The first George Lucas movies, American Graffiti and THX-1138, seem nothing like Star Wars…but only at a quick glance. They have a lot more in common than you may realize.
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In this edition of How Did This Get Made, Blake Harris talks to screenwriter Metrov about the making of Solarbabies. Read this Solarbabies oral history.
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Star Wars and Indiana Jones are the big ones, but what are the best Lucasfilm movies after that? Find out in this list ranking 10 other classic films.
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George Lucas basically wipes his butt with money these days (or could if he wanted to), but as a newly surfaced payroll memo from 1968 shows, even this gazillionaire had relatively humble beginnings. Also after the jump: The long lost Black Angel will get a digital release in 2014 Harrison Ford is still ducking questions about…
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This extremely rare one hour interview with George Lucas was conducted by film journalist Gene Youngblood on on Los Angeles Public Television Station KCET. This in-depth interview is notable because it was conducted before American Graffiti or Star Wars, while a then-27-year-old Lucas was promoting his first feature, THX 1138.
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Every evil genius needs a lair from which the run all of their daily affairs: everything from selecting the color of the company letterhead to plotting world domination. Usually these are hollowed-out mountain fortresses, secret inactive volcano lairs, or undersea secret bases. Because if you're going to do something on such a massive scale, why…
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South American artist Martin Ansin created this poster of George Lucas' THX 1138 as the first in a series for a personal project chonicling the films he finds visually exciting. Check out the full print after the jump. "Here the key plot points of the film are presented in the design from bottom to top.…
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