George Lucas is ready to be given an honorary Palme d’Or at this yr’s Cannes Movie Competition.
The American author, director and producer, 79, created the Star Wars franchise starting with the primary movie in 1977 and wrote the story for the primary 4 Indiana Jones movies.
Final yr, Indiana Jones and Star Wars actor Harrison Ford was given the French movie competition’s highest honour.
Lucas mentioned: “The Competition de Cannes has all the time held a particular place in my coronary heart. I used to be stunned and elated when my first movie, THX-1138, was chosen to be proven in a brand new program for first-time administrators referred to as the Administrators’ Fortnight.
“Since then, I’ve returned to the competition on many events in quite a lot of capacities as a author, director and producer. I’m actually honoured by this particular recognition, which suggests an important deal to me.”
Lucas first labored with Ford on the 1973 comedy American Graffiti earlier than casting him as Han Solo alongside Mark Hamill, who performed Luke Skywalker, and Carrie Fisher, who performed Princess Leia, within the now-titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
The 1977 science fiction movie turned a sensation, successful seven Oscars, and noticed two extra motion pictures launched within the Eighties earlier than spawning extra sequels, spin-offs and different materials.
Lucas would return to the franchise in 1999 with the start of the prequel trilogy Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace with Irish actor Liam Neeson and Scottish star Ewan McGregor as Jedi Knights and Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker earlier than he turns into Darth Vader.
In 2012, he offered Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Firm for $4.06 billion (€4.2 billion) and the movie studio has since gone on to launch a Star Wars trilogy with Daisy Ridley taking a starring function and the collection The Mandalorian.
Ridley, who started with 2015’s Star Wars: The Drive Awakens, is anticipated to reprise her function as Rey in future motion pictures.
The honorary Palme d’Or might be introduced throughout the closing ceremony of Cannes on Could 25.
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