Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO.

The company is best known for producing the Star Wars films, and has also produced other box office hits, including the Indiana Jones franchise and American Graffiti. It has also been a leader in developing new film technology in special effects, sound, and computer animation, and because of their expertise its subsidiaries often help produce non-Lucasfilm pictures. Lucasfilm is set to move away from films and more into TV, due to rising budgets.^[2]

On July 8, 2005, Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units moved into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco. It shares the complex with Industrial Light & Magic and LucasArts. They are also best known for The Deep Note and THX.

Lucasfilm has collaborated with the Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Imagineering numerous times to create rides and attractions centered on Star Wars and Indiana Jones for various Walt Disney Parks and Resort attractions worldwide.

Related companies

Subsidiaries

• Industrial Light & Magic - visual effects
• Skywalker Sound - post-production sound design
• LucasArts - video and computer games
• Lucas Licensing - licensing and merchandising
  • Lucas Learning - educational materials
  • Lucas Books - book publishing
• Lucasfilm Animation - animation
  • Lucasfilm Animation Singapore - animation
• Lucas Online - websites

Former subsidiaries

• THX Ltd. - theater sound system (spun off in 2001)
• Pixar Animation Studios - computer animation film production company (sold to Steve Jobs in 1986, and is now a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company).
• Kerner Optical - Practical effects division (model shop) and 3D development team (spun off from ILM in 2006)

Filmography

Cancelled films

• The Secret of Monkey Island: The Movie (2000)^[3]

In development

• Indiana Jones 5
• Untitled CGI Animated Musical Project

Television series

• Star Wars: Droids (1985-1986)
• Star Wars: Ewoks (1985-1987)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1996)
• Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-Present)
• Star Wars (TBA)

Television films and specials

• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (uncredited)
• Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
• The Great Heep (1986)

Other productions

• The Making of Star Wars (1977) (produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television)
• SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television)
• From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983) (produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television)
• Return of the Ewok (1982)
• Captain EO (1986)
• Star Tours (1987)
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004) (produced by Prometheus Entertainment in association with Fox Television Studios)
• Lego Star Wars shorts:
  • Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick (2005)
  • Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 (2009)
  • Lego Star Wars: Bombad Bounty (2010)
  • Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011)
• Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007) (produced by Prometheus Entertainment in association with The History Channel)
• Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick (2008)
• Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011)

See also

• EditDroid

References

External links

• Lucasfilm website
• LucasArts website

• Lucasfilm Ltd. at the Internet Movie Database