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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article <10nfp99$2e20u$1@dont-email.me>, YourName@YourISP.com wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-22 07:44:35 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >> On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:00:39 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   >>> There are numerous rip-offs, copy-cats, and cash-ins of Star Wars,   
   >>> some more blatant than others.   
   >>   
   >> You have to be careful, though. There is a tendency to see every   
   >> space-opera/fantasy show post-1977 as a “Star Wars” ripoff, forgetting   
   >> that George Lucas himself rip^H^H^Hborrowed heavily from what came   
   >> before.   
   >>   
   >> Lucas is like a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of the movie world: able to   
   >> convince others, through sheer PR volume, that his repackaging of   
   >> existing ideas is something novel, unlike anything that came before.   
   >   
   >Maybe, but George Lucas and Steve Jobs made (mostly) good products ...   
   >Bill Gates is a con artist who has produced nothing but complete crap.   
      
   Bill Gates also caused a manatee at Epstein Island to kill itself.   
      
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