California the Free State of Star Wars

1 June 1988

ILM 'Forcetrooper' in training

In a statement released this morning by the SWG group, California is proclaimed a 'Free State', and independent of US federal law and taxes.

"We have everything we need in California. Our own right to live independently of what was the United States. We are not United, we are One State, the Free State of Star Wars", the statement read.

The State does indeed have its own police force and the Senator, backed by his SW7 council and the ILM, the SWG equivalent of the Secret Service, it certainly appears it has the resources. A response from the President has not yet been released. The President of the USA, that is, because in the SWG statement Lucas says "I am no longer just the Senator of California, I am the President of California, the Free State of Star Wars".