A week ago, the Sneak Peek of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art panel, moderated by Queen Latifah and featuring Guillermo del Toro, Doug Chiang and The Maker George Lucas took place and here the LMNA bring us their own footage from this groundbreaking (and record-breaking) panel which saw Lucas appear at San Diego Comic Con for the very first time almost 50 years after Star Wars was first teased at the 1976 event.
On July 27, 2025, at Comic-Con International in San Diego, George Lucas offered an exclusive look at and new details about the highly anticipated Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, set to open in 2026 in Los Angeles. Joined onstage in Hall H by Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and legendary artist and production designer Doug Chiang, and moderated by iconic artist, actress, and producer Queen Latifah, the panel marked one of the most talked about and widely attended sessions in Comic-Con history, drawing over 6,000 on the final day of the convention. Lucas shared his decades-long passion for storytelling through art—from ancient cave paintings to comics and digital media—calling the museum “a temple to the people’s art.” Del Toro compared it to the rock-n-roll of the art world, while Chiang reflected on how comic art inspired his own creative journey. Queen Latifah brought heart, humor, and deep insight to the conversation, highlighting the emotional power of visual storytelling.
About the Lucas Museum
Co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be the world’s first institution dedicated to the exploration of narrative art, celebrating illustrated storytelling across eras and cultures, from ancient cave drawings and children’s book illustrations to comic books and digital media. The museum has a collection with rich holdings of works by illustrators including Norman Rockwell, Jessie Willcox Smith, Kadir Nelson, Beatrix Potter, Maxfield Parrish, and N. C. Wyeth; comic artists including Winsor McCay, Frank Frazetta, George Herriman, Jack Kirby, Chris Ware, Alison Bechdel, and R. Crumb; and much more. Additionally, the museum is the holder of the Lucas Archives, which include props, models, concept art, costumes, and more, that span the full extent of Lucas’s filmmaking.
The building is designed by renowned architect Ma Yansong of MAD with assistance from US-based architecture firm Stantec. It sits in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park on an 11-acre campus that includes expansive new green space designed by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA. The 300,000-square-foot structure will feature galleries, two theaters, a retail store, a library, a café, a restaurant, as well as event spaces. lucasmuseum.org
