BIGAccording to Variety, the director is working on Clone Wars, a 3-D animated series, and also a second project, which is a conventional action series. The director spoke about the cost of his projects, "we’re going do something that would normally cost ($20 million-$30 million) and try to do it for $1 million,"
For now, Lucas is finishing work on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles which was produced at a fraction of the normal cost.
Each year, Forbes creates a list of the top 100 personalities with the most influence. Winfrey took first place, over golfer Tiger Woods and Australian actor Mel Gibson.
Newcomers to this year`s list were the stars of the television series Desperate Housewives.
Director and friend Steven Spielberg presented the prestigious honour to Lucas as a ceremony in Los Angeles. The prize is given to people who made exceptional contributions to the world of film.
Actors from the Star Wars movies, including Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford were at the gala, as well as Tom Hanks, who was also recognized by the AFI.
Lucas, 61, was approached by the institute ten years ago, but declined, saying that he was too young for such an award.
In addition to Star Wars, Lucas wrote and produced the Indiana Jones series of films. He is currently working on the fourth installment of that film series, along with Steven Spielberg.
Everywhere, fans waited patiently for the George Lucas film’s release, and finally the day arrived.
In the United States alone, a study was conducted that revealed that $627 million dollars was lost in productivity for American companies. The researchers found that 4.8 million workers abandoned their posts for the day to see the conclusion of the series.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith reveals to us how Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) left his Jedi world to join the Force, becoming enemies with Darth Vader.
Filmmaker George Lucas, joined by some of the stars of his latest intergalactic film, spoke on Sunday in Cannes.
In a press conference, the director answered critics who made comments regarding the last two Star Wars films, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.
Lucas said, "The older ones are loyal to the first three films I made, and they are the ones in control of the media."
"The films that these people don’t like – which are the first two prequels – are fanatically adored by the under 25s."
Revenge of the Sith will be released world wide on May 19.
The filmmaker reveals in the pages of the May issue of Premiere that this final effort in the Star Wars series was a lot of work.
Lucas said, "A lot of my life has been wrapped up in this one thing. I can walk away from this now ’cause I feel it’s the best I could do … this is the film that people want to see."
The American magazine, on sale today, conducted interviews with the entire cast, and are calling the movie the most important film of the year.
After 30 years of the successful series, on May 19 George Lucas will put the finishing touch on the saga with the release of Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
On February 7 Lucas filmed the last couple of scenes for his next Star Wars at the British Studios of Estree.
This same studio had also accomodated Lucas in 1977 for the filming of the first Star Wars saga: Episode IV – A New Hope.
For this famous director, there is still post production work to do, in order for the film Revenge of the Sith to be ready for theatres May 19.
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith tells the mystery of the passage of Anakin Skywalker to the dark side of the Force.