Full game rules have subsequently been invented by fans, but at the time the film was made the only rule seemed to be: let the wookiee win or endure his sulking.
Black Ops 2 is pulling out all the stops to keep the series fresh, setting the game in the future where new weapons and killstreaks are invented out of non-existing technology.
Henderson, who runs companies that have sued many of the largest technology companies over patents on everything from answering machines to video game technology, needed to convince patent officials that he had invented the device before another patent covering similar technology was granted.