A long time ago - 1976 - in a country far, far away - Tunisia - a young man began making a "dumb movie". Burnt by the sun, hassled by the studio and surrounded by doubters, George Lucas despaired of ever finishing Star Wars. The rest is history. But how did a small-town boy from film school become an emperor of dreams? Dominik Diamond explores George Lucas's life and times.
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