George Lucas is an American filmmaker who is best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. He is the founder of LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, THX, and Lucasfilm which he sell to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.
A native of California, Lucas attended Modesto Junior College, where he studied anthropology, sociology, and literature.
Lucas’ friend Plummer recommended him to transfer to the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts.
After graduating with a bachelor of fine arts in film in 1967, he tried joining the United States Air Force as an officer, but he was immediately turned down because of his numerous speeding tickets.
In 1969, Lucas co-founded the studio American Zoetrope with Coppola, hoping to create a liberating environment for filmmakers to direct outside the perceived oppressive control of the Hollywood studio system.
Following the release of the first Star Wars film, Lucas worked extensively as a writer and producer, including on the many Star Wars spinoffs made for film, television, and other media.
In January 2012, Lucas announced his retirement from producing large blockbuster films and instead re-focusing his career on smaller, independently budgeted features.[
How old was George Lucas when he made Star Wars?
George Lucas was 33 years old at the time he made Star Wars.
Does George Lucas own rights to Star Wars?
No, George Lucas does not own rights to Star Wars at the moment. According to a Forbes report, George sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 for an estimated $4.1 billion. The sale meant that George gave up all creative rights to Star Wars projects but he still makes a good deal of money off of the Disney stock he gained from the Lucasfilm sale.