Star Wars: Detours is finally escaping the vault. Sort of. The long-shelved animated comedy series from Seth Green and Matthew Senreich will be shown publicly for the first time through the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. According to Entertainment Weekly, Green revealed during San Diego Comic-Con that a curated selection of Star Wars: Detours episodes will be displayed for the public at the museum. That is not a Disney+ release. It is not a full series drop. But for a Star Wars project that has been locked away for more than a decade, it still feels like a small miracle. The Lost Star Wars Comedy Show Star Wars: Detours was created by Green, Senreich, and the team behind Robot Chicken, with George Lucas involved before Disney bought Lucasfilm. The idea was simple and deeply strange: an animated Star Wars comedy set between the prequel and original trilogies. Basically, Star Wars…
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Former Disney CEO Says Buying Star Wars “Worked,” and Gaming Proves the Point
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner has summed up the Lucasfilm deal in the most executive way possible: Disney bought Star Wars, and it worked. Speaking in a new Fortune piece about Hollywood, video games, and the entertainment industry’s obsession with IP, Eisner pointed to Disney’s Lucasfilm acquisition as one of the company’s smartest moves. His line was blunt: Disney had “nothing” in the last 20 years, so it bought Star Wars from George Lucas, “and that worked.” That is a little dramatic. Disney also bought Pixar and Marvel in the same broader era, so “nothing” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. But the larger point is hard to argue with: buying Lucasfilm gave Disney one of the most powerful entertainment engines on the planet. And gaming proves exactly why. Star Wars Was Never Just a Movie Brand The mistake is treating Star Wars like it only lives or…
George Lucas Says Star Wars Was Always for Kids, and He’s Still Not Letting Fans Make the Movie
George Lucas has never seemed especially interested in apologizing for the Star Wars prequels. He has explained them. Defended them. Reframed them. Occasionally shrugged at the criticism like a man who has already heard every Jar Jar complaint the internet could possibly invent. But in a new interview with A Rabbit’s Foot, Lucas makes one of his simplest arguments yet: “Well, it’s a kid’s movie. It’s always been a kid’s movie.” That line is going to annoy some people. It is also very consistent with how Lucas has talked about Star Wars for decades. Lucas Still Sees Star Wars as a Children’s Story Lucas was specifically addressing the way some adult audiences reacted to the prequels. He points out that many fans who had grown up with the original trilogy wanted something more adult by the time The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith arrived….
George Lucas Says AI Is the Future of Filmmaking, and Honestly, That’s Very George Lucas
George Lucas has never really been the “please keep cinema exactly as it was” guy. This is the man who founded Industrial Light & Magic because the visual effects tools he needed did not exist. He pushed digital editing. He backed new filmmaking technology. He spent decades treating cinema less like a sacred machine and more like something you could take apart, rebuild, and occasionally annoy half the industry with. So when Lucas talks about AI as the future of filmmaking, it does not exactly come out of nowhere. In a new interview with A Rabbit’s Foot, Lucas says artificial intelligence “means it’s much easier for us to make movies,” before comparing resistance to AI with someone insisting the horse and buggy is still the better idea while cars are arriving anyway. His point is blunt: technology moves forward, whether people like it or not. Lucas Has Always Seen Film…
George Lucas Joining Minions & Monsters Is the Weirdest Star Wars-Adjacent News of the Week
George Lucas is back in Hollywood. Sort of. Not with a new Star Wars trilogy. Not with a secret Indiana Jones project. Not with a surprise return to Lucasfilm where he walks into a boardroom, says “midichlorians,” and makes half the internet immediately choose violence. No. George Lucas is lending his voice to Minions & Monsters. Yes, that Minions universe. The man who gave us Jedi, Sith, the Force, droids, lightsabers, podracing, THX 1138, Indiana Jones, Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound, and enough franchise architecture to keep pop culture arguing until the heat death of the universe is now stepping into Illumination’s yellow chaos machine. And honestly? That is kind of wonderful. This Is Not the Comeback Anyone Expected Entertainment Weekly reports that Lucas has a voice role in Minions & Monsters, Illumination’s upcoming animated film set for release on July 1. The detail that makes this especially funny…
George Lucas Knew Adults Would Fight the Prequels. The Kids Were the Point.
