For those of you not fully conversant with the drama that is Star Wars: Behind the Scenes - or The People v George Lucas as a recent documentary put it - there has been an ongoing furore about George Lucas meddling with his masterpieces.
George Lucas was a bigger star on those films than Portman, Ewan McGregor or Hayden Christensen.
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It has been more than twenty years since George Lucas directed a movie.
In a recent interview George Lucas hinted at a cast reunion, revealing the trio were "in final stages of negotiation".
But what Mr Landau really needs is something that combines the power of EverQuest (and its ability to remove money from people's wallets) with the broad appeal of Wheel of Fortune which is why Sony has bought an exclusive licence from George Lucas to create a Star Wars game, and has handed it over to the division that built EverQuest.
"Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision, and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas, " said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company.
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Founded by George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm is a privately held, fully-integrated entertainment company.
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In February, Sony Online Entertainment struck a partnership with George Lucas' LucasArts to create an online gaming environment centered on the Star Wars brand.
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were taking a lunch break from the Sri Lanka set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on a balmy afternoon 13 years ago.
As for Pixar, far from a glamorous beginning, Jobs gained control of it from George Lucas who, was at the time raising cash to pay for a divorce.
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As a final point, George Lucas secretly visited the set of Avatar while it was being filmed, engaging in discussions and study of the new emerging 3D and mo-cap technologies employed by James Cameron in that film.
With "Star Trek Into Darkness" coming out in a couple of days and George Lucas' birthday on Tuesday, May 14, we saw an opportunity to dive back into this neverending back-and-forth for clues about what lies in store for the tech world.
First off, let me say that I have a tremendous amount of respect for George Lucas.
George Lucas is pushing Hollywood his way again, by releasing a digital version of his latest Star Wars.
After five front-line reports from a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas has come to the end of his tale or, rather, gone back to where he began.
This year, it is about a Volkswagen commercial, more than the most recent George Lucas films.
Extensive art work including character designs, costume designs, and set designs were all developed by a top team of concept artists and designers who worked for more than a year on the third floor design studio at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch's main house on the project.
George Lucas has been at the forefront of transmedia, long before the term became a buzz word in Hollywood.
Before the event, every feature-film director is invited to George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, north of San Francisco, for a two-day networking retreat.
"Hate him or love him, here's a guy who's worked in multiple genres across multiple media and has his own production company -- which is way more established than George Lucas was when 'Star Wars' came out, " says Dan Herbert, a film professor at the University of Michigan.
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"Stuart was already a makeup legend when he started on ' Star Wars, '" said George Lucas, creator of the films.
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George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford split the bulk of the profits from that movie leaving LaBeouf as a profitable costar.
Lucas endorsed Democratic nominee Nick Clooney, a local celebrity who brought star power as the father of actor George Clooney and the brother of the late singer Rosemary Clooney.
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