Luke Skywalker
For George: 🎂
You changed the world.
You changed modern cinema.
And you changed my life…..
FOREVER.
🙏
❤️-mh pic.twitter.com/niA9dTSJ8n
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) May 14, 2024
You knew socail media maestro Mark Hamill was going to be all over this! And he did not disappoint on any platform!
Ahsoka
Rosario Dawson is one of the newest kids to join the Star Wars franchise – and is clearly grateful for the opportunity.
Happy Birthday Maker!
Happy birthday to the Maker, George Lucas! pic.twitter.com/dcME8V0qyn
— Star Wars (@starwars) May 14, 2024
Happy Birthday to the maker himself George Lucas 🤍
Without him we wouldn’t have this incredible franchise in Star Wars 💫 pic.twitter.com/uPjhKo3tLU
— Star Wars Only (@StarWars0nly) May 14, 2024
Star Wars accounts (official and fan-based) are taking the day to celebrate the man who gave them their existence. And rightly so.
Iconic Imagination
“You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.” —George Lucas pic.twitter.com/PDq4rGHORj
— Drew Struzan 🎨 (@DrewStruzan) May 14, 2024
Famed artist, illustrator, and poster designer Drew Struzan is taking the occasion to highlight the power of George Lucas’ imagination, which has created some indelible iconography.
Great Amongst Greats
Happy birthday to George Lucas. Here he is with Akira Kurosawa and an AT-AT pic.twitter.com/yH2cmgpdP9
— Billy Jarrett (@billyjarrettugh) May 14, 2024
The greatness of George Lucas’ work with Star Wars was recognized by some of the greatest filmmakers around at the time. See the photo above. The influence on filmmakers that have come after Lucas is still being measured.
The Revered One
Say what you will about his movies, but there’s no denying that George Lucas, above all else, truly is a visionary.
Helping to pioneer both practical and digital effects into what they are today, all while crafting one of the most unique and influential universes of all-time.… pic.twitter.com/m8Nm6ZZ2T0
— jacob. (@jtimsuggs) May 14, 2024
You can tell a lot about George Lucas from the way Star Wars fans speak about him so reverently – even as they eviscerate his works.
The EU’s Biggest Opp
Happy 80th Birthday to the man, the myth, the legend, and Mara Jade’s biggest Opp.
Here’s to 80 more birthdays,
George Lucas! pic.twitter.com/a63GEYtvQx— MaceAhWindu 🇵🇸 (@MaceAhWindu) May 14, 2024
You can’t celebrate something in Star Wars without the dark side rising – and apparently, you can’t celebrate Lucas’s birthday without shots being fired at him over the fate of Star Wars’ Expanded Universe, after Disney bought the franchise.
Peep the Deeper Message
Happy 80th to George Lucas
His father thought he was crazy to attend film school and not stay in Modesto to sell office furniture in the family business.
It’s interesting that the central character in
THX 1138
American Graffiti
&
Star Wars
leave their homes for larger worlds. pic.twitter.com/AnLspeFh5K— Will McCrabb (@mccrabb_will) May 14, 2024
Star Wars isn’t just an archetypal story about good rising up to defeat great evil (fascism); there’s also a deeper component about a boy with unique dreams finding the courage to leave home and go off into the world to follow those dreams. Think about how that theme continues through other Star Wars works, and you’ll get a little closer to George Lucas.
