George Lucas

"I thought it was too wacky for the general public."

- George Lucas on Star Wars

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is the creator and writer of Star Wars. From 1977 to 2005, he served as co-writer and executive producer of all six films, as well as director for four of the films. He also appeared in a cameo role in the final film of the saga, Revenge of the Sith, as the Wroonian N. Papanoida.

Biography
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Innovator


Besides his directorial and production work on movies, Lucas is one of the most significant contemporary contributor to modern movie technology. In 1975 Lucas established Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in Van Nuys, California, which was responsible for the invention of the special computer assisted camera crane "Dykstraflex" that was used for most of the space fight sequences used in the Star Wars movies (technology which was later adopted by most other visual effects production units, such as those responsible for "Battlestar Galactica" (considered very similar to Star Wars by many) and "Star Trek: The Next Generation"). Through ILM, Lucas spurred the further development of computer graphics, film laser scanners and the earliest use of 3D computer character animation in a film, Young Sherlock Holmes. Lucas sold his early computer development unit to Steve Jobs in 1988, which was renamed Pixar.

Lucas is also responsible for the modern sound systems found in many movie theaters. Though Lucas didn't invent THX, he is responsible for its development.

Now Lucas is spearheading digital photography for movies. Though personal digital photography is now mainstream, most movie studios still use traditional cameras and film for movie production. Lucas departed from this model by filming Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones completely digitally. He showed the result to a select audience of the Hollywood elite, before the movie's general release. For the presentation, Lucas used a special digital projection system. The attendees said the movie had the clearest and sharpest presentation they had ever seen.

Despite the successful demonstration of the technology, movie studios are slow to move to this new model, in part because of the high price of the digital equipment. But digital movie photography has several advantages:
 * Digital editing is much easier and less expensive since the movie is already in digital form.
 * Movies stored digitally are less susceptible to decay and degradation in quality.
 * Transferring digital movies to DVD is much cheaper since both forms are digital.

Student at USC (1965 to 1968)

 * Freiheit (1965)
 * Look at Life (1965)
 * Herbie (1966)
 * 1:42:08 (1966)
 * The Emperor (1967)
 * Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138:4EB (1967)
 * Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (1967)
 * 6-18-67 (1967)
 * Filmaker (1968)

Pre-Star Wars (1971 to 1973)

 * THX 1138 (1971) (director, co-writer)
 * American Graffiti (1973) (director, co-writer)

The birth of Star Wars (1977 to 1983)

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) (director, writer, executive producer)
 * The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (story)
 * More American Graffiti (1979) (executive producer)
 * Kagemusha also known as The Shadow Warrior (1980) (Executive Producer of International Edition)
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (executive producer, co-writer, uncredited co-director)
 * Body Heat (1981) (uncredited executive producer)
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (co-writer, executive producer, uncredited second unit director)
 * Twice Upon a Time (1982) (executive producer)
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) (executive producer, co-writer, uncredited co-director)

Post-Original Trilogy (1984 to 1994)

 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (co-writer, executive producer)
 * Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) (executive producer, story)
 * Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) (executive producer, story)
 * Mishima (1985) (executive producer)
 * Howard the Duck (1986) (executive producer)
 * Labyrinth (1986) (executive producer)
 * Captain Eo (1986) (producer, screenplay)
 * Powaqqatsi (1988) (executive producer)
 * Willow (1988) (writer, executive producer)
 * Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) (executive producer)
 * The Land Before Time (1988) (executive producer)
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (co-writer, executive producer)
 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992 - 1996) (story, executive producer)
 * Radioland Murders (1994) (co-writer, executive producer)

The return of Star Wars (1999 to 2005)

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) (director, writer, executive producer)
 * Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) (director, co-writer, executive producer)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) (director, writer, executive producer, actor)

Post-Star Wars (present)

 * Star Wars: Clone Wars (3-D) (2007) (executive producer)
 * Indiana Jones 4 (2008) (story, executive producer)
 * Red Tails (2008) (story, executive producer)
 * Star Wars live-action TV series (2009) (co-writer, executive producer)

Cameos in films and TV

 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (Cameo as "Tourist boarding plane")
 * Hook (1991) (Cameo as "Man kissing on bridge")
 * Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) (Cameo as "Disappointed Man")
 * The O.C. (2005) (Cameo as Himself)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Cameo as "Baron Papanoida")
 * The Colbert Report (2006) (Cameo as Green Screen Finalist "George L.")

Trivia

 * In 1976, Lucas published a novelization of A New Hope, which was initially (like the film) titled just Star Wars. Although Lucas was credited as author of the book, it was later revealed that the book was actually ghost written by Alan Dean Foster, who would also write Splinter of the Mind's Eye, the first original Star Wars novel and, in many respects, the first Star Wars sequel.
 * Lucas is a member of the United Methodist Church, though he claims that he doesn't adhere to a specific religion, due to his college studies.
 * In his spare time, Lucas enjoys playing Star Wars video games with his children. He has also been known to read some of the Star Wars comic books, including Dark Empire. At one point, Lucas even said that he liked the story presented in the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project so well, that if he had had the story in the 80's, he might have produced a film based on the events in it; in addition, Dash Rendar's Outrider was added leaving Mos Eisley during the special edition of A New Hope.
 * In addition to his role as Baron N. Papanoida, Lucas has made two Expanded Universe appearances. His name was modified for Egroeg Sacul, a character paged on the Star Tours ride. His likeness was also used for a limited-edition action figure of a character called Jorg Sacul.

Articles

 * after Darth": an indepth look at George Lucas's artistic influences and future aspirations from Wired

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