“Lucas and Spielberg went to film school together at USC”
Spielberg didn’t go to USC. He was too dumb to get in.
He didn’t even go to film school, he went to Long Beach for a bit.
And Lucss had a smash hit with American Graffiti before he made Star Wars.
USC had the Annenberg school as an informal school open to the unenrolled. I seem to remember Lucas and Spielberg meeting there and studying film together.
Spielberg had a hit with jaws before he scored the big sci-fi success with ET.
But there is no question film studios were in shutdown mode when Lucas was trying to get backing for Starwars.
Lucas was also known for “THX-1138” as well, IIRC. Any thoughts on that title here, as I’ve never gotten around to see it even though I might like to sometime.