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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

The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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Change Important Job Teaching Way World
I’ve always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers – teachers with very loud voices.
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Aware Loud Movie Myself Teacher Try Voice
Good luck has its storms.
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Goodness Inspirational Luck One Liner Perspective Storm
Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
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Effort Hard Work Important Inspirational Yourself
Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
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Complication Element Fire Movie
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
Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
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Each Other Friendship Help Myself Reason Success
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
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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Determination Focus Reality Remember Yourself
You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
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Enough Inspirational Love Passion Risk Yourself
All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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Animal Different Perspective Religion True
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
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Right Simplicity Yourself
Teachers are the most important individuals in our society – nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.
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Education Human Important Ourselves Powerful Society Teacher Touch
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
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
Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.
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Achievement Destination Goal Issues Journey Reality Yourself

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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