There similarity mistaken. On a dusty farm fast vehicle's love, strong empire fighting rebels - George Lucas childhood he created a hero, Luke Skywalker.
His filmmaking outpost, Skywalker Ranch, away from the Hollywood filmmaking machine he once despised, it may be on the forest moon of Endor.
That is why this week the announcement that Lucas Walt Disney Company is more than $ 40 billion in sales of "Star Wars" franchise and Lucasfilm business like a laser shock waves from outer space.
Lucas established his film studio in Marin County (Marin County), near San Francisco, Los Angeles, largely avoid interference. His goal is to complete the "Star Wars" series _ his way.
The first goal of today's enterprises have far more than the 68-year-old filmmaker. The ranch covers an area of 6,100 acres, the visual effects company Industrial Light and Magic, one of the most prestigious and industry. Lucasfilm, which is headquartered in San Francisco proper, has been involved in books, video games, merchandise, special effects and marketing. As Anakin Skywalker to become the villain Darth Vader, the Lucas _once outsider_ of development to become a leader of the Empire.
"I'm trying to do is to remain independent, so that I can do the movie, I think," Lucas said, in the dreams of the 2004 documentary "Empire." But now I have to find the head of his own company .. .... I have become the very thing I was trying to avoid. "
Blockbuster sales announcement day (Tuesday), Lucas expressed the hope that, to his property, donated to the cause of education, and back to his youth experimental filmmaking. However, a move that stunned those who have followed him. His to considering retirement years, said he never do another "Star Wars" movie.
Dale Pollock, author of the 1999 biography, "Sky Walk, said:" Lucas disdain Disney culture in an interview, he gave in the 1980s, although he praised the company's founder. "He believes that 'Disney', to destroy the spirit of Walter," Pollock said.
Lucas, a spokeswoman said on Saturday that he never said so. But known for his anti-corporate-game winning streak. Recognized in the Lucasfilm documentary, "The dream of empire", Lucas said he is "pleased that the company has taken over the film industry camera."
Modesto grew up in Central California town, independent streaks strong young Lucas. The family lived in a walnut ranch and Lucas's father owned a stationery store. However, like his fictional disciples Luke George to take over the family business and were not interested. Lucas and his father fight, George said very clearly that he would rather go to college to study art, rather than follow his father's footsteps.
Lucas loved fast cars, and dream, racing, and they will be his ticket. A near-fatal car accident the day before he graduated from high school otherwise believe him.
"I decided I'd better settle down and go to school," he told the science fiction magazine Starlog 1981.
As a film student at the University of Southern California, he tried to use the documentary style of the movie Pravda provocative tone poem "visual piece of music or other works of art.
The style is reflected in his short film at the University of Southern California: "The voice of 1:42:08 in a Lotus engine-driven at full speed, and who lived in a pretty how town", "inspired by ee Cummings poetry. In a later interview, Lucas describes his early movies "visual exercises."
Lucas intellectual exploration anthropological interest, especially in the work of American mythologist Joseph Campbell, to study the common thread to connect the myths of different cultures. This inspired Lucas exploration across the ages and around the world prototype story resonate.
Lucas film industry epic battle begins, Warner Bros. forced him to make unnecessary changes early film "THX 1138". Later, Universal Pictures, adhere to modify the "American Graffiti", Lucas felt his creative freedom. The accumulation of experience, Lucas insisted on total control of all of his work, in its heyday, like Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney.
"In order to make my vision, I really need to learn how to manipulate the system, because the system design tear and destroy everything you're doing," Lucas said in an interview with reporters, and Charlie Rose.
He shopped his "Star Wars" the first studio to find a friend in Little Alan Ladd, in 20th Century Fox's executive summary. Despite the budget and deadline overruns and the pressure of the studio, the movie was a huge success in 1977, when it was released. Grossed $ 798 million in theaters worldwide, and cause a Fox's stock price doubled in the time.
One of the wisest business move on in Hollywood history, Lucas and dealers Fox to reach an agreement before the movie came out, so that he can retain the ownership the sequel and rights of the commodity. He figured this may mean selling some T-shirts and posters to the fans of the film, to help the market in the 1970s. In the past few years, the sale of goods has formed the cornerstone of his multi-billion dollar enterprise in a bonanza Lucas from action figures, toys, peeling books and other products.
Industrial Light & Magic, the unit, he began as a temporary space in the Los Angeles suburb of Van Nuys, ranch in northern California and other films by means of its strength. It broke the use of computers, motion control camera models and masks. Its range is amazing, especially the greatest science fiction movies of the 1980s, "ET" and "Poltergeist" and "Back to the Future" and "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Star Trek "II: Wrath of the Lich King" Khan.
"(Steven) Spielberg and his, they changed the movie to make," said Matt Atchity, editor, editor-in-chief of the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.
These days, ILM talent around the world, and has said many former employees in the senior management of other special effects production company Warner Bros. executive vice president Chris · DeFaria, digital production
"The people you meet is a significant company executives or artists, they have to take the time to ILM started or where they may be one of the most precious gifts of George business" DeFaria said.
Lucas to help make his movies need tools. ILM developed the world's first computer editing and music mixing technology completely changed what was a matter of cutting and splicing. He founded a division of Lucasfilm, imaging computers, Pixar has become a world-famous animation film company. Apple's Steve Jobs bought, and later sold it to Disney in 2006.
Lucas created the giant began to suppress him. The fans criticized that "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, the first film he directed fell. Other people think that he changes, the re-release of the classic first movie unlock What is so great.
To give up his role of at Lucasfilm responsible person, can protect his anger rebellious fans and critics. He said the to sell Disney released the video to let him do other things, on the kind of movies do more experiments charity. '
"I can not really drag to my company."
However, Lucas did not intend to go to a galaxy far, far away.
It comes in Ebony magazine's Power 100 event on Friday night in New York, Lucas said: "This is 40 years of work and it's my life, but I'm going to bigger and better things moving on. I have a foundation, an educational foundation for me to do a lot of education work, and I am happy to do so. "
This week, he told the new Chairman of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, he is four for her future "Star Wars" movies like the specter of Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi _just the help, Luke through his adventure.
"They have done a hologram," he told Kennedy. "Do not worry."
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