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Lucas has had cursory involvement with Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), [81] [82] the Star Wars streaming series The Mandalorian, [83] and the premiere of the eighth season of Game of Thrones. [84] Lucas met with J. J. Abrams before the latter began writing the script to the sequel trilogy's final film, The Rise of Skywalker , which was released ...
The Star Wars franchise is back! The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is acquiring Lucasfilm Ltd. from George Lucas. The deal is a cash and stock transaction valued at a whopping $4.05 billion.
The film legend sat down with Charlie Rose for a recent interview and let his true feelings on 'Star Wars' slip. George Lucas apologizes for calling Disney -- the new owner of 'Star Wars ...
The franchise-originating film was released in 1977, under the title Star Wars.The subtitle Episode IV – A New Hope was retroactively added to the opening crawl for the theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981, [13] [37] to align with the titling of the sequel, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Kathleen Kennedy, the longtime producer and now head of Lucasfilm, has a theory as to why George Lucas decided to return to his famed “Star Wars” series for the Prequel Trilogy after stepping ...
Additionally, she serves as the brand manager for Star Wars, working directly with Disney's global lines of business to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Kennedy serves as producer on new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas originally announced as serving as a creative consultant. [35]
According to original trilogy producer Gary Kurtz, loose plans for a prequel trilogy were developed during the outlining of the original two films. [3] In 1980, Lucas confirmed that he had the nine-film series plotted, [4] but due to the stress of producing the original trilogy and pressure from his wife Marcia Lucas to settle down, he had decided to cancel further sequels by 1981. [5]
A few decades ago, in theaters everywhere, the first Star Wars film wowed audiences for the very first time. George Lucas' contribution to the cultural zeitgeist, subtitled A New Hope, made.