George Lucas presents a galaxy of art that goes far, far past ‘Star Wars’ in new Los Angeles museum - WXXV News 25
The 100,000-square-foot museum is built largely from Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s collection, and Star Wars artifacts account for 7% of the displays, Bates said.
- On Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art held a preview in Los Angeles, showcasing a vast collection spanning far beyond filmmaker George Lucas's cinematic franchise.
- The 100,000-square-foot institution houses the personal collection of 82-year-old Lucas and Mellody Hobson, treating commercial illustrators and comic artists with reverence typically reserved for Rembrandts.
- Designed by architect Ma Yansong, the five-story building opened eight years after groundbreaking in Exposition Park next to the University of Southern California.
- While the opening exhibit "Star Wars in Motion" displays Luke Skywalker's landspeeder, Star Wars occupies only 7% of the museum, which emphasizes painters like Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish.
- The museum opens to the public on Sept. 22, 2026, inviting visitors to explore narrative art history beyond Lucas's cinematic legacy and the commercial artists he championed.
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George Lucas presents a galaxy of art that goes far, far past ‘Star Wars’ in new Los Angeles museum
The purpose of the palace that has become his life’s work since he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 is to take the work of populist painters, commercial illustrators, comic artists and paperback cover-creators and treat it with a reverence normally reserved for Rembrandts.
The first museum dedicated to visual narrative art, the Lucas Museum, is preparing to open its doors to the public in Los Angeles over the next two weeks.
By Jacqui Palumbo and Dan Heching, CNN In the gardens of the long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a 19th-century reproduction of the sculpture of Antonin Mercié in which David beats Goliath is next to a bronze statue of Princess Leia strangling with a chain to Jabba the
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