BSG movies to rival the SW movies?

I'd lean toward optimism for that. The original case was settled after BSG went off the air, but nuBSG was allowed to air, so...

[SlackerinDeNile]

Farscape was arguably this concept to some extent.

[Durandal_1707]

DS9's Mirror Universe arc felt a lot like an Orville'd version of Star Wars to me.

[Karha of Honor]

DS9's Mirror Universe arc felt a lot like an Orville'd version of Star Wars to me.

Care to elaborate?