Editing George Lucas (section)

== Other ventures==
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===Lucasfilm===
[[File:Lucasfilm logo.svg|220x124px|thumb|right|Lucasfilm Ltd. logo]]

Lucas founded a film production company [[Lucasfilm]] in 1971,<ref>{{cite book| first=Stuart |last=Moss |title=The Entertainment Industry |location=Wallingford, UK |publisher=cab international|year=2009 |page=89|isbn=9781845935511}}</ref> and incorporated as Lucasfilm Ltd. on September 12, 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=lucasfilm&SearchSubType=Keyword|title=Business Search - Business Entities – Business Programs – California Secretary of State|website=businesssearch.sos.ca.gov|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210649/https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=lucasfilm&SearchSubType=Keyword|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the mid-1970s, the company's offices were located on the [[Universal Studios Lot]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Roy |title=Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years – Volume 1 |year=2015 |isbn=9780785191063 |page=4|publisher=Marvel }}</ref> Lucas founded the '''Star Wars Corporation, Inc.''' as a subsidiary to control various legal and financial aspects of ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977),<ref>{{Cite video|title=[[Empire of Dreams|Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy]]|medium=Documentary film|date=2004|publisher=Prometheus Entertainment/[[Fox 21 Television Studios|Fox Television Studios]]/Lucasfilm|minutes=17:30}}</ref> including copyright, and sequel and merchandising rights. It also produced the 1978 ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' for [[20th Century Fox Television]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Digiacomo|first1=Frank|title=The Han Solo Comedy Hour!|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2008/12/star_wars_special200812|date=December 2008|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=October 2, 2018|archive-date=December 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230230058/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2008/12/star_wars_special200812|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, Lucas hired Los Angeles-based real-estate specialist Charles Weber to manage the company, telling him that he could keep the job as long as he made money.<ref name=Life/> Lucas wanted the focus of the company to be making independent films, but the company gradually became enlarged from five employees to almost 100, increasing in middle management and running up costs. In 1980, after Weber asked Lucas for fifty million dollars to invest in other companies and suggested that they sell [[Skywalker Ranch]] to do so, Lucas fired Weber and had to let half of the Los Angeles staff go.<ref name=Life>{{cite magazine |last=Pollock |first=Dale |title=A Man and His Empire: The Private Life of 'Star Wars' Creator George Lucas |magazine=Life |date=June 1983 |pages=94, 96}}</ref> By the same year, the corporate subsidiary had been discontinued and its business was absorbed into the various divisions of Lucasfilm.

===ILM===

Lucas founded [[Industrial Light & Magic]] in 1975, he wanted his 1977 film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' to include visual effects that had never been seen on film before.<ref name=SW>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/themovies/saga/19990715news.html|title=Industrial Light & Magic: History|work=StarWars.com|publisher=Lucasfilm|date=July 15, 1999|access-date=February 1, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216050728/http://www.starwars.com/themovies/saga/19990715news.html|archive-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref> After discovering that the in-house effects department at [[20th Century Fox]] was no longer operational, Lucas approached [[Douglas Trumbull]], best known for the effects on ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968) and ''[[Silent Running]]'' (1972). Trumbull declined as he was already committed to working on [[Steven Spielberg]]'s film ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' (1977), but suggested his assistant [[John Dykstra]] to Lucas. Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists, and engineers and set them up in a warehouse in [[Van Nuys, California]]. After seeing the map for the location was zoned as [[Light industry|light industrial]], Lucas named the group Industrial Light and Magic,<ref>{{Citation|title=Interviewing Return of the Jedi Lucasfilm VFX Editor Bill Kimberlin – Rule of Two| date=April 7, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeIXcIwJ-Zo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211109/aeIXcIwJ-Zo| archive-date=November 9, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=April 8, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which became the Special Visual Effects department on ''Star Wars''. Alongside Dykstra, other leading members of the original ILM team were [[Ken Ralston]], [[Richard Edlund]], [[Dennis Muren]], [[Robert Blalack]], [[Joe Johnston]], [[Phil Tippett]], [[Steve Gawley]], [[Lorne Peterson]] and Paul Huston.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/ilm-reunion-40-years-of-star-wars |title=We Meet Again At Last: ILM Veterans Reunite To Celebrate 40 Years Of Star Wars |website=starwars.com |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921103142/https://www.starwars.com/news/ilm-reunion-40-years-of-star-wars |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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>