For years, the standard story about the Star Wars prequels was simple. Older fans were angry. Critics were cruel. Jar Jar became a punchline. Hayden Christensen took far more heat than any young actor ever should. And the internet, still discovering its full power to be awful in public, decided that The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith were a betrayal of “real” Star Wars. But according to Ian McDiarmid, George Lucas saw a lot of that coming. Speaking at Spacecon 2026, McDiarmid said Lucas knew older fans from the original trilogy era might be picky about the prequels. But Lucas also had a different target in mind: kids. Or, as McDiarmid recalled Lucas putting it, “if an 8-year-old is happy,” he had done his work. That one line explains the prequel trilogy better than 25 years of shouting ever did. The Prequels Were Never…
20 Years Ago, George Lucas Officially Became Science Fiction History
On June 17, 2006, George Lucas was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Which feels obvious now. Of course he was. This is George Lucas. The man did not simply make a popular movie series. He built a galaxy, broke the toy aisle, changed visual effects, rewired blockbuster filmmaking, and accidentally created the kind of fandom argument machine that may outlive civilization itself. But the 2006 induction still matters, because it placed Lucas exactly where Star Wars had always belonged: not just in pop culture, but in science fiction history. Star Wars Was Never “Just Space Fantasy” For decades, Star Wars has carried a strange label problem. Some people call it science fiction. Others insist it is fantasy with lasers. Some call it mythology. Some call it pulp adventure. Some call it a merchandising empire with excellent sound design. The annoying truth is that it is all of…
The June 1 Lucasfilm Move That Quietly Started Modern Star Wars
Before Disney bought Lucasfilm, before The Force Awakens, before Grogu, Andor, Ahsoka, the sequel trilogy, the streaming era, and the endless online arguments, there was a quieter announcement. On June 1, 2012, Kathleen Kennedy was named co-chair of Lucasfilm. At the time, it looked like a major leadership move. In hindsight, it looks like one of the first visible steps toward the modern Star Wars era. In a later StarWars.com reflection on the future of Lucasfilm, Pablo Hidalgo described that June 1 announcement as one of the early pieces of news that came before the much bigger October reveal: Disney was acquiring Lucasfilm, and new Star Wars films were coming. That is the strange thing about franchise history. Sometimes the biggest turns do not arrive with a lightsaber ignition. Sometimes they arrive as a press announcement. The Quiet Before the Disney Era Kennedy’s arrival at Lucasfilm came months before the…
Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning Star Wars Editor, Dies at 80
Marcia Lucas, the Academy Award-winning editor whose work helped shape the original Star Wars into one of cinema’s most enduring adventures, has died at the age of 80. According to the Associated Press, Lucas died in Rancho Mirage, California, after metastatic cancer. For Star Wars history, her name belongs among the essential behind-the-scenes artists who helped turn George Lucas’ space fantasy into something mythic, emotional, funny, fast, and deeply human. She was often introduced through her marriage to George Lucas, but that has never been the full story. Marcia Lucas was one of the key creative forces in the editing room where Star Wars found its rhythm, its tension, and, in many ways, its soul. The Editor Who Helped Shape Star Wars Marcia Lucas won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the original 1977 Star Wars, sharing the Oscar with Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew. That credit matters…
May 25 Is the Real Star Wars Day, and the Movies Prove It
May the 4th has the pun. May 25 has the receipts. Long before Star Wars Day became a hashtag, a merch wave, and the annual moment where every brand with a social media intern suddenly discovered lightsabers, May 25 was already the date that changed the galaxy. The original Star Wars arrived in theaters on May 25, 1977. Six years later, Return of the Jedi opened on May 25, 1983. That is not just trivia. That is the franchise’s cinematic birth certificate and the original trilogy’s victory lap landing on the same calendar square. So yes, May the 4th is fun. But May 25 is the day Star Wars actually became Star Wars. The Day the Galaxy Opened When the film now known as A New Hope first opened in 1977, it was not yet a sacred text, a streaming category, a theme park ecosystem, or a multi-generation licensing empire….
