![]() Although it cost less than $1 million to produce, it became a blockbuster teen-culture classic, earning $50 million and five Oscar nods, including Best Director.Įmboldened by his early success with Graffiti, Lucas was determined to follow through on an idea for a “space opera” he and his partner, Gary Kurtz, had been noodling around since 1971. In 1973, Lucas was living in a one-bedroom home in Mill Valley when he directed a low-budget film called American Graffiti, based loosely on his youth in Modesto, California, and his love for hot-rod culture. From Mel’s Drive-in to the Mos Eisley Cantina ![]() A long time ago in a galaxy not far away.before the empire struck back and Jedis returned - there was a young Padawan director named George Lucas who had a crazy idea for a space opera that almost never made it to the screen. ![]()
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