14. Holson, “Is There Life After ‘Star Wars’ for Lucasfilm?”
15. Ibid.
16. Thomas R. King, “Lucasvision,” Wall Street Journal, March 21, 1994.
17. Dave Itzkoff, “Free to Follow His Heart Right Back to ‘Star Wars,’” New York Times, June 29, 2008.
18. Ibid.
19. “Is the Force Still with Him?” Variety, February 13, 2005.
20. Ty Burr, “George Lucas Interview,” Boston Globe, October 2005.
21. “Darth Vader’s New Offices,” Newsweek, June 26, 2005.
22. Associated Press, “Hasbro’s Profit Gets a Lift from Sale of ‘Star Wars’ Toys,” New York Times, February 7, 2006.
23. “The Month-Long Party Begins: Happy Birthday, Star Wars,” Wired, May 25, 2007.
24. MOIJ, 230.
25. MOIJ, 231.
26. MOIJ, 233.
27. “Interview with Frank Darabont,” Lilja’s Library: The World of Stephen King website, February 6, 2007, http://www.liljas-library.com/showinterview.php?id=38.
28. Ibid.
29. MOIJ, 236, 237, 283.
30. MOIJ, 244.
31. Terrence Rafferty, “Indiana Jones and the Savior of a Lost Art,” New York Times, May 4, 2008.
32. Helen O’Hara, “Spielberg: More Indy & Jurassic Park,” Empireonline.com, October 26, 2011.
33. MOIJ, 289, 292.
34. Richard Corliss, “A Conversation with George Lucas,” Time, March 14, 2006.
35. Roger Ebert, “I Admit It: I Loved ‘Indy,’” Chicago Sun-Times, May 19, 2008.
36. Manohla Dargis, “The Further Adventures of the Fedora and the Whip,” New York Times, May 22, 2008.
37. Jennie Yabroff, “Culture: Indiana Jones ‘Crystal Skull’ Movie Review,” Newsweek, May 18, 2008.
38. The five-day record at that point was held by Lucas, with Revenge of the Sith and its five-day take of $172.8 million.
39. Itzkoff, “Free to Follow His Heart Right Back to ‘Star Wars.’”
40. Hartlaub, “In a Valley Not Far, Far Away.”
41. Itzkoff, “Free to Follow His Heart Right Back to ‘Star Wars.’”
42. Lucas interview with Charlie Rose.
43. Itzkoff, “Free to Follow His Heart Right Back to ‘Star Wars.’”
44. Ibid.
45. Ibid.
46. Chris Suellentrop, “The Empire Goes Slack,” New York Times, August 15, 2008.
47. Kimberly Nordyke, “‘Star Wars’ a Force for Cartoon Network,” Hollywood Reporter, October 6, 2008.
48. Dana Goodyear, “Man of Extremes,” The New Yorker, October 26, 2009.
49. Hartlaub, “In a Valley Not Far, Far Away.”
50. Windham, Wallace, and Hidalgo, Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle, 292.
51. The book was Alex Ben Block and Lucy Autrey Wilson’s George Lucas’s Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success, which pretty much locks up the award for Longest Book Title of All Time.
52. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, January 5, 2010.
53. See Brian Gilmore, “The Best Internet Reactions to the Star Wars Blu-Ray Changes,” Ranker.com, September 2011.
54. Devin Leonard, “How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for ‘Star Wars,’” Bloomberg Businessweek, March 7, 2013.
55. Elaine Dutka, “Lucas’ Next Movie: Tuskegee Airmen,” Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1990.
56. Weinraub, “The Ultimate Hollywoodian Lives an Anti-Hollywood Life.”
57. Dutka, “Lucas’ Next Movie: Tuskegee Airmen.”
58. Curtis, “George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits.”
59. Ibid.
60. Eric Larnick, “Aaron McGruder of ‘Boondocks’ on Working with George Lucas and His Future in Comics,” Comics Alliance, January 20, 2012.
61. Curtis, “George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits.”
62. Ibid.
63. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, January 9, 2012.
64. Curtis, “George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits.”
65. Asawin Suebsaeng, “Airmen Deserved a Movie That’s Not Completely Unwatchable,” Mother Jones, January 21, 2012.
66. John Patterson, “Red Tails Offers the Best—and Worst—of George Lucas,” The Guardian, June 1, 2012.
67. Curtis, “George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits.”
68. “Red Tails Salutes Tuskegee Airmen,” USA Today, January 4, 2012.
69. Curtis, “George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits.”
70. See Sarah Ellison, “Meet the Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood,” Vanity Fair, February 8, 2016; and Leonard, “How Disney Bought Lucasfilm.”
71. Ellison, “Meet the Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood.”
72. Richard Verrier and Ben Fritz, “Kathleen Kennedy to Helm Lucasfilm as George Lucas Phases Out,” Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2012.
73. Leonard, “How Disney Bought Lucasfilm.”
74. Dewayne Bevil, “Mark Hamill’s Role in New ‘Star Wars’ Movie Began with Lunch in Orlando,” Orlando Sentinel, May 16, 2014.
