American film director, producer and screenwriter; creator of the Star Wars saga; founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic.

Founded Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic; collaborated with composer John Williams on the Star Wars scores; sold Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.

DeBaser reviews highlight George Lucas's transformative impact with the original Star Wars — praised for innovation, ILM effects and John Williams's score. The prequel films receive consistent criticism for stilted acting, weak dialogue and overreliance on CGI. Opinions range from admiring fan nostalgia to sharp rejection of Lucas's screenwriting and perceived commercialization of SF.

For:Star Wars fans, film lovers, critics and cinephiles

 Not so long ago, in our own galaxy, Star Wars made us dream and radically changed the world of cinema.

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 It's an ugly film, and varied in its ugliness.

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 Essentially, Jar Jar would have fooled the whole world, and consequently, George Lucas would have fooled the whole world.

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 The trivialization of the genre is complete: science fiction becomes fertile ground even for children, but it has lost all its essential characteristics (search for the existence of life, philosophical complications, greatness of Myth) and has given way to the drab and inconclusive mediocrity of a family film.

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