T his hilarious Star Wars video sees some of the franchise's most beloved characters, from Darth Maul to Luke Skywalker, turned into Minions. Star Wars movies and TV shows have undergone a number ...

Like the Minions, Ewoks in Star Wars are cute, feisty, and speak their own made-up language.But did you know that Minionese and Ewokese are sort of like cousins? Ewokese was based on the general ...

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims the AI company Midjourney generates images that “blatantly incorporate and copy” the movie studios’ famous characters.

In the complaint, the Hollywood giants allege Midjourney generates “endless” ripoffs of everything from minions to Darth Vader.

Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered ...

Disney and Universal sued Midjourney on Wednesday for generating Shrek, Darth Vader, Buzz Lightyear, and a host of other copyrighted characters in the first major legal showdown between Hollywood and ...

"Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop creations of characters like Darth Vader or Shrek run afoul of their IP.

Disney and Universal sued AI image-generator Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement. They gave side-by-side comparisons as examples.

Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in "Star Wars." Lucasfilm via Shutterstock. June 11, 2025, 12:05 PM EDT / Source: CNBC. ... The Avengers and the minions from Despicable Me.

Disney and Universal are suing artificial intelligence (AI) firm Midjourney over its image generator, which the Hollywood giants allege is a "bottomless pit of plagiarism". The two studios claim ...

Disney, Universal sue AI company for copying Minions, Avengers and 'Star Wars' characters. Kaitlyn Huamani. Wed, June 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM UTC. 3 min read.