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Originally Posted by GaryTonge
What I don't understand about Sideshow and Star Wars is why can't they get scans of the original props, costumes or whatever? Do license holders not have access to stuff like that from Lucasfilm?
I don't see how there should be any deviation.
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When Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, the props and costumes he had in the archives were not part of the deal; those he kept to open his museum.
When making the The Force Awakens, Disney had to contact fans that had the specs on R2-D2 and have them build it for the movie.
I'm not sure how it works now with licensing, but any company that would like to scan and take pics of the props would need to go through Lucas' archivists that have been documenting everything for his museum.