If you’ve been following the saga of the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, then you know that Chicago and San Francisco have been competing to become the permanent home for the facility. There is a new development, as Los Angeles has now tossed its hat into the ring. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has offered a site in Exposition...
June 8th, 20143664 It is a well-known fact that Steven Spielberg is a huge Star Wars fan. In fact Spielberg has been a fan right from the beginning. Before the beginning in fact. When Lucas showed an early cut of Star Wars to a test audience which included several directors it was only Spielberg who loved it and could see pass the incomplete...
It looks like the battle for the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum is going to come down to a cage match between Chicago and San Francisco. Okay, maybe that won't be the case - but the competition is pretty tight. San Francisco fell behind Chicago as the prospective home for the museum after several proposals from George Lucas were turned...
May 25th, 201415142 I’m writing this blog the day after Dallas Comic Con ended. The convention took place at the Dallas Convention Center this time, instead of the Irving Convention Center, due to space limitations. As a result, there were an amazing amount of vendors, writers, artists, and craftspeople there hawking their wares. I was there promoting...
In the ongoing quest to find a home for the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, a spot on Chicago’s lakefront has been recommended. The location is a parking lot on the museum campus, alongside the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium. Last month, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel assembled a task force whose purpose was...Star Wars News & Info
The Force was in Chicago Wednesday evening as an estimated 100 people took part in a public hearing on the George Lucas’ proposed Lucas Cultural Arts Museum. Chicago is one of several cities vying to become home to Lucas’ museum celebrating visual storytelling and Star Wars. One self-proclaimed geek, Matt Wolff, echoed a...Star Wars News & Info
There is a Kickstarter campaign aimed at funding a film about prolific producer and studio chairman Alan Ladd, Jr. - or Laddie, as he is affectionately known. Fans might know that name because without him Star Wars probably wouldn’t have seen the light of day... In 1973, the president of 20th Century Fox (and son of famed actor...Star Wars News & Info
There will be a public hearing regarding the ongoing process of finding a suitable location for Star Wars creator George Lucas' proposed Lucas Cultural Arts Museum on Wednesday, April 23 from 5:30 - 8 pm at the Chicago Cultural Center. In addition, a website has been created that will enable citizens the opportunity to...Star Wars News & Info
There has been further movement in the ongoing mission to bring George Lucas’ proposed museum to Chicago. A task force has been formed with the intent of finding a suitable location for the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has given the task force until mid-May to find a location that is easily accessible...Star Wars News & Info
Star Wars creator George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, have been meeting with anti-violence activist and Roman Catholic priest Father Michael Phleger in Chicago. Fr. Phleger is the pastor of St. Sabina’s, which is home to a large African-American congregation on the south side of the city. The parish is also home to ARK, a...
