(Jon Favreau, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson — Photo courtesy Jimmy Mac.)
This weekend filmmaker George Lucas was honored in Chicago by The Gene Siskel Film Center with a gala event which included an interview by Iron Man director Jon Favreau.
Media were also in attendance including our friends at Force-Cast who covered the event and snagged an interview with The Maker himself.
Jon Favreau conducted an hour-long discussion with George that mostly focused on his technological and artistic contributions to cinema, including his advancements in digital film making, creation of his company, and his hobby of architecture. During the interview, Lucas claimed rules do not work and he stressed the need to think outside the box. George said he developed new film making technologies was because he was lazy and wanted the easiest way to concentrate his attention on the fun aspects of movie making. Lucas also informed attendees that he is working on literally 40 screenplays for television including the development of a second Star Wars animated series. The captive audience hung on every word and the evening ended with a standing ovation for the revolutionary director.
Check out their coverage here:
- George Lucas Honored In Chicago (via TheForce.net)
- Force-Cast: An Adventure with George Lucas
(via TheForce.net)
Tags: Awards, Celebrities, George Lucas
Even more coverage can be found here:
http://www.sandtroopers.com/events/lucas_siskel_award/
What an exciting evening!
“Honor to whom honor is due.” It’s great to see our beloved George Lucas recognized for his achievements as well as hear him reiterate the possibility that a person really can live their dreams and make a difference. He has done it, he made a movie about it (somewhere along the line), and he encourages us to do it.
I wish I could have been there, but it was great to hear another fan have the chance to talk to the “Maker”. Jimmy’s brief interview was a great combination of a fan at heart and professional in mind.
Wow, what an event. Thankfully the Force-Cast was there to cover it for us! Thanx, Jimmy and Jason!
Many thanks go out to Bonnie for this blog entry. A great interview by Jimmy coupled with a great SW blog. Does it get any better than that?
George definitely deserves this award! He has influenced the film industry the way the Beatles influenced music. (He is the walrus! Goo goo ga joob!)
I am also gratified that he would give an interview to the Force Cast’s Jimmy Mac. The Force Cast is fan-based media, and I’m glad to see that someone as important as George can be a part of something that is so important to us fans.
George, continue to drop by every once in a while to get some insightful, fun input from people who’s lives you changed.
–JediShua
I listened to the Force-Cast’s excellent coverage, and it sounds like it was a great night! It’d be great if the audio from the interview was available.
Great article Bonnie, I’m sure it was an AWESOME event.
I’m sooo grateful for all of the excellent coverage of this event. Wish I could have been there. Thanks for posting this, Bonnie!! And BRAVO Jimmy!!
Great article Bonnie and an awesome interview by the one and only JimmyMac from the best Star Wars podcast around The Force-Cast.
Great article, great coverage from the fan sites.. I just wish I could’ve been there!
Great article. I bet it was a great night.
Thanks for that Bonnie – Lucas Online’s shining beacon to Star Wars fun!
What a great night!
“Honor to whom honor is due.” A fitting way to commend our beloved George Lucas by allowing him to again reinFORCE his principle that anyone can change their destiny, live their dreams, and/or make a difference. He did it, he made a movie about it (I think I saw that one somewhere), and he continues to encourage and challenge those who see/hear him to do so as well. In typical fashion, he downplays his part with such quips as “lazy” and “fun” in regards to his commitment to excellence and incredible vision in storytelling.
Furthermore — we get a fan at heart/professional at play red carpet interview by none other than JimmyMac! It’s good to have a real fan talk to the “Maker” when most of the rest of us can’t be there.
Thanks for posting this.
George definitely deserves this award! He has influenced the film industry the way the Beatles influenced music. (He is the walrus! Goo goo ga joob!)
I am also gratified that he would give an interview to the Force Cast’s Jimmy Mac. The Force Cast is fan-based media, and I’m glad to see that someone as important as George can be a part of something that is so important to us fans.
George, continue to drop by every once in a while to get some insightful, fun input from people who’s lives you changed.
–JediShua
Thank for helping us be aware of this event. You us fans are always interested in all things Star Wars and all things George Lucas. Also, the coverage of the event by the Force-Cast was great! Cool interview with the notorious GL himself!
Fab piece as always Bonnie, nice to hear what was going on at the Siskel Center while Ralph was partying!
Wait…did George say ANOTHER animated series in that talk with Sandtroopers.com ???
YES! Too bad I was crapping in my pants to realize he did! : )
I just found two new films of star war one is called “rule of the fallen” and the other one is “revelations”, I was wondering why these films were never at the theaters? If I would have known there were more starwars movies I would have seen them but for some reason these films have made it through other chanels. I would love to see more films like star war in the future as they are awsome. Films that deal with space travel and sabor fighting are a big draw at the box office. We want to see more of the special effects and new ideas rather then remakes of older movies. Have all the writers run out of thier own Ideas? The movies are getting worce rather then better.