Lucas, George

How ‘Star Wars’ Fan Edits Saved the Original Movies

By Sopan Deb May 3, 2024Disney Plus, Film, Lucas, George, Science Fiction, Star Wars (Movie), Walt Disney Company

George Lucas wants them to fade into oblivion. But some rebel fans spent more than a decade digitally restoring the original “Star Wars” trilogy, preserving the movies as they were shown in theaters.

Cannes Festival Unveils 2024 Lineup, Including a Francis Ford Coppola Film

By Alex Marshall April 11, 2024Cannes (France), Cannes International Film Festival, Coppola, Francis Ford, Costner, Kevin, Film, Fremaux, Thierry, Lucas, George, Movies

Organizers on Thursday announced a lineup that also features new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg and Paul Schrader.

X-Wing Model From ‘Star Wars’ Fetches $3.1 Million at Auction

By Michael Levenson October 16, 20232001: A Space Odyssey (Movie), Auctions, Collectors and Collections, Film, Greg Jein, Heritage Auctions, Industrial Light and Magic, Lucas, George, Memorabilia and Souvenirs, Records and Achievements, Star Wars (Movie)

After Greg Jein, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist, died last year, his friends discovered the prop stashed in a cardboard box in his garage.

How Five Sci-Fi Movies From 1982 Shaped Our Present

By Adam Nayman and Sinna Nasseri August 4, 20222001: A Space Odyssey (Movie), audio-neutral-immersive, Blade Runner (Movie), Blade Runner 2049 (Movie), Bridges, Jeff, Carpenter, John, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Movie), Film, Kael, Pauline, Lisberger, Steven, Lucas, George, Meyer, Nicholas, Movies, Roddenberry, Gene, Science Fiction, Scott, Ridley, Spielberg, Steven, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Movie), The Thing (Movie), Tron (Movie)

“Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to become indelible and influential.

Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present

“Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to become indelible and influential.

Colin Cantwell, ‘Star Wars’ Spacecraft Designer, Dies at 90

By Richard Sandomir May 24, 20222001: A Space Odyssey (Movie), Cantwell, Colin (1932-2022), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Movie), Computers and the Internet, Deaths (Obituaries), Film, Kubrick, Stanley, Lucas, George, Lucasfilm Ltd, Movies, Science Fiction, Star Wars (Movie), War Games (Movie)

He created the look of the X-wing and the Death Star; he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “WarGames.”