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==Early Life==
==Early Life==
George Lucas, the son of a middle class business man, grew up in Modesto, California. His childhood and teenage years heavily revolved around cars and girls, and this aspect of his life became the basis for his movie ''American Graffiti''. He was a poor student, however, in his senior year of high school, he got into a serious, life-changing car accident. After he graduated, he was able to bring his grades up in community college, and got into USC's film program.
George Lucas, the son of a middle class business man, grew up in Modesto, California, although he later claimed he grew up in San Fracisco.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-lucas-billionaire-down-on-capitalism/</ref> His childhood and teenage years heavily revolved around cars and girls, and this aspect of his life became the basis for his movie ''American Graffiti''. He was a poor student, however, in his senior year of high school, he got into a serious, life-changing car accident. After he graduated, he was able to bring his grades up in community college, and got into USC's film program.
==American Zoetrope==
==American Zoetrope==
Following a dispute, he withdrew from the Writers' Guild of America and the Directors' Guild in 1980 over his choice of using no opening credits in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. In addition, he originally wanted his friend Steven Spielberg to direct ''Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi'' (1983), but his dispute with the Director's Guild barred him from doing so.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/bio</ref> Since then, in all of his recent films, he has hired actors who are not members of the Screen Actors' Guild, as legally a non-Guild member cannot hire Guild members.<ref>http://www.stagesource.org/download/8_advice_article_for_aftra_sag.pdf </ref>
Following a dispute, he withdrew from the Writers' Guild of America and the Directors' Guild in 1980 over his choice of using no opening credits in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. In addition, he originally wanted his friend Steven Spielberg to direct ''Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi'' (1983), but his dispute with the Director's Guild barred him from doing so.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/bio</ref> Since then, in all of his recent films, he has hired actors who are not members of the Screen Actors' Guild, as legally a non-Guild member cannot hire Guild members.<ref>http://www.stagesource.org/download/8_advice_article_for_aftra_sag.pdf </ref>
==Politics==
George Lucas was very liberal in his politics, where he frequently donated to Democratic candidates. He also claimed that he was a believer in pure democracy and not Capitalistic democracy.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-lucas-billionaire-down-on-capitalism/</ref> He also implied that he had supported the Vietcong during the Vietnam War when he admitted that he based the Ewoks on that group and the Galactic Empire and it's defeat on Endor on America and its involvement in Vietnam. Part of his reason for selling the ''Star Wars'' franchise to Disney was to make himself tax-exempt in the event that Mitt Romney won the 2012 election.
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