"Star Wars" was only the third feature film that George Lucas ever directed and it was easily more ambitious and expensive than "THX 1138" and "American Graffiti" — the $11 million budget for ...
The filmmaker, then known for the dystopian sci-fi flick "THX-1138" and the coming-of-age drama "American Graffiti," agreed to accept a smaller fee for writing and directing "Star Wars" in ...