Star Wars Creator George Lucas Opens the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in L.A.

 https://www.archilovers.com/stories/30820/first-look-star-wars-creator-george-lucas-opens-the-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-in-l-a.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Museum_of_Narrative_Art , https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cg59d9dyn46o

https://artlyst.com/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-opens-its-doors-in-los-angeles/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.

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'

 https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1uxwzi4/george_lucas_says_rejecting_ai_is_like_rejecting 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/george-lucas-likens-ai-sceptics-to-luddites-clinging-to-horses-and-carts

https://www.polygon.com/george-lucas-backs-ai-filmmaking

While AI can be a great tool for directors, some aren't that comfortable to embrace it.

‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’ https://variety.com/2026/film/news/backrooms-kane-parsons-ai-defeats-the-purpose-filmmaking-1236766375

https://www.polygon.com/george-lucas-alternate-timeline-interview

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

Waymo Issues Voluntary Recall After Robotaxi Swept Into Texas Creek

 https://digitalcxo.com/article/waymo-issues-voluntary-recall-after-robotaxi-swept-into-texas-creek/ 

Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis due to dangerous software glitch https://nypost.com/2026/05/13/lifestyle/waymo-recalls-nearly-4000-robotaxis-after-vehicle-drove-into-flood/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo , https://digitalcxo.com/digital-transformation 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Waymo 

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https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/george-lucas-famed-northern-california-compound-skywalker-ranch 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

‘Mission: Impossible’ Wouldn’t be the Same Without a Suggestion From George Lucas

 https://collider.com/mission-impossible-george-lucas 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

Andor Season 2 redeems the force after George Lucas broke it in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

 https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/andor-season-2-redeems-force-george-lucas-broke-star-wars-the-phantom-menace

Joe Johnston on Disagreeing With George Lucas

 https://www.ign.com/articles/joe-johnston-disagreeing-george-lucas-light-magic-season-2

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Industrial-Light-and-Magic

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-2001-space-odyssey-superior-george-lucas/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

George Lucas

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/George_Lucas

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-original-cut-edit-screening-george-lucas-1236191847/

 https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Lucas

Of course George_Lucas would eventually be drawn to Lucas_Valley-Marinwood,_California.

https://www.lucasfilm.com/who-we-are/our-story/

https://www.ilm.com/about , https://www.skysound.com/about/

https://www.skysound.com/ranch/

"The ranch is located on Lucas Valley Road, named after an early-20th-century landowner in the area of no relation to George Lucas." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywalker_Ranch 

"In 1978, film director George Lucas began acquiring land in the area for his Skywalker Ranch. However, Lucas Valley Road was named after the 19th-century rancher, who is not related to George Lucas." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Valley#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywalker_Ranch#Others

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster

The_Machine_Stops was first published in 1909. Technology has taken over how people live. The people no longer remember that it was humans that built the tech which led up to the global controlling machine.

https://jimmiekepler.com/2015/02/13/short-story-the-machine-stops-by-e-m-forster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#Plot_summary 

• "Both George Lucas's film THX 1138 (1971) and the original novel version of Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson bear multiple similarities to "The Machine Stops".  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#Related_works  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138_4EB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Plot p1932

w1883 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century#Summary , 

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/337109.Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century , 

https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/review_essays/taves71.htm , 

https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/books/unreal-futures-jules-vernes-paris-in-the-twentieth-century , 

https://www.openculture.com/2016/01/jules-verne-accurately-predicts-what-the-20th-century-will-look-like.html

What if EM creates such an integrated AI run civilization and it suddenly stops or seriously malfunctions?

George Lucas On the Evolution of Digital Film

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn5oCA8YVYs , https://www.youtube.com/user/afi/videos

George_Lucas has really transformed the entertainment industry over the past several decades in his own unique way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm#History , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_and_Magic#History , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm_Games#History

Star Wars From Puppets To Pixels: Digital Characters In Episode II Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh-5UhwcBW0

The Beginning: Making Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da8s9m4zEpo , https://www.youtube.com/c/StarWars/videos

 George Lucas Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2005 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHvOSZi3t14

Why does Hollywood hate George Lucas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xN6IdhTQ7A  

Star Wars After George Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq6-kow5GHE

Obi-Wan Kenobi  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEuirQWecEw , https://www.youtube.com/c/StarWars/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas_filmography#Full-length_films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas#Proceeds_from_the_sale_of_Lucasfilm_to_Disney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm#Subsidiary_of_the_Walt_Disney_Studios

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm_Games#Legacy

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

BAR WARS and other antics, etc.

 Wrong Place Wrong Time | Robot Chicken Star Wars | Adult Swim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbSixPMrT2o

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE Clip - Cantina (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK_iw5Yps2M

10 Secrets Of Mos Eisley Cantina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLvxQflRAk

10 Hidden Star Wars Facts You Didn't Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEk3fjiUZHc

10 Deleted Star Wars Movie Scenes That Should Have Been Left In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pmvUum41vg

10 Star Wars Changes George Lucas Made That Were Completely Justified https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XJraS7qILE

Star Gags: A Never-ending Bloopers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82I_yeF7b6g 

10 Star Wars Movie Mistakes You Missed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmypLqkW3Jc

10 Star Wars Movie Mistakes You Missed PREQUEL EDITION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdcmNthw8y0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/ScreenRant/videos

10 Star Wars Fan Theories That Will Blow Your Mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkZSfie0vRg

Star Wars: George Lucas action figure

 https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/star-wars-george-lucas-action-figure

What's the next best thing to having a statue of ones self? 

https://www.starwars.com/news/george-lucas-star-wars-the-black-series

Having your own action figure, of course.

