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After the success of Star Wars, which cost $10.5 million to make and has so far grossed more than $400 million at box offices worldwide, he does not have to explain anything-ever. After the theater owners took their share, 20th Century-Fox took its piece, and advertising and distribution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

If The Empire does even half as well as its predecessor, Lucas has big personal plans for the future. He and his wife Marcia, 34, a top film editor in her own right, have bought 2,000 acres in Marin Country, about 50 miles north of San Francis co., where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

Like Disney, all those forgotten men who created the serials he watched and Homer himself, Lucas is basically a storyteller. That is what he does best, that is what he loves, and that is what he will continue to do until the Star Wars epic is completed, some time around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

The very first surprise in The Empire Strikes Back comes in the opening credits: the movie is identified as Episode V. Since it is the immediate sequel to the original Star Wars, that opus has been retitled Star Wars: Episode IV, raising a meteor shower of questions. The answers: Lucas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cinema, May 19, 1980 | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

For years the universe was governed by a republic, which was regulated by the order of Jedi Knights, who bore a vague resemblance to Japanese Samurai warriors. But eventually the citizens of the republic "didn't care enough to elect competent officials," says Lucas the historian, and so their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cinema, May 19, 1980 | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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