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What Are George Lucas's Accomplishments

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George Lucas
Imagine a boy walking down the street on a crisp Halloween night. He walks by many people and comes across many characters with blasters and whips. He asks the characters what movie they got their costumes from, and they told the boy they were from two very famous movie series. He decides to watch the movie series and he loves it. These series of movies are Indiana Jones and Star Wars, two of George Lucas’ many successful series. George Lucas has had many acknowledged accomplishments throughout his life as one of America’s greatest filmmakers.
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was born on May 14th, 1944 in Modesto, California. He was the son of Dorothy Ellinore Lucas and George Walton Lucas and lived most of his childhood on his family’s walnut ranch. He married the film editor Marcia Lou Griffin in 1969 and they adopted a child, Amanda Lucas, in 1981. In 1983, they divorced and Lucas adopted two more children and raised them on his own: Katie Lucas, born in 1988, and Jett Lucas, born in 1993. On June 22nd, 2013, Lucas married Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chairman …show more content…

Indiana Jones is about a man named Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr., an archeologist who goes on many escapades and fights many enemies for valued artifacts. He is mostly known by his iconic look (a bullwhip, a fedora, a satchel, and a leather jacket), his sense of humor, his great knowledge of ancient civilizations and languages, and his deep fear of snakes. Star Wars is a series about jedi (a resemblance of good) and the sith (a resemblance of evil) in a galaxy far away from our own. Jedi are best known by their lightsabers, (green, blue, and purple), their loyalty to other jedi, and their deep wisdom and philosophies. Sith are best known by their lightsabers, (mainly red), their long dynasty of master-apprentice, and their betrayal towards each other’s trust and

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