June 2014 – Wins a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” June 2013 – Wins a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

J– Is awarded the National Medal of Arts by US President Barack Obama. Abrams will direct the next “Star Wars” movie installment. Janu– Walt Disney Studios announces that J.J. Also, the television series, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” premieres on Cartoon Network.Ģ010 – Signs the Giving Pledge, promising to give half his fortune to charity.Ģ012 – Sells Lucasfilm to Walt Disney for $4 billion. Thalberg Memorial Award at 64th Academy Awards.ġ999 – “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” is released.Ģ002 – “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” is released.Ģ005 – “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” is released.Ģ008 – “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” an animated film based on the Star Wars films, is released. The title is changed to “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” when it is re-released in 1981.ġ980 – “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” released.ġ983 – “Star Wars: Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi” is released. It is nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.ġ975 – Founds Industrial Light and Magic, a division of Lucasfilm, to create the special effects for “Star Wars.” Industrial Light and Magic becomes a leader in the special effects field, working on many films including, “The Abyss,” “Jurassic Park,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” and “Iron Man.”ġ977 – “Star Wars,” written and directed by Lucas, is released. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1992.ġ967 – Gets an internship at Warner Brothers.ġ968 – His short film “Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138:4EB” wins the best film award at the National Student Film Festival.ġ968 – Works as Francis Ford Coppola’s assistant during the filming of “The Rain People.”ġ973 – The film “American Graffiti,” co-written and directed by Lucas, is released.

Teamed with Steven Spielberg to make the “Indiana Jones” series of movies.įounder of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which promotes innovation in education. Originally wanted to be a race car driver, but changed his mind after a near fatal car accident.

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