Lucasfilm Company Description
The Force is definitely with Emperor George Lucas. With three of the 20 highest-grossing movies of all time, Lucasfilm is one of the most successful independent movie studios in the history of film. Owned by filmmaker George Lucas (the brains behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films), Lucasfilm's productions have won 19 Academy Awards. Its most recent movie is 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (in partnership with Paramount); 1999's Episode I -- The Phantom Menace is Lucasfilm's biggest money-maker, with a gross of more than $920 million worldwide. Other subsidiaries in the Lucas empire are responsible for licensing, special effects, and software. Lucasfilm was created in 1971.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Lucasfilm's organization from inception to current status.
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