75. Ellison, “Meet the Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood.”
76. Unless otherwise noted, information in this section is drawn from Devin Leonard, “How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for ‘Star Wars,’” Bloomberg Businessweek, March 7, 2013.
77. Windham, Wallace, and Hidalgo, Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle, 134.
78. “Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.,” Walt Disney Company press release, October 30, 2012, https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-ltd/.
79. Zach Johnson, “George Lucas Marries Mellody Hobson: See Their Romantic Wedding Picture!” Us Weekly, June 25, 2013.
80. Ellison, “Meet the Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood.”
81. Kerry A. Dolan and Luisa Kroll, eds., “Forbes 400,” September 29, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/.
82. Leonard, “How Disney Bought Lucasfilm.”
83. George Lucas to Giving Pledge, July 16, 2010, givingpledge.org.
84. John King, “Saying No Thanks to George,” Metropolis Magazine, April 2014.
85. Ibid.
86. Associated Press, “George Lucas Fills in Details on Chicago Museum,” October 18, 2014.
87. Chrisopher Zara, “Star Wars Museum: Rahm Emanuel Got Campaign Cash from Disney, George Lucas’ Wife, before Pushing to Donate City Land,” International Business Times, November 20, 2014.
88. Stuever, “George Lucas: To Feel the True Force of ‘Star Wars,’ He Had to Learn to Let It Go.”
89. Mellody Hobson, “Statement: We Are Now Seriously Pursuing Locations Outside of Chicago,” press release, May 3, 2016.
90. Jason Keyser, “Lucas Abandons Plan to Build Museum in Chicago After Lawsuit,” Associated Press, June 24, 2016.
91. Brian Truitt, “Lucas’ ‘Magic’ Lives On, at Home and On Screen,” USA Today, January 12, 2015.
92. Austin Siegemund, “George Lucas to Attend ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Premiere: ‘He Really Liked It’ (Exclusive),” Hollywood Reporter, December 4, 2015.
93. Jen Chaney, “George Lucas Delivered His Verdict on ‘The Force Awakens,’” Vulture.com, December 7, 2015.
94. Lucas interview with Charlie Rose.
95. Siegemund, “George Lucas to Attend ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’”
96. Stuever, “George Lucas: To Feel the True Force of ‘Star Wars,’ He Had to Learn to Let It Go.”
97. Lucas interview with Charlie Rose.
98. See Matt Kranis, “Steven Spielberg Reveals George Lucas’s Role in ‘Indiana Jones 5,’” MoviePilot.com, June 20, 2016, http://moviepilot.com/posts/3973492.
99. Stuart Silverstein, “Lucas Seeks to Produce Respect for Filmmaking,” Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2006.
100. Curtis, “George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits.”
101. Ide, “Francis Ford Coppola: ‘I May Only Make One
More Film.’”
102. Sean Smith, “The King of the Worlds,” Newsweek, June 26, 2005.
103. COGL, 251.
104. Mike Fleming Jr., “Star Wars’ Legacy I: Five Iconic Directors Recall When George Lucas Changed Everything,” Deadline Hollywood, December 18, 2015.
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American Masters: George Lucas: Heroes, Myths, and Magic. Directed by Jane Paley and Larry Price. PBS Television, 1993.
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy. Directed by Kevin Burns. Bonus disc, The Star Wars Trilogy. DVD boxed set. Nicasio, Calif.: Lucasfilm, 2004.
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Movies on DVD
American Graffiti: Special Edition. Directed by George Lucas. Universal City: Universal Studios, 2011.
Howard the Duck: Special Edition. Directed by Willard Huyck. Universal City: Universal Studios, 2008.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Hollywood: Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Hollywood: Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Hollywood: Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
Labyrinth: Anniversary Edition. Directed by Jim Henson. Culver City: Sony Home Pictures Entertainment, 2007.
More American Graffiti. Directed by Bill Norton. Universal City: Universal Studios, 2003.
Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Hollywood: Paramount Home Entertainment, 2003.
Radioland Murders. Directed by Mel Smith. Universal City: Universal Studios, 2006.
Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace. Directed by George Lucas. Beverly Hills: 20th Century Fox, 2013.
Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones. Directed by George Lucas. Beverly Hills: 20th Century Fox, 2013.
Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith. Directed by George Lucas. Beverly Hills: 20th Century Fox, 2013.
Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas. Beverly Hills: Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.
Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kirshner. Beverly Hills: Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.
Star Wars: Episode VI—The Return of the Jedi. Directed by Richard Marquand. Beverly Hills: Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.
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ucas Director’s Cut. Special edition. DVD. Directed by George Lucas. Burbank: Warner Home Video, 2004.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Hollywood: Paramount Home Video, 2000.
Willow: Special Edition. Directed by Ron Howard. Beverly Hills: 20th Century Fox, 2003.
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BRIAN JAY JONES is the author of the New York Times bestseller Jim Henson: The Biography. He worked for nearly two decades as a public policy analyst and speechwriter, and has a degree in English from the University of New Mexico. He lives in Maryland with his wife. He continues to believe that Han shot first.
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