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George Lucas Won’t Be Building a Museum in Chicago After All
George Lucas Won’t Be Building a Museum in Chicago After All
George Lucas Won’t Be Building a Museum in Chicago After All
Bad news for Star Wars enthusiasts in Chicago: after several legal setbacks, George Lucas has decided not to move forward with his plans for a lakeside museum. According to Variety, the decision was made after it appeared that the lawsuit filed by Chicago group Friends of Parks was not going to be resolved anytime soon.
Lost ‘Star Wars’ TV Series Made the Emperor ‘Wronged by a Heartless Woman’
Lost ‘Star Wars’ TV Series Made the Emperor ‘Wronged by a Heartless Woman’
Lost ‘Star Wars’ TV Series Made the Emperor ‘Wronged by a Heartless Woman’
The concept of a a live-action Star Wars TV series seems all-but lost to time, and perhaps with good reason. According to a God of War game director working for George Lucas at the time, the series might have thought to humanize Emperor Palpatine by revealing the backstory of a “heartless” female gangster who “totally destroyed him as a person.”
George Lucas Explains Why He Would Never Want to Make Another ‘Star Wars’ Movie
George Lucas Explains Why He Would Never Want to Make Another ‘Star Wars’ Movie
George Lucas Explains Why He Would Never Want to Make Another ‘Star Wars’ Movie
George Lucas recently commented about why he walked away from Star Wars and it’s all your fault. In a new video interview for Vanity Fair, the Star Wars creator voiced some of his frustrations with the past of the franchise and his hopes for the future, yielding some uncharacteristically candid soundbites.
‘Return of the Jedi’
‘Return of the Jedi’
‘Return of the Jedi’
Jurassic World recently set the record for the biggest opening weekend at the box office with $209 million. But, did you know that Return of the Jedi once held that record in 1983 with just $23 million. That’s just one of the facts packed into the latest episode of You Think You Know Movies, which looks at the finale of the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi!
15 Facts You May Not Know About ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
15 Facts You May Not Know About ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
15 Facts You May Not Know About ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
There’s a running joke in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade that Indy took his nickname from the family dog. That joke has some truth to it though because as George Lucas was developing Raiders of the Lost Ark, he actually named the character after his dog, Jones (the “Indiana” was a riff on Steve McQueen character Nevada Smith). Coincidentally, the same dog was the inspiration for Chewbacca in Star Wars. Need more Raiders of the Lost Ark facts? Throw us the idol and we’ll throw you the latest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Disney Didn’t Use Any of George Lucas’ Ideas for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Disney Didn’t Use Any of George Lucas’ Ideas for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Disney Didn’t Use Any of George Lucas’ Ideas for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
When Disney bought George Lucas’ company, they got more than the buildings, computers, droids, and the ‘Star Wars’ intellectual property. They also got George Lucas’ unused ideas for future ‘Star Wars’ movies. Though Lucas had insisted for years that ‘Revenge of the Sith’ was his final ‘Star Wars’ film, that didn’t stop him from brainstorming a few other potential stories that could be set after the events of ‘Return of the Jedi’ (and, I assume, mostly involve Jar-Jar Binks wandering the universe and getting into “hilarious” misadventures).
Lucas Wanted 'SW7'
Lucas Wanted 'SW7'
Lucas Wanted 'SW7'
Last month, George Lucas was asked if he had seen the ‘Star Wars: Episode 7’ trailer, and what his reaction was. He said he hadn’t watched the ‘Force Awakens’ trailer, had no plans to and was “not really” interested in the movie. We made him sad, we wrote at the time. But, maybe it wasn’t us that made him sad. While out promoting his new animated movie ‘Strange Magic’, Lucas reveals that he himself wanted to direct ‘Star Wars: Episode 7’.
'Strange Magic' Trailer
'Strange Magic' Trailer
'Strange Magic' Trailer
The trailer for ‘Strange Magic’ boasts that the film comes “from the mind of George Lucas.” That great big brain has dreamed up some of the greatest movies of all time. But it’s also produced its fair share of clunkers as well. (Apologies, ‘Radioland Murders’ devotees.) It’s unfair to write off a movie based on a 150-second trailer, but so far, ‘Strange Magic’ looks a lot closer to the latter than the former. Whoa, this looks insane.

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