Thanks to an exciting new shoot, George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, received new admiration from people all around the world.
Thanks to a youthful Vogue photo session for his impending $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, Lucas, 82, became an odd new sex symbol. Fans exclaimed, “Bro is dripping with Aura.”
In the photo shoot, a shaven Lucas posed with his 57-year-old wife, Mellody Hobson, in his magnificent museum, which will open in September.
With an emphasis on the art of storytelling from the era of cave paintings to digital film, the five-story, 300,000-square-foot structure will contain his vast collection of paintings, graphics, and movie artifacts.
Fans, however, were enthralled by Lucas’ fashion sense and timeless appearance; one wrote, “I wasn’t expecting Lucas to have a ‘Abercrombie model’ phase in his twilight years-wait, what?
Others commented, “He has the most amazing hair for his age or any age, so it wasn’t enough for him to change cinema with Star Wars.”
Thanks to a stunning new shot (seen in December 2024), George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, received new adoration from fans worldwide.
Fans said, “Bro is dripping with Aura” after Lucas, 82, was photographed with wife Mellody Hobson in November 2025 during a youthful Vogue photo session to promote his impending $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. Lucas became an unusual new sex symbol.
“What’s wrong with him? He has an unbelievable hairline at like 100 years old.”
He’s matured like a good wine.
“He lost a significant amount of weight, which is good for him.”
After selling Disney his production firm and the rights to Star Wars for $4 billion in 2012, the director used his own money to finance the project.
Lucas had previously stated that the museum would concentrate on the craft of storytelling from the era of cave drawings to digital video, which he claimed explained the “mythology of society.”
“Everyone calls it a Star Wars museum,” Lucas asserted, despite the futuristic building design resembling a spaceship that would fit right into Star Wars. However, since no one would visit a Star Wars museum, it isn’t a Star Wars museum. He told CBS, “They can go to Madame Tussauds for that.”
Set designs, character and costume sketches, storyboards, and stage sets from his films would all be on display.
But fans couldn’t get enough of Lucas’ timeless appearance and sense of style; one wrote, “I wasn’t expecting Lucas to have a ‘Abercrombie model’ phase in his twilight years-wait, what?” (seen April 2026).
However, paintings by Renoir, N.C. Wyeth, Winslow Homer, Maxfield Parrish, and Norman Rockwell made up the majority of Lucas’ collection.
I believe that more people will attend Rockwell than Star Wars. According to him, “Norman Rockwell can tell a whole story in one picture.”
Lucas claimed that he was “captivated” by the New York painter of the 20th century when he was eight years old and realized he wanted to be an illustrator and storyteller.
The museum will be located at Exposition Park, close to the University of Southern California, where Lucas graduated in the 1960s with a degree in film.
Lucas likened losing Star Wars to losing a family member during the historic Lucasfilm transaction, which also included the rights to Indiana Jones and his company’s Industrial Light & Magic. “These are my kids, I loved them,” Lucas said. “I made them,” he said to CBS at the time.
But Lucas didn’t hold back when he voiced his displeasure with The Force Awakens, the first movie in the trilogy, after handing Disney the Star Wars rights.
Lucas acknowledged his dissatisfaction with the movie in a 2015 interview with Empire Magazine, claiming that Disney “wanted to make a retro movie” and deviated from his intended course for the series.
Lucas on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977
However, after selling the Star Wars rights to Disney, Lucas didn’t hold back in expressing his dissatisfaction with The Force Awakens, the first film in the franchise following the sale; (with Jake Lloyd for Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace – 1999)
He also mentioned that he felt the film was too similar to the original trilogy, saying, ‘They wanted to make a movie for the fans… They decided they didn’t want to use the stories I created.’
He did somewhat backtrack on his initial criticism of The Force Awakens after the film’s release.
In later interviews, he acknowledged that while he had concerns about the direction of the film, he ultimately appreciated the work done by J.J. Abrams and the team at Disney.
He even praised the movie’s success, though he still expressed that it wasn’t quite what he would have done.
