Editing George Lucas (section)

===Lucas Museum of Narrative Art===
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By June 2013, Lucas was considering establishing a museum, the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, to be built on [[Crissy Field]] near the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in San Francisco, which would display his collection of illustrations and pop art, with an estimated value of more than $1&nbsp;billion. Lucas offered to pay the estimated $300&nbsp;million cost of constructing the museum, and would endow it with $400&nbsp;million when it opened, eventually adding an additional $400&nbsp;million to its endowment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/filmmaker-curator-george-lucas-pitches-san-francisco-art-145650551.html/ |title=George Lucas pitches a San Francisco art museum |first=Holly |last=Bailey |work=Yahoo! News |date=June 14, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230085039/http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/filmmaker-curator-george-lucas-pitches-san-francisco-art-145650551.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After being unable to reach an agreement with [[The Presidio Trust]], Lucas turned to Chicago.<ref name="chicagotribune.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-george-lucas-museum-confidential-harris-0410-bi-20140410,0,4366334.column |title=Chicago to vie for George Lucas' museum |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=April 10, 2014 |access-date=May 20, 2014 |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413130728/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-george-lucas-museum-confidential-harris-0410-bi-20140410,0,4366334.column |url-status=live }}</ref> A potential lakefront site on [[Museum Campus]] in Chicago was proposed in May 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first=Fran |last=Spielman |url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/?p=165808&r=2994A0367478F0L |title=Lakefront campus recommended for George Lucas interactive museum |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=May 20, 2014 |access-date=May 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123135600/http://chicago.suntimes.com/?p=165808&r=2994A0367478F0L |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By June 2014, Chicago had been selected, pending approval of the [[Chicago Plan Commission]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Sneed |first=Michael |title=Sneed Exclusive: Chicago to Get George Lucas Museum |url=http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/sneed-exclusive-chicago-get-george-lucas-museum/tue-06242014-346pm-1 |date=June 24, 2014 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=June 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107035736/http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/sneed-exclusive-chicago-get-george-lucas-museum/tue-06242014-346pm-1 |archive-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> which was granted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lucasmuseum.org/museum.html |title=A New Museum for Chicago |publisher=Lucas Museum.org |access-date=November 6, 2014 |archive-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107102007/http://www.lucasmuseum.org/museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum project was renamed the [[Lucas Museum of Narrative Art]]. On June 24, 2016, Lucas announced that he was abandoning his plans to locate the museum in Chicago, due to a lawsuit by a local preservation group, Friends of the Parks, and would instead build the museum in California.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/us/george-lucas-abandons-plan-to-build-art-museum-in-chicago.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/us/george-lucas-abandons-plan-to-build-art-museum-in-chicago.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=George Lucas Abandons Plan to Build Art Museum in Chicago |date=June 24, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 26, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On January 17, 2017, Lucas announced that an eleven-acre campus with green space and the museum's five-story 300,000 square foot building will be constructed over what was a parking lot in [[Exposition Park (Los Angeles)|Exposition Park]], Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-wins-lucas-museum-20170110-htmlstory.html |title=Los Angeles will be home to George Lucas' $1-billion museum |date=January 10, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117180121/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-wins-lucas-museum-20170110-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is due to be completed in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-27 |title=À Los Angeles, le spectaculaire musée de George Lucas n'ouvrira finalement qu'en 2026 |url=https://www.beauxarts.com/grand-format/a-los-angeles-le-spectaculaire-musee-de-george-lucas-nouvrira-finalement-quen-2026/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Beaux Arts |language=fr-FR}}</ref>