GL has done very well in creating quite a universe of entertainment throughout the years.

https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/george-w-lucas

https://www.forbes.com/profile/george-lucas/?sh=218616056e63

https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/george-lucas

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/George_Lucas

https://twitter.com/georgelucasilm

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

The Epic of Gilgamesh, Joseph Campbell and STAR WARS...

The Epic_of_Gilgamesh is truly epic in so many ways. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Epic-of-Gilgamesh , http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh

Dive into the Epic of Gilgamesh, and follow the king of Uruk on a series of dangerous quests as he searches for immortality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV9t3Cp18Rc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh#Standard_Babylonian_version

The Hero's_journey: https://folkstory.com/articles/petersburg.html

"Gilgamesh, star of one of the earliest written hero stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a terrible ancient king who left his kingdom seeking adventure, and eventually on the prowl for immortality. Along the way, he checks pretty much all the boxes on the checklist of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWppk7-Mti4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell#The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces

https://www.starwars.com/news/mythic-discovery-within-the-inner-reaches-of-outer-space-joseph-campbell-meets-george-lucas-part-i

https://www.starwars.com/news/tag/joseph-campbell , https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/joseph-campbell-heros-journey-2001-star-wars-1201937470

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh#Old_Babylonian_versions

Andrew George, Professor of Babylonian, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd7MrGy_tEg , https://www.youtube.com/c/HarvardMuseumoftheAncientNearEast/videos

https://www.ancient-literature.com/other_gilgamesh.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh#Relationship_to_the_Bible

https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-seizes-the-gilgamesh-dream-tablet-from-hobby-lobby-2021-7

Regardless of the ownership, it's always important that such ancient writings remain safe and preserved.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/07/27/feds-take-ownership-of-smuggled-ancient-epic-of-gilgamesh-tablet-owned-by-hobby-lobby/?sh=30d13a02428e

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epic-of-gilgamesh-tablet-forfeited-hobby-lobby

Lucasfilm Hires 'The Mandalorian' YouTuber Who Deepfaked Season 2 Luke Cameo

 https://collider.com/the-mandalorian-lucasfilm-hire-youtuber-luke-cameo

CGI if done correctly and wisely, can really enhance a production.

This tech could add much more depth to the Star+Wars universe in some interesting ways.

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/lucasfilm-hires-deepfake-youtuber-mandalorian-skywalker-vfx-1234653720/

Harrison+Ford in Solo: A Star Wars Story [DeepFake] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC3uH4Xw4Xo , https://www.youtube.com/c/Shamook/videos

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/harrison-ford-solo-reaction-star-wars-alden-ehrenreich-rave-1201967240 (Alden Ehrenreich was good in Solo but some people really like the option to have a younger version of HF in the movie.) https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/solo-harrison-ford-advice-alden-ehrenreich-star-wars-1201926113 

The tech has advanced well enough but only deepfake bootleg movies would be possible. That's because the owners of the various productions can't legally allow bootleg versions. However someday, if the owners provided their own deepfake productions, that would be quite something. https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-wars-deepfake-luke-skywalker-mandalorian 

https://www.thewrap.com/lucasfilms-ilm-hires-youtuber-who-improved-cgi-luke-in-the-mandalorian

Deepfake software, which can make anyone look like anyone else, could lead to some hefty ramifications, especially in political and journalistic arenas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY0UpiEyNVw KING 5 News

Deepfake technology will make you question what's real | CNBC Reports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKU2EZQvK1c

It’s Getting Harder to Spot a Deep Fake Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLoI9hAX9dw , https://www.youtube.com/BloombergTV/videos

Deepfakes - Real Consequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMF2i3A9Lzw , https://www.youtube.com/c/ColdFusion/videos

Mark Hamill shares his memories of working on the original Star Wars and does a perfect impression of Harrison Ford. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onMm0DLg8CE , https://www.youtube.com/c/LateNightSeth/videos

https://www.starwars.com/news/tag/george-lucas

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Deepfakes

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS

Star Wars and the 4th

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up3Y_yQIma8

"Star Wars Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on May 4 to celebrate George Lucas' Star Wars media franchise. Observance of the day spread quickly through media and grassroots celebrations since the franchise began in 1977." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

Some see May_25 as an important STAR WARS day as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Trilogy#Films

Indeed, 6 of the first series of STAR+WARS movies were all released in May.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_films#Skywalker_saga

As well as, Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story in 2018.

https://www.starwars.com/news/tag/george-lucas

Behind the Scenes of Star Wars: The Original Trilogy ILM Special Effects Makers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85MK2GDkoxo

A New Rogue (From Rogue One to A New Hope) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnN-k2Beo4E

Star Wars: A New Hope Bloopers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNfIQVplY9U

How Star Wars was saved in the edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEHRNS-Scrs

VADER EPISODE 1: SHARDS OF THE PAST - Star Wars Theory FanFilm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey68aMOV9gc

KENOBI - A Star Wars Fan Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uDwjIBR9s4 This is a very nice fan-made film.

DARTH MAUL: Apprentice - A Star Wars Fan-Film 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djo_91jN3Pk  This is such an excellent Darth Maul Fan-made Film.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS+Universe