space opera

"Art on all levels is technology."
- George Lucas

“I remember sitting with George Lucas ... and we were full of dreams,” said Coppola. “We talked about the amount of money we would want to have someday—enough to have a Ferrari and have everything, but not so much that people would hate you and kidnap your kids—a lot but not too much. We decided it was $20 million. Now George has $6 billion.”
- Francis Ford Coppola here.

Avant-garde Jedi Canuck

Canadian Arthur Lipsett's [1936-1986] 1963 short film 21-87 influenced George Lucas [born 1944], whose Star Wars projects adopted The Force; the word "Force" is cited at 3:50.