Star Wars Episode 1 and 2 contain exact characters and other creative designs from Episode 4/5/6.
Not "like" them, not derivative of them, but actually them (e.g. Yoda).
So yeah, that would be a direct copy.
Not "like" them, not derivative of them, but actually them (e.g. Yoda).
So yeah, that would be a direct copy.
A direct copy, would be the _exact_same_ characters as depicted in ep VI, but alas they are not, they are however similar to, which makes it a derivative of.