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October 10, 2017 11:42 AM EDT. W hen George Lucas sat down in early 1973 to draft an operatic science fiction movie about a ragtag group of rebels fighting a corrupt central government, the trial.

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Now that the series is over and done with (at least until George Lucas launches his live-action "Star Wars" television series), I began reflecting on all things Jewish in the saga set a long.

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Lucas didn't always want to be a filmmaker. In fact, it was only after failing at a handful of other careers that he made his way into show business. According to The Hollywood Reporter, as a.

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George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. [1] (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. Lucas is best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. [2]

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George Lucas and Star Wars: A Jewish defense of action Anticipating this week's release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," one of my favorite podcasts recently broadcast an interview with.

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GEORGE LUCAS: Just like, so Jewish. Basically Nazi propaganda. Let's give him beady eyes, and a giant nose, and make him haggling all the time. Fuck it, give him a black brimmed hat sometimes.

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George Lucas. Writer: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing.

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In a 2012 interview, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas made the feeble claim that the release of another episode in his now-38-year-old sci-fi franchise is "not a religious event. I hate to tell.

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George Lucas made his name chronicling a conflict in a galaxy far, far away. Now the creator of Star Wars is trying to help resolve a conflict on Planet Earth, one infinitely more complex than the.

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George Lucas May 14, 1944 — "At one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever." — Sick Boy, "Trainspotting" Sick Boy proceeds to rattle off a bunch of examples, but let's take one close to home: Woody Allen. Putting his extracurricular life aside, after his peak in the 70s, he hasn't exactly been able to climb back up.

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Lucas, the creator of the "Star Wars" series, is not Jewish, and he does not discuss his films in terms of specific Jewish values. But anyone who read the lengthy conversation between Bill Moyers and him in a recent issue of Time would be struck by the themes and echoes of Jewish teachings and rituals in Lucas' words.

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George Lucas, Star Wars' creator, was deeply inspired by the so-called "myth of a thousand faces," the idea that a far-flung, reluctant hero takes up the mantle of leadership and goes on an adventure to hone their talent and defeat evil.. So much of my American Jewish experience lies in being able to live out Judaism proudly, as part.

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The result was the box-office hit of all time. The man responsible was George Lucas. By Lynda Miles and Michael Pye. Wally Fong / AP. March 1979 Issue. Modesto is a small California town that.

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When George Lucas developed the storyline for Star Wars and crafted his heroes and villains, he tapped into elements of theology, mysticism and mythology as well as his knowledge of classic films.

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"There's a lot of pressure on J.J. — to start paying Disney back for, you know, the franchise they bought from George Lucas." Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our.

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Back in 1975, George Lucas approached fellow filmmaker Philip Kaufman. It was that Jewish director's idea to have Indy search for the lost Ark of the Covenant. "There was an old doctor I went.