In a recent interview, the legendary George Lucas has revealed that he originally intended to direct three more Star Wars, until he instead decided to retire.
The reveal comes as the iconic-looking Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, with a level of detail that ‘nearly killed him”, according to Lucas, “well, I’m 82, so there is a limit to when I did this”. During the star-studded opening night, which was attended by every person your teenage self looked up to, his wife Mellody Hobson told attendees that Lucas was ” driven to create a space that would showcase the brilliant illustrators that he thought were too often overlooked and ignored. And if critics say a museum on narrative art is too much like a popcorn movie and not enough like an art film, well, we like popcorn movies in our family”.
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Reflecting on the museum’s creation, Lucas added that his decision to make it was part of the reason he decided to walk away from directing “three more Star Wars”, telling CBS Sunday Morning, “I realised that I was running out of time, and I did want to make this museum, and I’d spent a lot of time developing digital technology for the movie business. You know, all art depends on technology.”
Lucas is widely regarded as one of the most iconic filmmakers of all time, having directed the first-ever Star Wars in 1977, as well as writing and directing the whole prequel trilogy (1999’s The Phantom Menace, 2002’s Attack of the Clones and 2005’s Revenge of the Sith). He’s also known for his work on the Indiana Jones franchise, as well as being one of the key members behind Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound (who have been involved in virtually every major film from the 1980s onwards).
