It might not be the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art update you were expecting (especially if you’re as ravenous as a rancor), but today PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have asked George Lucas to make the restaurant at the LMNA, which opens in 2026, 100% vegan. PETA make the point that ‘meat, egg, and dairy industries fuel the climate catastrophe like coaxium fuels a hyperdrive‘, and wrote this open letter to the Maker himself.
Dear Mr. Lucas,
Greetings from your many fans here at PETA. We can’t wait to visit the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! Just as your films have inspired generations to imagine a better universe, your new museum has the power to set a shining example here on Earth by serving only vegan food in its restaurants.
Like the Galactic Empire, the meat, egg, and dairy industries are powerful, destructive, and cruel. Just as Klatooine paddy frogs don’t want to be eaten, chickens, turkeys, fish, pigs, and other animals want to live in peace, but in slaughterhouses, they have their throats slit and are dismembered, sometimes while still alive and able to feel pain. On dairy farms, calves are ripped from their mothers shortly after birth so that the milk meant for them can be sold to humans instead. And on egg farms, hens are packed together, wing to wing, in warehouse-like sheds and never go outside. These atrocities aren’t happening in a galaxy far, far away; they are happening right here on Earth. Fortunately, we all have the power to fight for animals, and we don’t even need light sabers to do it – just a spoon and fork to eat rootleaf stew (and other, tastier, vegan foods available on Earth).
Raising and killing animals for food is also polluting our water, destroying our forests, and filling our atmosphere with methane and carbon dioxide. The climate catastrophe is like a Death Star poised to destroy Earth, and we cannot simply hitch a ride on a transport to another planet – we must defend the only planet we have. When it comes to avoiding the worst effects of climate change, it’s do or do not. There is no try. One of the most effective daily things we can all do to stop Earth from hurtling toward climate catastrophe at light speed is to go vegan.
Thankfully, the future is vegan, and by making your museum’s dining options all vegan, you’d help visitors rebel against animal abuse, strike back against climate change, and awaken the force of kindness in a new generation.
Please, don’t be a nerf-herder; let this museum embody the inclusive and forward-thinking vision it celebrates.
May the forks be with you,
Alicia Aguayo
Director of Communications
PETA
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