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that day in 1962 when a car accident changed the fate of the saga

that day in 1962 when a car accident changed the fate of the saga
that day in 1962 when a car accident changed the fate of the saga

June 12, 1962 remains a special date in the history of Star Wars. That day, an 18-year-old Californian who was named George Lucas, passionate about racing, rushes at full speed on Modesto’s roads. He wants to test the power of the tampered engine of his little Autobianchi. The next moment is the shock.

In a bend, George Lucas’ racing car collides with another car. In the violence of the accident, the belt of loose safety and The young man is ejected from the vehiclewhich saves his life. Hospitalized for several days, he reflects and makes the decision to change his career. It is during this convalescence that George Lucas understands that his true dream is to give life to the worlds he has imagined since childhood.

His future will therefore not be racing, nor the modesto stationery that his father holds, it will be to make films. From then on, he will register in the cinema sector of the University of Southern California.

Flash Gordon fan

It is in college that George Lucas will make his first short film, THX 1138. A dystopia where men live underground, drugged to no longer feel emotions and watched by robot police. The creator of Star Wars is then spotted by Francis Ford Coppola. Together, they founded a production company Zoetrope.

George Lucas very quickly has the ambition to adapt the universe of Flash Gordon. This comic, of which he was completely addicted to the age of 10. Finally, the director will do much more: to create his own universe and to shoot in 1977, the first film of an SAga galactic, Star War.

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