An American filmmaker, George Lucas is most famous as the creative genius behind the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" film series. One of the most innovative figures in film history, Lucas founded the groundbreaking special effects house Industrial Light & Magic. His most successful films as either a director, producer or writer include "American Graffiti", the "Star Wars" films and the "Indiana Jones" films.
Darth Vader is one of the coolest—and coolest-looking—characters in science fiction, yet much of his appearance was the result of nothing more than practicality. At least that's how Ralph McQuarrie, the legendary conceptual designer of George Lucas' original Star Wars films, remembers the evolution of the Sith's darkest Dark Lord.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:44:09 GMTThe full trailer has been released for Family Guy’s latest Star Wars inspired film entitled, Something, Something, Something, Dark Side. It features every member of the Griffin clan reprising their roles as characters from the George Lucas franchise. This time their doing a take on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Check out the [...]
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:42:08 GMTDisney reportedly will start showing the Michael Jackson 3-D movie "Captain EO" at its theme parks in January. Jackson spent $30 million to make the movie, and persuaded Francis Ford Coppola to direct, George Lucas to produce and Angelica Huston to co-star.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:40:02 GMT
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Lucas sold Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Division to Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs, and it later became Pixar Animation Studio.
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