“I Was Running Out of Time” - George Lucas Reveals Why He Gave Up 3 More 'Star Wars' Films for His Museum

George Lucas Was Indeed Planning to Do More 'Star Wars' Movies

The 'Star Wars' creator admitted that was the plan before moving onto the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

George Lucas Says He Retired From Filmmaking Despite Having “Three More ‘Star Wars’” Movies To Make: “I Was Running Out Of Time”

George Lucas has spoken before about the difficult decision to walk away from “Star Wars” and sell Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, effectively abandoning the sequel trilogy he had begun developing. But in a new extended “CBS Sunday Morning” interview, the 82-year-old filmmaker frames the decision in unusually stark terms: he still had three more “Star Wars” movies he intended to make, but increasingly understood that he didn’t have enough time to d…

“I Was Running Out of Time” - George Lucas Reveals Why He Gave Up 3 More 'Star Wars' Films for His Museum

George Lucas reveals the reason behind his retirement in 2012.

George Lucas Admits He Walked Away From Three More ‘Star Wars' Movies

Yes, George Lucas started off his career with “THX-1138,” and “American Graffiti,” the latter is one of the defining films of the ‘70s, and then there was “Star Wars,” and the sequels — this woke up Hollywood to the multi-billion dollar potential of franchise filmmaking. He actually hasn’t helmed anything non-Star Wars since ‘Graffiti,’ which was released 53 years ago. No itch whatsoever to do something original. Hell, even his friend, Francis F…