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George Lucas Name-Drops Scorsese, Spielberg And Coppola While Revealing He Really Hates Movie ‘Focus Groups’

He says what he thinks.

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George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

Star Wars director calls AI technology ‘the future’ of film-making and says ‘there’s nothing you can do about it’

The Guardian - UK

George Lucas delivers verdict on AI in movies as he blasts Hollywood for giving fans too much power

Star Wars creator George Lucas believes artificial intelligence (AI) is the "future" of movie making, because it makes the process "much easier", but he isn't a fan of Hollywood using focus groups to find out what fans think of a film before it is released.

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George Lucas says AI is the future and insists ‘audience doesn’t know what they want to see’

Star Wars creator says AI has made it ‘much easier for us to make movies’

The Independent UK

Star Wars creator George Lucas compares AI to the invention of cars: "There's nothing you can do about it"

"It's very much like sitting here saying, 'Well, I believe the horse and the buggy is really where it's at'"

Total Film

George Lucas says rejecting AI is like rejecting cars in favour of horses: 'There's nothing you can do about it… it's the future'

Not sure about that one, George.

PC Gamer

‘Jar Jar Binks Is Terrible!’ George Lucas Gets Real About Fan Blowback Over Star Wars Prequels

Jar Jar wasn’t the first Star Wars punching bag, according to George.

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Star Wars creator George Lucas says film studios nowadays care more about "what the fans think" rather than trusting filmmakers

"The audience doesn’t know what they want to see"

Total Film

35 Years Later, Andor's Biggest Change To A Star Wars Planet Fulfills A Classic Promise

In 'The Art of Star Wars: Andor,' Tony Gilroy reveals the one rule he had for 'Andor's Coruscant scenes.

Inverse

49 Years Later, Star Wars Just Gave Its Best Idea A Massive Upgrade

The upcoming game 'Star Wars: Galactic Racer' is focusing in on podracing with an attention to detail that hasn't been done in Star Wars racing games before.

Inverse

Listen, George Lucas Knew Star Wars Fans Would Be ‘Picky’ About The Prequels

The prequels were divisive, but Lucas may have expected that.

Cinemablend

Harrison Ford Reveals The Indiana Jones Scene Sean Connery Disliked: ‘A Little Grumpy’

He was just a little grumpy

Cinemablend

Steve Jobs became a billionaire thanks to a Pixar gamble. Now ‘Toy Story 5’ is breaking box office records thanks to that bet

Before Jobs made Apple the most valuable company on Earth, he helped bring Pixar to life.

Fortune

George Lucas has a surprise cameo in the new Minions movie, and he already wants to be in the next one

Less Star Wars, more Banana: George Lucas wants to star in more Minions movies

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George Lucas has surprise role in Minions and Monsters

Producer Chris Meledandri has revealed George Lucas has voiced a character in Minions and Monsters.

The Independent UK

George Lucas comes out of retirement for surprising new film role

‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ creator stepped away from Hollywood in 2012 after selling Lucasfilm to Disney

Total Film

Darth Maul voice actor "wasn't into" the character's design and says seeing The Phantom Menace "was the biggest disappointment" of his life

Peter Serafinowicz didn't have a good time on Star Wars: Episode 1

Total Film

George Lucas once wanted to make a Palpatine Star Wars TV show, Emperor actor Ian McDiarmid reveals

A Palpatine TV show almost happened

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s where the poetry is written in cinema language’: the female editors behind cinema’s masterpieces

In an industry dominated by men, many women dedicate themselves to the craft of editing – as well as managing directors’ egos – to create some of the most celebrated and memorable big-screen classics

The Independent UK

Star Wars actor says watching film at premiere was ‘biggest disappointment of life’

‘I wasn’t that into my character,’ British star admitted, two decades on

The Independent UK

Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford didn’t love divisive Indiana Jones movie

‘They were not 100 per cent on board,’ producer Kathleen Kennedy admitted

The Mary Sue

Hollywood History Nearly Changed Forever When a Massive Star Turned Down the Lead in Jurassic Park, Leaving Spielberg Crushed

A reminder that Hollywood is full of near-misses, and sometimes the stars align in ways no one could have predicted.

Total Film

Steven Spielberg didn't want aliens in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but "compromised" with George Lucas: "What if they're from another dimension?"

An out of this world decision

Sports Illustrated

Every Celebrity Spotted at the USMNT’s 2026 World Cup Opener vs. Paraguay

From Hollywood to the NBA Hall of Fame and everywhere in between, the stars came out for the Stars and Stripes.

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Harrison Ford And Steven Spielberg Were Never Fully On Board With The Fourth Indiana Jones Movie, Even While They Were Making It

Apparently, they had reservations from the start.

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