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Lucas Museum construction update, aiming for 2025 opening

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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After navigating delays, a global pandemic and plenty of criticism, the end is in sight for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art as construction on the $1 billion project is heading towards a 2025 opening.

Since breaking ground in 2018, the project’s opening has been pushed back twice to 2023 and then 2025. Aside from external setbacks, the project’s slowed progress can be attributed to its complex and ambitious design.

The museum includes over 1,500 individually fabricated curved panels of fiberglass-reinforced polymer, three curved-glass elevators, an elliptical oculus, a rooftop garden, and two 299-seat theaters atop 281 seismic base isolators.

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Star Wars: Tales from the Death Star
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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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After navigating delays, a global pandemic and plenty of criticism, the end is in sight for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art as construction on the $1 billion project is heading towards a 2025 opening.

Since breaking ground in 2018, the project’s opening has been pushed back twice to 2023 and then 2025. Aside from external setbacks, the project’s slowed progress can be attributed to its complex and ambitious design.

The museum includes over 1,500 individually fabricated curved panels of fiberglass-reinforced polymer, three curved-glass elevators, an elliptical oculus, a rooftop garden, and two 299-seat theaters atop 281 seismic base isolators.

Sale
Star Wars: Tales from the Death Star
Star Wars: Tales from the Death Star
  • Hardcover Book
  • Scott, Cavan (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 96 Pages - 10/17/2023 (Publication Date) - Dark Horse Books (Publisher)
$22.49 Amazon Prime
Buy on Amazon This is a paid link. Learn More. Price incl. tax, excl. shipping.  Details correct as at: 2025-09-30
SourceArchinect
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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