With the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art now open for business and booked out for months, one of the many benefits of the build up has been seeing George Lucas looking so hale and hearty, and clearly proud of the work done to bring the museum to fruition. Part of the conversation has been the efforts put in by Lucas, work that gave him a clear choice – make more Star Wars, or opt to put the focus on the Museum, and as he says here given his age and there only being so many hours in the day, the choice was clear.
“Well, I’m 82, so there is a limit to — when I did this, I decided to retire from making movies, which was a big deal because I had three more ‘Star Wars’ to make. But I realized that I was running out of time, and I did want to make this museum, and I’d spent a lot of time developing digital technology for the movie business.”
What do you think of this? Given he had sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, did he make the right choice? Does his cinematic legacy mean he made the right choice to change tack and build the museum? Let us know via email, on our socials or leaving a voicemail which we’ll tackle on Making Tracks.