George Lucas Features
This is the section for all our "FUN" George Lucas information - please enjoy!
Did You Know?
… that George Lucas founded the company Industrial Light & Magic - know throughout the industry as ILM to make visual effects for his Star Wars movies. This company is now the leader in its field, creating state-of-the-art, award-wining computer generated visuals effects for such films as Jurassic Park and Pearl Harbor to name just a very few movies.
… that George Lucas founded and then sold to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the award-wining computer animation company Pixar Studios which is most famous for the computer-generated Toy Story movies.
... that George Lucas is so very rich ($3.6 billion on the Forbes Billionaire list) partly because of a deal he struck as the creator of Star Wars to own the licensing right for the franchise.
... that the George Lucas Educational Foundation has a website and a magazine dedicated to improving education.
... that George Lucas's entertainment empire is based in Marin County, California. If you ever dreamed of working there, the website has a job recruitment section.
... that Lucasfilm is located in San Francisco, California. The mailing address for Lucasfilm is P.O. Box 29901, San Francisco, CA 94129.
Correspondence to George Lucas can be mailed to Lucasfilm at the address above.
... that George Lucas testified before the United States House of Representative subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. If you're one of those people who like to watch CSPAN you can find a video of it here.
... that George Lucas has three adopted kids. His daughter Amanda is 27 and is a mixed martial arts fighter who goes by the name of Powerhouse.
Here she is in her first fight and as she appeared in Revenge of the Sith.
... that George Lucas is a USC film school grad and has a building named after him.
... that George Lucas was the Grand Marshall of the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade
On Location
Grauman's/Mann's Chinese Theater Footprints
George Lucas' Star Wars characters R2-D2, C-3PO and Darth Vader left prints outside the famous Grauman's (now Mann's) Chinese Theater.
Mann's Chinese Theater
6925 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
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