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Lucas is a moral visionary who provides a heroic model for young people. That is the real "Force" underlying his work and the reason for its universal appeal.
No one, save Walt Disney, matches the creativeness of George Lucas [May 23], the originator of the ceaseless wonders of the Star Wars universe. If anything is retained from Lucas' magical movies, it should be the concept that peace and good will always triumph.
In his teens Lucas did what most other boys did in Modesto: cruised the streets. Nearly killed when he crashed his Fiat into a walnut tree, he missed his high school graduation and took four months to recuperate. When he was able to function again, he attended Modesto Junior College...
After graduation in 1966, Lucas worked as an assistant to Francis Coppola, who was directing Finian's Rainbow. Coppola, who remains a friend, later helped him find backing for his feature, THX 1138 (1971), a chilling look at a futuristic world in which people live underground and numbers have...
What Lucas has done in the Star Wars films is rather like what his father did over dinner in Modesto. While providing entertainment, he has tried to instill in the young the old-fashioned virtues. "A lot of the stuff in there is very personal," he says. "There's...