Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO.

The company is best known for producing the Star Wars films, and has also produced other box office hits, including the Indiana Jones franchise and American Graffiti. It has also been a leader in developing new film technology in special effects, sound, and computer animation, and because of their expertise its subsidiaries often help produce non-Lucasfilm pictures. Lucasfilm is set to move away from films and more into TV, due to rising budgets.^[4]

On July 8, 2005, Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units moved into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco. It shares the complex with Industrial Light & Magic and LucasArts. They are also best known for The Deep Note and THX.

Lucasfilm has collaborated with the Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Imagineering numerous times to create rides and attractions centered on Star Wars and Indiana Jones for various Walt Disney Parks and Resort attractions worldwide.

Lucasfilm had planned an expansion at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, CA, but shelved the plan due to opposition from neighbors. Lucasfilms plans to expand elsewhere.^[5]

Related companies[link]

Subsidiaries[link]

• Industrial Light & Magic - visual effects
• Skywalker Sound - post-production sound design
• LucasArts - video and computer games
• Lucas Licensing - licensing and merchandising
  • Lucas Learning - educational materials
• Lucas Books - book publishing
• Lucasfilm Animation - animation
  • Lucasfilm Animation Singapore - animation
• Lucas Marketing - marketing
• Lucas Online - websites

Former subsidiaries[link]

• THX Ltd. - theater sound system (spun off in 2001)
• Pixar Animation Studios - computer animation film production company (sold to Steve Jobs in 1986, and is now a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company).
• Kerner Optical - Practical effects division (model shop) and 3D development team (spun off from ILM in 2006)

Filmography[link]

Cancelled films[link]

• The Secret of Monkey Island: The Movie (2000)^[6]

In development[link]

• Indiana Jones and the Hell of Sungkyunkwan (2014)
• Untitled CGI Animated Musical Project
• Raiders of the Lost Opale (Late 2018)
• SMTOWN SUPERSTAR (2017)

Television series[link]

• Star Wars: Droids (1985-1986)
• Star Wars: Ewoks (1985-1987)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1996)
• Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-Present)
• Star Wars: Underworld (TBA)

Television films and specials[link]

• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (uncredited)
• Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
• The Great Heep (1986)

Other productions[link]

• The Making of Star Wars (1977) (produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television)
• SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television)
• From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983) (produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television)
• Return of the Ewok (1982)
• Captain EO (1986)
• Star Tours (1987)
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004) (produced by Prometheus Entertainment in association with Fox Television Studios)
• Lego Star Wars shorts:
  • Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick (2005)
  • Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 (2009)
  • Lego Star Wars: Bombad Bounty (2010)
  • Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011)
• Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007) (produced by Prometheus Entertainment in association with The History Channel)
• Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick (2008)
• Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011)

See also[link]

• EditDroid

References[link]

External links[link]

• Lucasfilm website
• LucasArts website

• Lucasfilm Ltd. at the Internet Movie Database

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George Lucas
George Lucas in 2009
Born	George Walton Lucas, Jr. (1944-05-14) May 14, 1944 (age 68) Modesto, California, U.S.
Residence	Marin County, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Modesto Junior College
Alma mater	University of Southern California (B.A. and B.S.)[1]
Occupation	Chairman & CEO of Lucasfilm
Years active	1965–present
Influenced by	Frank Herbert,[2] Joseph Campbell, Akira Kurosawa, John Ford
Home town	Central Valley, California, U.S.
Net worth	US$3.2 billion (2011)[1]
Spouse	Marcia Lucas (1969–1983)
Partner	Mellody Hobson (2007–present)

George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm.^[3] He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful directors/producers, with an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion as of 2011.^[1]

Early life and education[link]

George Lucas was born in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore (née Bomberger) and George Walton Lucas, Sr. (1913–1991), who owned a stationery store.^[4][5]