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Dec 16, 2015 · By Seth Rogovoy December 16, 2015. In a 2012 interview, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas made the feeble claim that the release of another episode in his now-38-year-old sci-fi franchise is...
Feb 3, 2017 · George Lucas. "At one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever." — Sick Boy, "Trainspotting". Sick Boy proceeds to rattle off a bunch of examples, but let's take one close to home: Woody Allen. Putting his extracurricular life aside, after his peak in the 70s, he hasn't exactly been able to climb back up.
4, including Amanda and Katie. George Walton Lucas Jr. [1] (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. [2]
Dec 18, 2015 · 18 December 2015, 4:36 pm. Legions of Star Wars fans will debate the Judeo-Christian themes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the long-awaited sequel of the franchise, but we’d rather play Jewish...
Jun 29, 2023 · Nathan Abrams. The secret Jewish roots of Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones and the very Jewish adventure. June 29, 2023 12:37. In 1977, George Lucas shared his concept for a movie about a...
May 4, 2023 · While the films (plus TV shows, books, action figures…) are a beloved franchise, what many people may not know is that the creator of this iconic series, George Lucas, drew inspiration from his own spiritual beliefs, which are heavily influenced by Judaism.
May 26, 2005 · Now that the series is over and done with (at least until George Lucas launches his live-action “Star Wars” television series), I began reflecting on all things Jewish in the saga set a long ...
Now George Lucas did not set out to create a fantasy universe full of Jewish references, but the connections are nevertheless there. So let's put the “Han” back in Hanukkah (Harrison Ford, by the way, technically a member of the tribe) and look at some of the Jewish elements – coincidental or otherwise – of Star Wars.
May 4, 2020 · While creator George Lucas’ initial narrative impulse — relying on dull arcana like the “Journal of the Whills” — was Midrashic, the many Jews who worked on the script, and eventually assumed...
5 days ago · George Lucas, American motion-picture director, producer, and screenwriter who created several of the most popular films in history, most notably the original trilogy of Star Wars movies, which spawned one of the largest pop culture phenomena of all time.
