How Does George Lucas Impact Popular Culture

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Cherilyn Firoozan

Professor Perry

Sophomore English

26 March 2015

Using “The Force” For Good

George Lucas has a significant impact on modern popular culture through the changes he brought the movie industry.

No other twentieth-century movie producer has had a massive effect on the film business than George Lucas. His enthusiasm for development produced innovation that altered films. His business understanding transformed film into a multibillion-dollar industry. His "Star Wars" set of three introduced the time of the Hollywood super blockbuster. (Norwich). Lucas was born in Modesto, California, on May 14, 1944. As a rebellious teenage boy who, as he says, "scarcely squeaked through secondary school,"(Norwich). Lucas wanted to be a race
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Darth Vader has become a famous scoundrel. Expressions like "insidiousness domain" and "May the Force be with you" have become very famous. The very first Star Wars film of 1977 was appreciated by a wide range of people. Sci-fi since the first 1977 Star Wars, especially in film, has regularly been affected by Star Wars. Sounds, visuals, and the music from the films have become the piece of art of American culture. The film also helped the sci-fi blast in the late 1970’s and mid-1980’s, and made sci-fi films a blockbuster class. “It has likewise been mocked in films and short features, for example, Spaceballs” …show more content…
Today, with the second-STAR WARS set of trilogy setting film industry records, George Lucas remains a standout amongst the most mainstream filmmakers ever. For as long as few decades, he has been at the cutting edge of American society and imaginative innovation. He has worked together with a number of the greats of the business and has been assigned for 44 Academy Awards (winning 16 Oscars). More than anybody working today, George Lucas has expanded the visual and mechanical possible outcomes of the mainstream silver screen, and he keeps on charming groups of watchers far and

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