{"id":85013,"date":"2025-08-22T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/85013\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:43:09","slug":"star-wars-creator-george-lucass-1-billion-spaceship-like-los-angeles-museum-nears-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/85013\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars creator George Lucas\u2019s $1 billion spaceship-like Los Angeles museum nears completion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It looks like a starship that\u2019s warped in from a galaxy far, far away.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s actually a $1 billion passion project museum in Los Angeles,<\/a> envisioned by Star Wars creator George Lucas<\/a> and his wife, Mellody Hobson.<\/p>\n

First announced in 2014, photos show not only that it\u2019s finally nearing completion, but that it\u2019s likely to become one of the city\u2019s most jaw-dropping attractions.<\/p>\n

The futuristic Lucas Museum of Narrative Art<\/a> in Exposition Park, due to open in 2026, has been designed to \u201cfloat\u201d above the ground, according to Mad Architects, the studio behind the design. And there\u2019s not a right angle in sight.<\/p>\n

The 300,000-square-foot building sits in a landscape consisting of trees, gardens and walkways, and will house what\u2019s claimed to be \u201cone of the world\u2019s most significant collections of narrative art\u201d, curated by 81-year-old Lucas himself.<\/p>\n

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The 300,000-square-foot building sits in a landscape consisting of trees, gardens and walkways (JAKS Productions\/Sand Hill Media\/Eric Furie)<\/p>\n

The five-storey museum will house more than 10,000 pieces from his personal collection, including comics, illustrations, paintings, photographs, moving images, sculptures, and film memorabilia.<\/p>\n

On display will be works by illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, N. C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, and Kadir Nelson; comic artists such as Winsor McCay, Frank Frazetta, Jack Kirby, and Robert Crumb; muralists such as Judith F. Baca and Diego Rivera; photographers including Dorothea Lange and Carrie Mae Weems; chroniclers of African American life including Jacob Lawrence and Charles White; and seminal works by artists including Frida Kahlo, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Robert Colescott.<\/p>\n

The collection also includes cinematic archives, including the Separate Cinema Archive and the entire Historic Lucasfilm Archive (1971\u20132012).<\/p>\n

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The museum will house what\u2019s claimed to be ‘one of the world\u2019s most significant collections of narrative art’, curated by George Lucas himself (JAKS Productions\/Sand Hill Media\/Eric Furie)\"This<\/p>\n

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This image shows the museum’s lobby, where glass lifts will take visitors to the upper levels (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art\/Jenny Miyasaki)\"The<\/p>\n

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The five-storey museum will house more than 10,000 pieces from George Lucas’s personal collection (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art\/Jenny Miyasaki)<\/p>\n

The interior will comprise gallery spaces, 299-seat cinema theaters, glass elevators, a library, a cafe and restaurants, and visitors will be able to ascend to a rooftop terrace for panoramic city views.<\/p>\n

The museum said in a statement: “The design was conceptualized to reflect Los Angeles\u2019s vibrant pioneering spirit and embrace of its diverse inhabitants, representing a celebration of dialogue, understanding, and inclusivity. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt stands as a testament to the city’s vibrancy, history of innovation, and rich cultural tapestry. <\/p>\n

“For an institution dedicated to the art of visual storytelling, the design of the campus invites the visitor on a journey long before stepping into the museum\u2019s galleries.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-85013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}