George Lucas

George Lucas to Produce ‘Star Wars’ TV Series

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 17, 2007 - 8:12am.

Looking to expand on the Star Wars universe beyond the storylines covered in the films, George Lucas has “just begun work” on a television series, the LA Times reports. "The Skywalkers aren't in it, and it's about minor characters," Lucas said. "It has nothing to do with Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader or any of those people. It's completely different. But it's a good idea, and it's going to be a lot of fun to do."

George Lucas in Trademark Dispute With News Aggregator Digg.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 28, 2007 - 2:09pm.

Arlington, Va. - "Star Wars" director George Lucas has filed a trademark complaint against news aggregation site Digg.com, which Lucas says is similar to "The Dig," a PC adventure game released in 1995 by his LucasArts games division.

"Star Wars" Director's Lucasfilm to Curtail Film Production, Focus on TV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 4:42pm.

Los Angeles - "Star Wars" director George Lucas said on Thursday that his Lucasfilm production company will shift its focus away from movies and into developing programming for TV and other platforms, Daily Variety reported. "We don't want to make movies. We're about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we've moved away from the feature film thing because it's too expensive and it's too risky," Lucas told Variety, at the groundbreaking for USC's School of Cinematic Arts, to which Lucas contributed $175 million.

George Lucas Donates $175 Million to USC Film School

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:42am.

Los Angeles - "Star Wars" director George Lucas has donated $175 million to the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, in what figures as both the largest gift ever received by the school and the largest known contribution to a U.S. film school.