Kathleen Kennedy Says Jon Favreau Is Pushing Star Wars Forward Like George Lucas Did
Kathleen Kennedy has made a big comparison — and yes, Star Wars fandom will almost certainly discuss it calmly, politely, and with no dramatic overreactions whatsoever. Speaking about Jon Favreau and The Mandalorian and Grogu, Kennedy compared Favreau’s approach to innovation with the way George Lucas pushed filmmaking technology forward. In a new GamesRadar+ report, Kennedy praised Favreau for taking technology and cinema “into the next level,” saying that spirit reminds her of what Lucas did. That is not a small compliment. In Star Wars terms, that is basically handing someone the keys to the digital toolbox and saying, “Try not to break cinema.” Favreau’s Star Wars Has Always Been Tech-Driven The comparison makes sense when you look at what The Mandalorian actually did for modern production. Favreau helped bring StageCraft and the Volume into the mainstream conversation, using large LED environments to blend real-time digital backgrounds with live-action filming….
Lucasfilm Turns 55 Today — and That Is a Pretty Wild Star Wars Milestone
Before there was Star Wars, before ILM rewired blockbuster filmmaking, and before Lucasfilm became one of the most important names in modern franchise history, it was just a company George Lucas started on April 20, 1971. That means Lucasfilm turns 55 today. Lucasfilm’s own company history says George Lucas incorporated Lucasfilm in 1971 after making THX 1138, creating the company as a way to support his future projects. A new anniversary post from ILM adds a more precise date, noting that Lucasfilm was established on April 20, 1971, in Mill Valley, California, when Lucas was just 26 years old. And honestly, that is a bigger anniversary than it might first sound. Before Star Wars was even Star Wars It is easy to think of Lucasfilm purely as “the Star Wars company,” but that came later. In 1971, this was basically George Lucas building a home for the work he wanted…
The Phantom Menace Hits Different Now
For years, The Phantom Menace was the Star Wars movie people mocked for opening with trade disputes, a blockade, and Senate paralysis instead of immediately throwing everyone into glorious space chaos. The phrase “taxation of trade routes” became shorthand for everything critics thought was too dry, too political, or too weirdly procedural about Episode I. But in 2026, with the Strait of Hormuz back in the headlines and global shipping suddenly looking fragile again, that setup feels a lot less silly than it used to. That does not mean George Lucas “predicted Iran” in some literal fortune-teller sense. It means he understood something a lot of people still underestimate: trade chokepoints are power. Blockades are power. Slow, compromised political institutions are power. And when those things collide, what sounds boring on paper can become the spark for a much bigger crisis. That is basically the entire engine of The Phantom…
George Lucas and Star Wars Galaxies: The MMO That Was Closer to His Future Than People Realized
When people talk about Star Wars Galaxies, they usually start with the obvious landmarks: the sandbox systems, the player cities, the housing, the professions, the social chaos, and the long shadow the game still casts over Star Wars MMO history. All of that matters. But one of the more interesting angles is how closely Galaxies seems to line up with the way George Lucas thought about technology, online interaction, and participatory storytelling. This was not just a Star Wars game where players ran missions. It was one of the earliest serious attempts to let people actually live inside the galaxy, which is a big reason it still deserves a prominent place in our complete Star Wars games hub. Lucas was already thinking beyond passive entertainment One reason Galaxies feels so relevant in hindsight is that George Lucas had been talking for years about technology, media, and the future of storytelling….
