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It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.

George Lucas

Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil… The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.
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Evil Friendship Goodness Ideas Issues Loyalty People Story
If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
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Key Perseverance Quality Success Thinking
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
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Boredom Effect Story Tools
I’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.
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Criticism Discover History Lost Technology Try
It’s hard work making movies. It’s like being a doctor: you work long hours, very hard hours, and it’s emotional, tense work. If you don’t really love it, then it ain’t worth it.
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Doctor Emotional Hard Work Love Movie Time Yourself
Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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Fear Let Go Lose Training Yourself
They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes.
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Hero Natural Place Time Wrong
It’s very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what’s inside of you.
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Culture Friendship Important Inspirational Thinking Yourself
But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
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Goodness History Literature Movie Understand
The underlying issues, the psychological motives, in all my movies have been the same, he said. Personal responsibility and friendship, the importance of a compassionate life as opposed to a passionate life.
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Compassion Issues Life Lying Objective Passionate Psychology Responsibility
The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.
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Give Up Hard Hope Myself Secret Worth
I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.
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Creation Live Movie Myself
Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
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Character Movie Place Story
All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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Animal Different Perspective Religion True
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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Fantasy Fiction Funny Place

It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.

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