George Lucas Collection

THX 1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Winner of numerous awards, this one-hour documentary received its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, followed by a New York Film Society screening at Manhattan's Guggenheim Museum. The film illuminates the creation of Francis Ford Coppola's landmark San Francisco film company American Zoetrope, set against the changing landscape of American cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Artifact from the Future: The Making of THX 1138

George Lucas' experience making this, his first feature film, would shape the rest of his career, and with it, American cinema. This 30-minute documentary follows Lucas and his collaborators, Francis Coppola and Walter Murch, as they venture into the whirlpool of the studio system, only to emerge bruised and battered - and more determined than ever to forge their own cinematic independence.

Star Wars Trilogy:
The Birth of the Lightsaber

A fun and fascinating look at the weapon of choice for Jedi masters. George Lucas traces the evolution of an elegant weapon from a more civilized age.

Star Wars Trilogy:
The Characters of Star Wars

An in-depth look at the development of the Star Wars characters who have become part of world culture.

The Force Is with Them:
The Legacy of Star Wars

When Star Wars exploded on screens in 1977, it revolutionized cinema. In this documentary, today's top filmmakers reveal the profound effect the film had on their own work.

Star Wars Episode I:
The Deleted Scenes

George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Philip Kaufman and editor Walter Murch explore the agonizing decisions a filmmaking team faces when deleting hard-won scenes from a feature film.

State of the Art:
The Pre-Visualization of
Episode II

Follow George Lucas and his young team of computer animators as they explore the new frontier of pre-visualization, creating digital animation to envision a motion picture before it's made.

American Graffiti:
Video Commentary

Spend two entertaining hours with George Lucas as he remembers the film that opened the door to one of cinema's most extraordinary careers.

R2D2: Beneath the Dome

This mockumentary pulls back the curtain on R2-D2… his humble roots in rural England, his unyielding hunger for fame, his drinking and alcohol abuse during "the lost years," his torrid affairs with Hollywood starlets, and his ultimate triumph to become an icon in a Hollywood that had long discriminated against Droids. Featuring George Lucas, Samuel L. Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola and many more, R2-D2: Beneath the Dome was broadcast nationally on Fox and released as a stand-alone DVD.