George Lucas: A Life

Author: Brian Jay Jones

"Jones' ebullient bio shows that the Force has always been with filmmaker Lucas. Packed with fun insider info . . . a whiz-bang tribute to a genius." ― People On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George Lucas, the movie originally called The Star Wars quickly drew blocks-long lines, bursting box-office records and ushering in a n