10 Biggest (And Weirdest) Lawsuits In Star Wars History

10. Star Wars Fan's AT-AT Dream Gets Tripped Up By The Legal System

In 2011, Star Wars superfan Michael Koehler decided that he wanted to do something insane, yet incredibly cool: he wanted to build a life-sized AT-AT.

And not only that, he actually wanted it to be functional too (presumably, just the movement, not the lasers), with Koehler noting that the epic project had received some early support from roboticists, engineers, and even someone from MIT.

Naming his campaign "AT-AT For America", the idea was to recruit people from all over the US, who would then build individual parts of the machine in their own locations, before the final product was pieced together near Koehler's home.

It sounded like an admirable venture, but unfortunately, those mighty AT-ATs are no match for Lucasfilm's all-powerful lawyers. The company's legal arm went after AT-AT For America and shut the project down, forcing Koehler to refund the donations he'd already received.