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George Lucas

October 2024

  • Steven Spielberg (right) with John Williams in 1977, working on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, taken from Music by John Williams

    Music by John Williams review – the man behind the soundtracks, from Star Wars to Superman

    Steven Spielberg, Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Martin contribute to this fascinating if fleeting glimpse into a remarkable career that also encompasses Jaws, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter

September 2024

  • ‘We want to create the feeling of being Indiana Jones’ … Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

    Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: a video game that will whip film fans into a frenzy

    MachineGames’ long-awaited iteration of the George Lucas and Steven Spielberg franchise looks set to deliver the most authentic Indy adventure yet. Hold on to your hats for an unforgettable ride

May 2024

  • Anora, directed by Sean Baker, is about a sex worker whose life becomes a fairy tale and then a nightmare.

    Anora, tale of a stripper who marries a Russian oligarch, wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

  • Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.

    Week in geek
    Star Wars – The Phantom Menace: still terrible after all these years?

November 2023

  • Dreaming of Sarlacc’s belly … the cast of Star Wars Holiday Special

    Week in geek
    The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special was genuinely dire – how on earth did it happen?

    If you thought The Phantom Menace was bad, A Disturbance in the Force uncovers what went on to allow such a cultural monstrosity to exist

September 2023

  • Rosario Dawson in Ahsoka.

    Oh dear, George Lucas! Why the Star Wars universe is going from bad to worse

    The latest Star Wars spin-off, Ahsoka, is painfully glacial TV about a giant Oompa Loompa in a novelty hat. These shows need to be banished to a galaxy far away

August 2023

  • The future could not have been brighter for everyone involved in American Graffiti, which launched too many hit TV shows and movies and acting careers to count.

    American Graffiti at 50: a classic hangout comedy with a surprising melancholy

    George Lucas’s 60s-set tale of California teens offers some freewheeling fun but also a lingering sadness

May 2023

  • 1983, STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI<br>HARRISON FORD, CARRIE FISHER &amp; MARK HAMILL Character(s): Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker Film 'STAR WARS: EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI' (1983) Directed By RICHARD MARQUAND 25 May 1983 SAE16768 Allstar/LUCASFILM (USA 1983) / neuer Titel auch: "Star Wars: Episode VI - Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter" **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of LUCASFILM and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To LUCASFILM is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Return of the Jedi at 40: a flawed reminder of when Star Wars was still an event

    The third chapter in the beloved sci-fi saga is riddled with problems but there’s still something charming in revisiting the universe before it expanded too much

December 2022

  • Harrison Ford in a trailer still from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

    Fifth Indiana Jones movie releases first trailer and title

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, in theaters June 2023, sees Harrison Ford reprising his role as the hero archaeologist

November 2022

  • Warwick Davis reprises his role as Willow Ufgood In Willow.

    ‘David Bowie had seven pairs of socks down his tights’: Warwick Davis on reboots, relationships and rock stars

    George Lucas wrote Willow for Warwick Davis after seeing him play an Ewok in Star Wars. As the actor returns as the baby-saving sorcerer, he talks about Val Kilmer pep talks, the Harry Potter shoot – and channelling a Ricky Gervais sitcom

September 2022

  • Diego Luna in the forthcoming TV series Andor.

    Week in geek
    Will we ever see a Star Wars movie again, or has the saga ditched the big screen for ever?

    A huge slate of Disney+ releases suggests the franchise is retreating from the multiplex – but a Mandalorian movie may prove the theory wrong

July 2022

  • Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

    Week in geek
    Why there’s no way back for George Lucas’ alien-contact Indiana Jones storyline

  • Cindy Morgan and Bruce Boxleitner in Tron.

    ‘Frankly it blew my mind’: how Tron changed cinema – and predicted the future of tech

June 2022

  • Colin Cantwell with the prototype artwork for the Star Wars X-wIng and the Death Star.

    Colin Cantwell obituary

    Artist and designer who created spaceships, stations and vehicles, including the X-wing starfighter, for the Star Wars films

May 2022

  • OBI-WAN KENOBI - (Pictured) Hayden Christensen. Photo by Brian Bowen Smith. © 2022&nbsp;Brian Bowen Smith. All Rights Reserved. Hayden Christiansen by Brian Bowen Smith 2022 All Rights Reserved

    The G2 interview
    ‘Redemption is a powerful concept’: Hayden Christensen on Star Wars and daring to return as Darth Vader

  • Colin Cantwell, pictured in 2017.

    Colin Cantwell, Star Wars designer behind the X-Wing and Death Star, dies aged 90

July 2021

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981.

    From the Guardian archive
    The making of Raiders of the Lost Ark – archive, 1981

    23 July 1981 George Lucas and Steven Spielberg talk about the friendship that led to the creation of the first Indiana Jones adventure

April 2021

  • A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … one of writer Alan Dean Foster’s claims against Disney relates to his novelisation of the first Star Wars film, published in 1976.

    DisneyMustPay: authors form task force to fight for missing payments

    Coalition of author groups call for Disney to pay outstanding royalties owed to writers of novels and comics including Star Wars, Alien and Buffy the Vampire Slayer series it now owns

March 2021

  • John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

    Week in geek
    Racist trolls may think they own Star Wars, but the saga's diversity issues are not cut and dried

    The social media harassment of Kelly Marie Tran was abominable, but it’s not fair to say that racism is baked into the epic franchise’s core

January 2021

  • Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace Year : 1999 USA Director : George Lucas, Ahmed Best. Image shot 1999. Exact date unknown.<br>F65NW7 Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace Year : 1999 USA Director : George Lucas, Ahmed Best. Image shot 1999. Exact date unknown.

    Hear me out
    Hear me out: why The Phantom Menace isn't a bad movie

    The latest in our series of writers defending maligned movies is a plea to revisit George Lucas’s loathed first Star Wars prequel
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