--- description: The company says it teaches the "core principles" of the Jedi title: Disney's Lucasfilm Sues Academy That Gives Lightsaber Lessons image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2603c508997f5eff/6987eb803c16395de645589f/star-wars-force-awakens2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Disney's Lucasfilm Sues Academy That Gives Lightsaber Lessons by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:43 AM CUTPublished: Oct 18, 2016 10:10 PM CUT  Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force AwakensLucasfilm/Disney by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:43 AM CUTPublished: Oct 18, 2016 10:10 PM CUT Disney’s [Lucasfilm](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/disneys-lucasfilm-sues-academy-teaches-938781 "undefined") has sued a company that gives lessons in wielding [lightsabers](http://time.com/4410313/trials-on-tatooine/ "undefined"), arguing that it infringes on trademarks. The defendant, Michael Brown, is named in the [complaint](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3143771-Lightsaber.html "undefined") as running businesses including Lightsaber Academy, New York Jedi and Thrills and Skills, according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. [Lightsaber Academy](http://lightsaberacademy.com/ "undefined") professes to teach the “core principles” of safety and practical application of sport dueling with Lightsabers. “Among other infringing activities,” Lucasfilm wrote in the complaint, “Defendants use a logo that is nearly identical, and confusingly similar, to Lucasfilm’s trademark Jedi Order logo… round in shape, with six wing-like shapes curving upward (three per side), and an eight-pointed star featuring elongated top and bottom points stretched into a vertical line.” Lucasfilm says it has already served multiple cease and desist notices, and that Brown subsequently filed a trademark application for “Lightsaber Academy, Inc.” The _Hollywood Reporter_ could not reach Brown for comment. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/disneys-lucasfilm-sues-academy-teaches-938781 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4536044/lucasfilm-sues-lightsaber-jedi-school/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4536044/lucasfilm-sues-lightsaber-jedi-school/"},"headline":"Disney's Lucasfilm Sues Academy That Gives Lightsaber Lessons","datePublished":"2016-10-18T22:10:26.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T01:43:48.000Z","description":"The company says it teaches the \"core principles\" of the Jedi","url":"https://time.com/4536044/lucasfilm-sues-lightsaber-jedi-school/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2603c508997f5eff/6987eb803c16395de645589f/star-wars-force-awakens2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2603c508997f5eff/6987eb803c16395de645589f/star-wars-force-awakens2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-force-awakens2","caption":"Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens","creditText":"Lucasfilm/Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4536044/lucasfilm-sues-lightsaber-jedi-school/","name":"Disney's Lucasfilm Sues Academy That Gives Lightsaber Lessons"}}]}] ```