Happy birthday to George Lucas

Filmmaker George Lucas, born in Modesto, California in 1944.


His Star Wars movies are greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's analysis of the mythic hero's journey. Star Wars was filmed in Tunisia and Death Valley.

Lucas said, "Don't avoid the clichés — they are clichés because they work."

Death Star in Dubai?

OMA's Ras al Khaimah Convention and Exhibition Centre





Note: gravestmor suggests that it is not modeled on the deathstar, but on a Panasonic radio from 1972, five years before the first Star Wars movie, calling it "the little Japanese radio that could."

Dancing with the Star Wars

Dig the movies of Chewie and the connection that Leia and Luke have. See the amazing dance-off between the stars of Star Wars.