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George Lucas: Interviews

George Lucas; edited by Sally Kline

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Summary

Sally Kline collects interviews with George Lucas from the early 1970s to 1999. The conversations cover THX 1138, American Graffiti, the original Star Wars trilogy and the approach to The Phantom Menace. Lucas discusses making films, his relationship with Hollywood and the values expressed in his stories. The sources include Rolling Stone, Playboy and American Film.

  • SourceGeorge Lucas: Interviews — source record · Title, editor and University Press of Mississippi imprint; paperback 2 August 1999; description identifies interviews from THX 1138 through 1999.

Why read it Our view

Read the interviews across time to compare a creator’s public account of his work before and after success. They offer first-person material on independence, filmmaking and story choices, while each interview keeps its original context.

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  • George LucasInterviewee
    Kline edits Lucas’s published interviews. This is his first-person speech collected by an editor, not a sole-authored autobiography.
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