Dave Filoni Says Maul: Shadow Lord Will Finally Bring Some of George Lucas’ Maul Plans to Life
One of the most intriguing things Lucasfilm has said about Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is not about a trailer shot or a release date. It is about George Lucas. In the official reveal coverage for the series, Dave Filoni said he and Lucas had discussed Maul’s future over the years, and that Shadow Lord became a way of honoring some of those original ideas and finally bringing part of that unseen future to light. That is a big statement for a character whose post-Phantom Menace life has already been one of the strangest and richest arcs in modern Star Wars. For the wider rollout, characters, and earlier reveals, check out our Maul: Shadow Lord complete guide. This Makes Shadow Lord Feel Bigger Than Just Another Spinoff What makes Filoni’s quote land is that it frames the series as more than a simple Maul comeback vehicle. In StarWars.com’s official…
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic’s “Modesto” Codename May Be a George Lucas Clue
The latest Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic speculation is not about a Sith Lord, a planet, or a returning character. It is about a possible internal codename: “Modesto.” The name surfaced through Star Wars community posts and leak chatter, but it has not been officially confirmed by Lucasfilm or Arcanaut Studios. That matters, because if the codename is real, it immediately points to something bigger than a random placeholder: Modesto is George Lucas’ hometown. Why “Modesto” Stands Out “Modesto” is not just any California reference. Lucasfilm has explicitly described Modesto as the place that shaped George Lucas’ adolescence and inspired American Graffiti, while StarWars.com recently called it the small California town where Lucas grew up before making Star Wars. That makes the alleged codename feel unusually specific. If true, it would be hard to read it as anything other than a deliberate nod to Lucas himself. Probably Not…
Star Wars: A New Hope Began Filming 50 Years Ago Today
Fifty years ago today, Star Wars stopped being an idea and started becoming a movie. On March 22, 1976, principal photography began on what was then called The Star Wars, with cameras rolling in Tunisia on the edge of the Sahara. Lucasfilm is marking the date today, framing it as the moment one of the most important films in modern pop culture officially went into production. The Day the Galaxy Really Started Moving That date matters because it was the point where George Lucas’ risky space fantasy became something real. By then, Lucas had already pushed through years of development, multiple screenplay drafts, studio skepticism, and the early build-out of the creative machine that would eventually become part of Star Wars legend, including Industrial Light & Magic and Ben Burtt’s sound work. But March 22, 1976 was when the project finally moved from concept art, scripts, and headaches into actual…
Andor Sweeps the Star Wars Corner of the Saturn Awards (Plus a Big Lucas Moment)
Star Wars didn’t just show up at the 53rd Saturn Awards — it walked out with the kind of wins that make genre fans feel vindicated. The ceremony took place March 8, 2026, and the Star Wars side of the scoreboard was led by one very specific takeaway: Andor isn’t “good for Star Wars.” It’s just award-winning sci-fi. The big wins ANDOR won Best Science Fiction Television Series.That’s a meaningful label at the Saturn Awards, because this is a genre-first show — sci-fi competing against sci-fi, not getting lost in a general TV pile. Stellan Skarsgård won Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for Luthen Rael (Andor).It’s hard to think of a more “Saturn Awards” performance than Luthen: the kind of character who turns a Star Wars series into a political thriller with monologues people still quote months later. Ravi Cabot-Conyers won Best Young Performer in a Television Series…
George Lucas Is Being Honored With a Major Saturn Awards Lifetime Tribute
George Lucas is adding another big honor to his trophy shelf: he’s set to receive the Dr. Donald A. Reed Founder’s Award at the 53rd Annual Saturn Awards. The Saturn Awards (run by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films) are basically the annual “genre celebration” for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror — which makes Lucas an extremely on-brand recipient. What is the Dr. Donald A. Reed Founder’s Award? It’s one of the Saturn Awards’ special honors, named after the Academy’s founder, and typically reserved for people who’ve had an outsized impact on genre entertainment. This year, that honor goes to Lucas. When are the 53rd Saturn Awards? The 53rd Saturn Awards ceremony is scheduled for March 8, 2026, at Hilton Universal City in Los Angeles, with Joel McHale hosting, and it will livestream on the Saturn Awards’ site. Lucas isn’t the only special honoree Fantha Tracks notes Lucas…
Harrison Ford Thanks George Lucas in Emotional SAG Lifetime Achievement Speech
