George Lucas: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Dale Pollock, Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas (1983, reprinted 1990); John Baxter, Mythmaker: The Life and Work of George Lucas (1999); Marcus Hearn, The Cinema of George Lucas (2005).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: NPR - Lucas Looks Back on Movie-Making. | Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - George Lucas: Billionaire down on capitalism. | Apr 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Film Institute - George Lucas. | Jan 06, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-reference to American Graffiti. | May 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Good Bad Billionaire - George Lucas: Box Office Billions. | Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated with mention of Disney+. | Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: All American Speakers - Biography of George Lucas. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - George Lucas. | Aug 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Biography of George Lucas. | Oct 19, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: California Museum - George Lucas. | Jul 24, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Entrepreneurs - George Lucas. | Jul 04, 2021 | ||
| Added the final film in Disney's Star Wars trilogy. | Jan 14, 2021 | ||
| In the discussion of Star Wars, changed "space fantasy" to "space opera." | Oct 29, 2018 | ||
| Added Star Wars: Episode VIII?The Last Jedi and mentioned A Star Wars Story series. | Sep 18, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN World - George Lucas Fast Facts. | Jul 25, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 20, 2018 | ||
| Noted the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). | Dec 18, 2015 | ||
| Noted his receipt of a Kennedy Center Honor. | Jul 17, 2015 | ||
| Added photographs. | Feb 20, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - George Lucas. | Mar 31, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - George Lucas: Heros, Myths and Magic. | Mar 31, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - George Lucas. | Mar 31, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of George Lucas. | Aug 22, 2013 | ||
| Added the film Red Tails (2012). | Jan 20, 2012 | ||
| Lucasfilm Ltd. was formed in 1971. Also added 2008 Indiana Jones movie. | May 26, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Academy of Achievement - George Lucas. | Jul 07, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 09, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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