Each film George Lucas makes is extraordinarily private. That’s apparent in movies like American Graffiti, which is ready in Lucas’ hometown of Modesto, California and follows a bunch of youngsters who love cruising of their automobiles similar to he did as a teen. However even his Star Wars motion pictures are private as properly. Lucas noticed himself in Luke Skywalker, the farm boy from a distant little city in the course of nowhere (i.e. Modesto) who yearns of leaving his dwelling for a giant life filled with journey.
However the parallels don’t cease there. Consider it or not, the much-maligned Star Wars prequels additionally comprise tons of parts of George Lucas’ life in that point interval as properly, together with his divorce from his first spouse. The movies grew to become his manner of working by means of all of the problems he was going by means of in his private life, and in that regard, they’re really fairly fascinating.
Watch our full breakdown of the autobiographical parts within the prequels (and all of Star Wars) under:
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