George Lucas
Author of Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
About the Author
George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He founded Lucasfilm and led the company as chairman and chief executive before selling it to The Walt Disney Company on October 30, 2012. As a graduate of the prestigious Cinema show more Studies program of the University of Southern California, George Lucas represents the movie-educated generation of American filmmakers, which emerged in the 1970's, including Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Brian DePalma. Lucas's award-winning 20-minute student science fiction film, "THX-1138," and a student fellowship to work with Coppola, launched a career of unprecedented financial success. Backed by Coppola, he made a feature-length version of "THX-1138" (1971), then gained wide recognition with the release of "American Graffiti" (1973), a look at high school in 1962 whose rock-and-roll soundtrack set off a wave of 1950's nostalgia. Made for $750,000, "American Graffiti" grossed nearly $50 million. However, Lucas's "Star Wars" (1977) broke all box-office records and defined the basic terms of Lucas's legacy: Spectacular technical effects and a comic-book sense of adventure. Lucas wrote the scenarios for the "Star Wars" sequels, "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983), and later for the "Indiana Jones" films, but he handed over directing to others. The American Film Institute awarded Lucas its Life Achievement Award on June 9, 2005. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Directing and Writing for American Graffiti, and Best Directing and Writing for Star Wars. He received the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1991. The Discovery Channel named him one of the 100 "Greatest Americans" in September 2008. In July 2013, Lucas was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama for his contributions to American cinema. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by George Lucas
Star Wars Trilogy: A New Hope /The Empire Strikes Back / Return of the Jedi (1977) — Director — 1,021 copies
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones [2002 film] (2002) — Director; Screenwriter — 894 copies
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith [2005 film] (2005) — Director; Screenwriter — 889 copies
Star Wars IV : A New Hope (Limited Edition) 167 copies
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume One, The Early Years [Video] (2007) — Creator — 48 copies
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Two, The War Years [Video] (2007) — Creator — 38 copies
Star Wars: Story, Music and Photos From the Original Motion Picture (Read-along with 33 1/3 Record) (1979) 35 copies
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Three, The Years of Change [Video] (2008) — Creator — 29 copies
Star Wars [film tie-in] 25 copies
Ethics and Cyber Warfare: The Quest for Responsible Security in the Age of Digital Warfare (2016) 21 copies
Indiana Jones and the last crusade: The screenplay (Movie script library) (1989) — producer — 20 copies
Star Wars (Young Readers Edition) 13 copies
Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III (Star Wars - Legends) (2005) 6 copies
Star Wars: Planets and Places 6 copies
Screenwriting for Anyone: How you can write your own screenplay in 30 days(4 in 1 Book Box Set) (2015) 4 copies
The First Ten Years - Star Wars Movie Storybook Trilogy - Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi (1987) 2 copies
Star wars I La amenaza fantasma 2 copies
Star Wars Trilogy [6 Discs] 2 copies
Bonus Material [DVD] 2 copies
Star Wars (Dramatized) 1 copy
Guerre Stellari 1 copy
තරු සංග්රාම 1 copy
Star Wars: A New Hope 1 copy
Star Wars Trilogy: Despecialized Edition (Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back/Return Of The Jedi) 1 copy
Star Wars 5: Rogues, Rebels and Robots; The Luke Skywalker Initiative (1 cass Stock No. 3251) 1 copy
Educating Hearts and Minds: Rethinking Education (Wired To Connect: Dialogues on Social Intelligence (2007) 1 copy
Return of the Jedi Giant Collector's Compendium : Heroes, Villains, Creatures & Droids (1983) 1 copy
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa 1 copy
Willow (movie brochure) 1 copy
Star Wars [Treatment] 1 copy
Star Wars ABC 1 copy
Star Wars Science Fiction Original Color Movie Program, 1977: Theatrical Release, 1st Edition 1 copy
Star Wars - Rebellion 3 1 copy
Star Wars: A New Hope 1 copy
Minimalist: Step by Step guide on how you can survive on less and still live a happy life (2015) 1 copy
Freiheit 1 copy
Star Wars (movie brochure) 1 copy
Associated Works
The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection: Raiders of the Lost Ark / Temple of Doom / Last… (2003) — Executive producer — 423 copies
Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventure Collection: Raiders of the Lost Ark / Temple of Doom / Last Crusade /Kingdom of… (2012) — Producer — 249 copies
The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films (2008) — Preface — 160 copies
Marvel Comics Super Special #30: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) — Contributor — 17 copies
Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 18 - Treasure of the Peacock's Eye [VHS] (1999) 14 copies
Star Wars Trilogy Episodes IV V VI -- Borders Collector's Edition (2014) — writer of original screenplay — 7 copies
Star Wars Vs Star Trek : The Rivalry Continues [2000 film] — some editions — 5 copies
Willow Dot-to-Dot Fun — Story — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Lucas, George
- Legal name
- Lucas, George Walton, Jr.
- Birthdate
- 1944-05-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Modesto, California, USA
- Education
- University of Southern California (B.F.A.|Film|1967)
- Occupations
- film director
screenwriter
producer
philanthropist - Relationships
- Lucas, Marcia (ex-wife)
Hobson, Mellody (wife) - Organizations
- Lucasfilm
Industrial Light & Magic
LucasArts
THX - Awards and honors
- American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (2005)
National Medal of Arts (2013)
Inkpot Award (1977)
Irving G. Thalberg Award (1991)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame (2006)
California Hall of Fame (2009) (show all 10)
Honorary Member, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (2014)
Disney Legend Award (2015)
Kennedy Center Honors (2015)
Honorary Palme d'Or (2024)
Members
Reviews
The classic that birthed a universe.
It’s fun to go back and read the original script. While the meat of the story remains what we know from the movie a few early differences stand out.
It’s fun to go back and read the original script. While the meat of the story remains what we know from the movie a few early differences stand out.
So much better many years ago. Now the dialog seems just dumb. The special effects, particularly the alien creatures, is unsurpassed.
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- Works
- 165
- Also by
- 55
- Members
- 14,865
- Popularity
- #1,546
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 108
- ISBNs
- 343
- Languages
- 19
- Favorited
- 6
This movie novelization has nothing extra to add to the galaxy. It has little add ons or something extra in the pages.
The characters felt a little two-dimensional. No extra thought process or emotions added. I felt this was a replica of the movie even though it wasn't word for word but . . . Scene for scene.
After reading the prequel trilogy, there are small plot holes that can be explained rationally, like how Artoo is a new model and Owen wanted Anakin to mind farming.
I don't know how Lord Vader managed to drink from a cup, but I will try and figure it out later. (Or never).
To me, this novel is a collection piece :) The writing wasn't spectacular, but it will remain a classic because this is where everything started.… (more)