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\n Published on 30\/07\/2025 – 14:32 GMT+2
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After decades of shaping galaxies far, far away, George Lucas finally made his debut at San Diego Comic-Con<\/a> – the annual pop culture mega-event.<\/p>\n It was Sunday afternoon when the 81-year-old veteran filmmaker, dressed, in his usual flannel shirt and jeans, stepped on stage at the convention to thunderous applause, with John Williams\u2019 iconic score for Star Wars<\/a> swelling around the hall.<\/p>\n But instead of teasing a new film or reviving an old franchise, Lucas was there for something far more personal: to talk about his very own museum.<\/p>\n Co-founded with his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is a passion project that\u2019s been decades in the making. Set to open in Los Angeles in 2026, it promises to be a space that reflects Lucas\u2019 lifelong obsession with storytelling across genres, eras, and mediums.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is sort of a temple to the people\u2019s art,\u201d Lucas told the crowd.<\/p>\n “(Art) is more about a connection and emotional connection with the work, not how much it cost or what celebrity did it. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s anything anyone will tell you. If you have emotional connection, it\u2019s art. If you don\u2019t, just move onto the next painting,\u201d Lucas added.<\/p>\n Here’s everything that’s been revealed about this ambitious project so far: <\/p>\n A museum that looks like a starship<\/p>\n Designed by visionary architect Ma Yansong, of Chinese architecture firm MAD Architects, the museum’s sleek, curved exterior resembles a giant spaceship – an appropriate design for the man who gave us the Millennium Falcon.<\/p>\n Once completed, the five-story structure will span 300,000 square feet, making it about the size of a typical IKEA<\/a> store. <\/p>\n It will sit on 11 acres of landscaped green space next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the University of Southern California, where Lucas once studied. <\/p>\n So what will be inside?<\/p>\n While Lucas is adamant that the museum is not a shrine dedicated to Star Wars, fans of the sci-fi franchise will still have plenty to geek out over inside. <\/p>\n A sizzle reel, shown exclusively at the panel and narrated by Mace Windu himself, Samuel L. Jackson<\/a>, previewed a number of Star Wars items that will be on display, including General Grievous\u2019s bike, the original landspeeder, and Anakin Skywalker\u2019s spaceship from The Phantom Menace.<\/p>\n Many of these Star Wars works, also including artworks by legendary concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, will be housed in the museum\u2019s cinema gallery.<\/p>\n But the scope of the museum goes far beyond a single franchise. <\/p>\n Attendees of the panel were shown highlights from Lucas’ personal collection, which includes paintings by Mexican icon Frida Kahlo<\/a> and American painter Norman Rockwell, comic art by R. Crumb and Jack Kirby, and the first character drawing of Flash Gordon from 1934.<\/p>\n