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Variety On Lucas Posted By Philip on February 14, 2005
This week's Variety profiles George Lucas and though Variety.com articles are typically available by subscription only, they have kindly enough provided us a free URL so you can read the story with a click-through below. Thanks for that guys!
Here's an excerpt:
It's an entertainment empire, spanning 1,700 employees and seven divisions that notches up some $1.2 billion in annual sales. It encompasses movies, visual effects and lots and lots of real estate. In the next few months, it will release a film representing a $300 million investment, and will open a grand edifice that promises to change the face of San Francisco.
Yet it all comes down to one 60-year-old idiosyncratic billionaire whose tastes and moods defy predictability.
Lucas turns 61 in May, the same month "Revenge of the Sith," the sixth and probably last "Star Wars" picture, makes its bow. But the visionary filmmaker has no clear plans to make any more films -- at least none of the obviously commercial variety.
Lucas says this is the end of the "Star Wars" movies, a franchise that has spanned six feature films with combined worldwide theatrical gross, including rereleases, of $3.4 billion, with Fox as the distrib.
That's not counting revenues from homevideo, foreign and domestic TV deals, a TV special, an animated series, videogames and some $9 billion in licensed merchandise.
Rebelscum Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Patch Posted By Philip on November 25, 2014: Thanks to everybody that ordered patches. I sent a check for $1,600.00 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation on Monday. While it's not as much as I hoped for, it's still very much appreciated. They will remain for sale in the store for anybody that still wishes to purchase them. Details after the jump.
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