George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson plan to open a new museum called the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles
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- “Of course I’ve moved past it,” George Lucas said of the Star Wars franchise in a new interview
- Lucas, who is opening a new narrative art museum in Los Angeles next year, sold the iconic franchise to Disney in 2012 for $4.05 billion
- “I’m building a museum. A museum is harder than making movies,” he said
George Lucas has moved well beyond Star Wars 13 years after selling the franchise to Disney in 2012.
When Lucas, 81, and his wife Mellody Hobson spoke with WSJ. Magazine’s for the outlet’s Innovators issue published Thursday, Oct. 16, Lucas spoke briefly about Star Wars as they discussed the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, which is set to open next year.
“Disney took it over and they gave it their vision. That’s what happens,” Lucas told the outlet, when asked if he has “let go” of the franchise after decades of shepherding fans through stories a long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away…