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George Lucas is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the Star Wars and assisting with the creation of Indiana Jones.  He is also known for founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.  His full legal name is George Walton Lucas Jr.George Lucas is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for the movie American Grafitti, creating Star Wars and assisting with the creation of Indiana Jones.  He is also known for founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.  His full legal name is George Walton Lucas Jr. While Lucas is considered to be the creator of Star Wars, the original and prequel trilogies are heavily based on the 1958 Japanese samurai film The Hidden Fortress directed by Akira Kurosawa.  George Lucas does however state that Kurosawa as an inspiration.   Howard the Duck bombing forced a cash-strapped Lucas to sell the computer division of Lucasfilm to Steve Jobs, and that's how Pixar was born.  In 1988, an original story by Lucas called Willow hit theaters which was basically a remake of Star Wars.   In a 1999 interview with the New York Times leading up to the release of The Phantom Menace, Lucas made a political comment where he spoke fondly of how the United States would be better off with a king or even a despot. "''There's probably no better form of government than a good despot,''" Lucas said as he shared his political view.== THX 1138 ==George Lucas expanded THX 1138 from Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, a student film he made as a grad student in the film department of the University of Southern California. Lucas adapted the idea from a 1.5-page outline called “Breakout,” which was written by fellow USC student Matthew Robbins.  References to the number “1138” have been included in subsequent Lucas films.  In American Graffiti, it is the license plate number on John Milner’s car. In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo transfer Chewbacca to cell block 1138.  In Raiders of the Lost Ark, a Nazi loudspeaker in the submarine dock scene announces "ein, ein, drei, acht," which in English translates to “one,” “one,” “three,” “eight.”  There are additional examples not mentioned here.The short film [https://archive.org/details/electroniclabyrinth Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB] is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.[[Category:Entertainment]]
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