George Lucas

George Lucas took a significant financial risk by forgoing his director's fee in exchange for the merchandising rights for "Star Wars." This decision was unprecedented in Hollywood at the time, as studios typically held onto merchandising rights. By retaining these rights, Lucas was able to capitalize on the massive success of the franchise through merchandise sales, which ultimately played a crucial role in building his empire. This risk paid off handsomely, as the "Star Wars" brand became a global phenomenon, solidifying Lucas' status as a pioneering filmmaker and entrepreneur.

Lucas was born in Modesto, California,(1913-1991).

His experiences growing up in the sleepy Central Town of Modesto and his early passion for cars and motor racing would eventually serve as inspiration for his Oscar-nominated low-budget phenomenon, American Graffiti. Before young Lucas became obsessed with the movie camera, he wanted to be a race car driver, and he spent most of his high school years racing on the underground circuit at fairgrounds and hanging out at garages. However, a near-fatal accident in his souped-up Autobianci Bianchina on June 12, 1962, just days before his high school graduation, quickly changed his mind. Instead of racing, he attended community college and later got accepted into a junior college to study anthropology. While taking liberal arts courses, he developed a passion for cinematography and camera tricks.

No, Luke Skywalker was played by Mark Hamill.

The 1981 movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by George Lucas.

George Takei is a Japanese-American actor, born Hosato Takei on April 20, 1937, best known for his portrayal of Star Trek character Hikaru Sulu (helmsman, USS Enterprise and captain, USS Excelsior). He is the son of Japanese immigrants and a proponent of gay rights.

Luke Skywalker is a real name of a fictional character potrayed by a real life actor in a science-fiction film with a fictional storyline.

Because IV-VI (4-6) are often called the "Origional Trilogy" George Lucas thought of that idea first, and made I-III (1-3) later to tell the story of what happened beore episodes 4-6. 4-6 would be sort of incomplete without 1-3.

George Lucas wrote all six episodes at once. when deciding which one to make first he went with episode IV because it was by far the cheapest and easiest to make.

Addition by SJ Commander:

While that may be part of the reason, another reason was that George Lucas wanted to make Episode I first, but he decided against making it because he wanted to make the giant, sprawling metropolis Coruscant as good and realistic as possible, and the CGI techniques and matching programs and computers weren't there yet. So he decided against messing with his grand vision and made Episode IV first because it required less grandiose CGI techniques.

His dogs name was Indiana. He was a Huskie & his best frirnd while writng all the great screenplays.

No he didn't

George Lucas played as Chairman Papanoida of Pantora. He is seen with his role's daughter Senator Chi Eekway, played by Katie Lucas, at the opera house in Revenge of the Sith. Papanoida and his 2 daughters and son appear in the animated Clone Wars TV series in season 3 episode 4 "Sphere of Influence" and each of these 4 characters each describes the Lucas family in real life

Lucas had a little bit of the back story in his head when he wrote the first trilogy, but he originally wrote the original stories. So, he made those and then expounded on the back story later.

The first Starwars movie was filmed in 1976.

His very first film is a cult classic named THX1138.

George Brady is a Holocaust survivor. His parents and younger sister, Hana, were all killed. Lady in Japan was putting together an exhibit and asked the German government for some artefacts, dealing with children, and one of them was a suitcase that Hana had put her name on. The suitcase struck the lady and she started to investigate it.

Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and THX-sound and picture

George Lucas has about 3.6 billion U.S. dollars while Steven Spielberg only about 3 billion

Yes, George Lucas has 4 kids.

His wife's name is Marcia (I believe her maiden name was Griffin), they were married from 1969-1983.

George Lucas received a bachelor degree in Film from the University of Southern California and holds numerous honorary degrees.

Club Obi Wan is the name of the Shanghai restaurant and night club in Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). The name pays homage to Obi-Wan Kenobi, a character in George Lucas' Star Wars movies. This was no "inside joke" though. Anyone who saw the club's name and knew that George Lucas is the writer for both movie franchises would have realized the connection.

No, he is still alive at the age of 65.

Most people would consider him intelligent.