When a judge calls your complaint “remarkable” because it cites such things as Noah’s flood, Game of Thrones and Star Trek, that isn’t a compliment. Disney successfully defeated a breach of contract lawsuit concerning the development of an X-wing flying car.

This has to be one of the wackiest cases yet; the plaintiff, Joseph Alfred, who represents himself (not a big shock) has grand ideas for the future and wants to see the flying car. The vehicle would travel between the realms of automobiles and airplanes and would revolutionize travel and reduce the need to improve the existing highways. Plaintiff’s grand idea is for another company to design the flying car but he is the brains behind the outfit. Mr. Alfred envisions the car looking like the X-wing as seen in Star Wars because if it looked like this familiar spacecraft, people would be more willing to accept it and buy one. One big problem: the plaintiff needs to license the rights to the design from Disney.

In an order to get Disney’s support, the plaintiff claims that he was able to get employees of Disney on the phone and set up a conference call (credit for even getting that far) and he also sent Disney a written unsolicited proposal. Disney, shockingly, told the plaintiff that they were not interested in marketing the X-wing flying car with him. Mr. Alfred claims that his telephone call with Disney was a guarantee that the proposal would be accepted. Not so happy about his rejection, Mr. Alfred drafted his own complaint (who needs lawyers?) and filed a case in Delaware for breach of contract. Disney sought to dismiss the case for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

The court agreed to dismiss the case for several reasons. Among them, the defendant was unable to establish that there was a contract between plaintiff and Disney. The court states that there are simply no allegations that there were the basics of a contract: an offer, acceptance and consideration. The court held that having a telephone call was not acceptance of a contract between the parties. Clearly, Disney did not intend to enter a contract by just speaking with the plaintiff. Therefore, no contract was in place and the complaint must be dismissed.

Kudos to the judge for this amusing decision BUT the judge states that the new Star Wars movie comes out in 2017. So wrong. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is due in theaters in December this year.