The Star Wars director criticised the current state of the film industry. George Lucas has some strong words to share on the state of movies today and where they’re heading. Lucas, now 80-years-old and retired from directing, is known for creating two of the biggest blockbuster franchises in cinema history – Star Wars and Indiana […]

1 year ago

A quiz from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Today is the day that Star Wars fans await for every year. May the 4th. As in “May for Fourth by with you…” Geddit? It is very clever. Anyway, here is a quiz about the Star Wars movies. It is just about […]

3 years ago

“Who talks like this, George?!” Mark Hamill may have come into Star Wars as a complete unknown (barring family and friends) but the 24-year-old had no problem pleading with his director to take out one batch of dialogue. Although it was released in 1977, the movie had been filmed over the previous two years, at […]

3 years ago

The horror. Very few directors have had as many conversations about their work, when you take into consideration just how many movies George Lucas has actually directed. Stanley Kubrick directed 13 movies. Terrence Malick has directed 10 movies. George Lucas? Just six. And four of those were Star Wars movies. And three of those were […]

8 years ago

“Our great and powerful princess.” George Lucas, the man behind the Star Wars franchise, has joined the thousands of people paying tribute to Carrie Fisher, who passed away earlier today at the age of 60. Fisher was an actress, a writer and producer — but her most iconic on-screen role was as Princess Leia in […]

10 years ago

George Lucas is feeling the pinch from a very controversial TV interview with Charlie Rose. The Star Wars creator said in his initial interview that he had sold his “kids” – aka one of the biggest film franchises in cinema history – “to the white slavers who take these things.” Here is the interview in […]

11 years ago