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The ‘Force’ of George Lucas is everywhere at Skywalker Ranch
Gulf News ^ | August 6, 2014

Posted on 08/06/2014 11:18:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

George Lucas, the man behind the mega-successful interplanetary saga Star Wars, may well have retired, but his spirit looms large at the famous Skywalker Ranch.

The creator of Luke, Leia, Indiana Jones and Darth Vader bought the property in 1978 with proceeds from his first blockbuster hit, Star Wars to realise his dream of creating a haven for filmmaking outside Hollywood, at a cost of around $100 million (Dh367 million), according to the Wall Street Journal.

Rare visitors allowed into the huge complex — 1,900 hectares near San Francisco — must first weave around hills, orchards, and pastures occupied by cows and deer.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Local News; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; lucas; millionaires; ranch; scifi; spaceopera; starwars

1 posted on 08/06/2014 11:18:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Lucas is also the father of JarJar Binx.

Must’ve had a brain fart.


3 posted on 08/07/2014 12:17:05 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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My favorite scene from Star Wars.
4 posted on 08/07/2014 12:27:32 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: nickcarraway
The creator of Luke, Leia, Indiana Jones and Darth Vader

Author is obviously a big Star Wars fan.

5 posted on 08/07/2014 5:24:44 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: nickcarraway
Rare visitors allowed into the huge complex — 1,900 hectares near San Francisco — must first weave around hills, orchards, and pastures occupied by cows and deer.

And yet, this bastard thinks Capitalism is a bad thing. Moron.

6 posted on 08/07/2014 6:38:31 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

To be fair George Lucas is the creator of Indiana Jones. Spielberg directed the movies but the characters and plots are all Lucas. I don’t know who edited his dialog for the last three films after he divorced his first wife (and uncredited editor), though. There’s a reason the quality of George Lucas’s work dropped severely after 1984 or so.


7 posted on 08/07/2014 6:09:54 PM PDT by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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