George Lucas Makes Rare Appearance at Opening Night of TCM Classic Film Festival
The 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off with a screening of the 1980 hit Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, featuring a rare pre-movie discussion with director George Lucas.
The Star Wars sequel, currently celebrating its 45-year anniversary, was the festival’s opening night programming at Hollywood’s Tcl Chinese Theatre. TCM’s primetime host Ben Mankiewicz led Lucas in a just over 30-minute conversation, touching upon a wide variety of topics.
Fellow director Francis Ford Coppola, who’s set to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award on Saturday, was a big topic of conversation throughout Lucas’ remarks. Lucas is presenting Coppola with his AFI honor alongside Steven Spielberg, as Lucas and Coppola have a long history of friendship and collaboration. Lucas shared the pair’s origin story throughout the conversation.
Lucas and Coppola met working on the latter’s 1968 film Finian’s Rainbow, where Lucas was essentially interning at Warner Bros....
The Star Wars sequel, currently celebrating its 45-year anniversary, was the festival’s opening night programming at Hollywood’s Tcl Chinese Theatre. TCM’s primetime host Ben Mankiewicz led Lucas in a just over 30-minute conversation, touching upon a wide variety of topics.
Fellow director Francis Ford Coppola, who’s set to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award on Saturday, was a big topic of conversation throughout Lucas’ remarks. Lucas is presenting Coppola with his AFI honor alongside Steven Spielberg, as Lucas and Coppola have a long history of friendship and collaboration. Lucas shared the pair’s origin story throughout the conversation.
Lucas and Coppola met working on the latter’s 1968 film Finian’s Rainbow, where Lucas was essentially interning at Warner Bros....
- 4/25/2025
- by Nicole Fell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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