When I was making ‘Star Wars,’ I wasn’t restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, ‘I’m going to create a world that’s fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it.’ – George Lucas
The story being told in ‘Star Wars’ is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you’re in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they’re actually not. – George Lucas
I started out in anthropology, so to me how society works, how people put themselves together and make things work, has always been a big interest. – George Lucas
One of the amazing things about ‘Seven Samurai’ is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many, and they all have shaved heads, and you’ve got good guys and bad guys and peasants, you get to understand a lot of them without too much being said. – George Lucas
The way I define ‘intelligent design’ is that when people started out, we wanted to make sense of the world we lived in, so we created stories about how things worked. – George Lucas
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. – George Lucas
Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of anthropology/sociology – looking at a culture as a living organism, why it does what it does. – George Lucas
Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality. – George Lucas
There should be a point to movies. Sure, you’re giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom. – George Lucas
If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office. – George Lucas
It was the money from ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Jaws’ that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up of screens. – George Lucas
A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything. – George Lucas
A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say to them, ‘If you don’t know how to make the right decision, you’re not a director.’ – George Lucas
I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn’t care what kind of movies I made. – George Lucas
The influence of ‘Hidden Fortress’ comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it’s told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people. – George Lucas
There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things. – George Lucas
I’ve come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear. – George Lucas
To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one’s youth back again? – George Lucas
One thing about ‘Star Wars’ that I’m really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That’s why I like the ‘Star Wars’ toys. – George Lucas
I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones. – George Lucas
I grew up in San Francisco. And so I’m informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I’m a very ardent patriot. – George Lucas
The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want. – George Lucas
If you really love films, and you really want to get the full impact, there’s a huge difference between watching something on a small screen with a mediocre sound system and watching it on a giant screen in a giant theater with a huge beautiful sound system. I mean, the difference is electric. – George Lucas
None of the films I’ve done was designed for a mass audience, except for ‘Indiana Jones.’ Nobody in their right mind thought ‘American Graffiti’ or ‘Star Wars’ would work. – George Lucas
Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media. – George Lucas
Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. – George Lucas
‘Star Wars’ is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It’s what they want. – George Lucas
