Jordan Brown
"George Lucas Revenge of the Director" 4-10-16
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The passion in the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled.
George Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in California. After wanting to become
a pro race car driver ending in a car crash and ruining his dream.
He decided to attend Modesto Junior College before transferring in the University of Southern California film School.
1967 - Warner Brothers awarded George a scholarship to observe the making of Fenian's Rainbow
George years later ends up creating his own company "Lucasfilm Ltd"
1973 George Directs and Writes "American Graffiti" which won the
Golden Globe and 5 Academy Award nominations.
Though production of his next film Star Wars.
Even reusing actors from American Graffiti like Harrison Ford.
Inspired by Flash Gordon Films and Planet of the Ape Films.
Even stealing shots and using them in Star Wars.
George Lucas was a technological terror creating multiple movie advances
1975 creation of I.L.M to produce visual effects on start wars
2000- Creates new physics and processes used today for CGI.
George Lucas was so afraid of his movie he had taken a vacation opening night.
Little did he know it became the biggest grossing movie of all time , for awhile.
Becoming a pop culture of its own.
1980's George becomes busy with the building of Skywalker Ranch, built to accommodate the creative and technological needs of Lucasfilm.
George Focused Heavily on production with all films
Indiana Jones and Star Wars of course.
George often said he wanted to stop creating block busters and create indie films for fun on
his free time now.
So the director that created new technology wants to go back to his roots and not
feel pressured to create a dynamic poetry story.
