George Lucas

George Lucas belongs to the same generation as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese or Brian De Palma, and his first productions share the same concerns as those; the members of the so-called New Hollywood tried to carry out a profound renovation of the industry, without turning their back on it. The planetary success of Lucas' third feature film fully achieved this purpose, though not in the way most had dreamed of. "Star Wars" marks a before and after in the history of Hollywood and, by extension, in the history of cinema itself. After that unexpected foray into a galaxy far, far away, nothing would be the same again.