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George Lucas's Star Wars: A Modern Fairy Tale

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“Well, I've had my big hit [with American Graffiti], and I'm happy. And I'm going to do this kind of crazy thing, and it'll be fun, and that will be that." (“George Lucas,” 2007). George Lucas has had the success that most filmmakers can only dream of. He has created a movie series that has made over 7.5 billion dollars and a studio that was sold for 4.05 billion dollars ("Box Office History," 2017). George Lucas has created many successful movies, innovated by taking responsible risks, and illuminated the world with his creativity.
George Lucas, as a successful film director, producer, and writer, has created many movies, as would be suspected. He took part as one of these three roles in five of the eight largest-grossing films ever. When …show more content…

After being denied by two studios, he received $8.5 million from 20th Century-Fox. “I realized a whole generation was growing up without fairy tales.... I wanted to do a modern fairy tale, a myth,” said the producer of Star Wars ("George Lucas," 2016). “One of the criteria of the mythical fairy tale situation is an exotic faraway land, but we've lost all the fairy lands on this planet.” Everyone, from the theaters, to the people, to even the actors starring in the movie, doubted that Star Wars would be a success. But it was, and he (and others) went on to create two sequels and three prequels for the movie. After the final movie was complete, Lucas wasn’t going to make any more. Yet, on October 30th, 2012, Disney offered to pay $4.05 billion for the Star Wars franchise and all of Lucasfilm. George Lucas accepted, and Disney later announced that they were making five more movies in addition to the saga. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was the seventh movie in chronological order, released on December 18th, 2015. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, takes place in between the original two trilogies, and was released on December 16th, 2016. Star Wars: Episode VIII, has not been officially named yet, but is scheduled …show more content…

With American Graffiti, Lucas had a very low budget, so it was very risky to make the movie. But, he was being responsible by making a very good movie without going over the budget he was given. With Star Wars, everyone thought Lucas’ idea of space battles between magical glow-stick welding yahoos was completely absurd, so it was a very dangerous risk he was running. Yet, Lucas was responsible because he felt that there were no more myths or fairy tales, and he created one, which, as everyone knows, was extremely successful in the film world. George Lucas is definitely a master at taking responsible risks. ("George Lucas,"

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