Legendary actor Harrison Ford used his moment in the spotlight to honor one of the people who helped define his career — Star Wars creator George Lucas. Ford, known to generations as Han Solo and Indiana Jones, was presented with the Screen Actors Guild – SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards on March 1, 2026. During a heartfelt and frequently humorous acceptance speech, the 83-year-old film icon took time to publicly thank Lucas for giving him his first breakthrough role. A Career in Film Honors Its Roots Introduced by longtime friend Woody Harrelson, Harrison Ford reflected on a prolific decades-long career and the unlikely journey that brought him to Hollywood’s highest honors. Ford joked that receiving a lifetime achievement award “at the half-point of my career” felt unusual because he still considers himself a working actor. But even in his self-deprecating moments, he didn’t forget the…
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Website Gets a Fresh New Look Ahead of 2026 Opening
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is getting closer to reality — and now its official website is starting to reflect that momentum. With the museum scheduled to open in 2026, the team behind George Lucas’ ambitious storytelling-focused institution has rolled out a refreshed website design, giving fans and future visitors a clearer look at what’s coming. While it might sound like a small update, the new site offers a glimpse into how the museum is shaping its identity ahead of launch — and why it’s becoming one of the most anticipated Star Wars-adjacent projects in years. A Fresh Coat of Paint for a Growing Museum The updated Lucas Museum website features a cleaner layout, improved navigation, and a more modern visual style that better matches the futuristic architecture of the museum itself. Visitors can now more easily explore: The refresh makes it clear that the project is moving steadily…
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Finally Opening This September — A New Home for Star Wars History and Pop Culture
After years of delays, speculation, and massive anticipation, the long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art finally has an opening date: September 22. For Star Wars fans, art lovers, and pop culture historians alike, this isn’t just another museum launch. It’s the culmination of a decades-long vision from George Lucas — and it’s shaping up to be one of the most unique storytelling spaces ever created. A Museum Built on Storytelling The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park and aims to celebrate storytelling across all mediums — from film and comics to painting, illustration, and digital media. The museum has been described as a “temple to the people’s art,” designed to showcase narrative storytelling as one of humanity’s most powerful cultural forces. Visitors can expect an enormous collection curated by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, featuring: The collection reportedly includes tens of thousands of items…
Robert Duvall, George Lucas’ First Leading Man, Has Passed Away at 95
Hollywood has lost one of its most legendary actors. Robert Duvall — a towering presence in film for more than seven decades — has passed away at the age of 95. And while many will remember him for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and Tender Mercies, Star Wars fans have a unique reason to reflect on his legacy: Duvall was George Lucas’ very first leading man. Before lightsabers, before the Death Star, and long before a galaxy far, far away took over pop culture, there was THX 1138. George Lucas’ First Leading Man Released in 1971, THX 1138 was George Lucas’ first full-length feature film and a bold, experimental entry into science fiction cinema. At its center was Robert Duvall, who played the film’s titular character — a worker in a dystopian future society stripped of identity, emotion, and freedom. The film wasn’t a mainstream blockbuster, but it became a cult…
George Lucas Ranked 4th on Forbes’ List of America’s Greatest Innovators
Star Wars creator George Lucas has earned another major accolade — this time from Forbes. The renowned filmmaker, storyteller, and media pioneer has been ranked #4 on Forbes’ prestigious “America’s 250 Greatest Innovators” list for 2026, placing him alongside some of the most influential innovators shaping modern culture and technology. See the list in full here. A Ranking Rooted in American Innovation Forbes launched the “America’s Greatest Innovators” ranking as part of a special series marking the United States’s 250th anniversary. The list honors leading figures who have not only introduced groundbreaking ideas but also transformed industries and cultural landscapes in lasting ways. To compile the list, Forbes editors tapped expert judges from fields including technology, business, and innovation. They were tasked with assessing nominees based on creativity, commercial impact, breadth of influence, disruption, and engagement — and then fed the results into ranking models to determine the final placement. Behind…