When the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens next year, there will be over 40,000 artifacts found inside the magnificent building. This last weekend, Star Wars creator and co-founder of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art made his first appearance at San Diego Comic-Con in Hall H. The panel was hosted by Queen Latifah and also included Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Lucasfilm’s senior vice president and executive design director Doug Chiang.
During the panel about this new museum, some Star Wars artifacts will be on display when it opens. Lucas also shared his thoughts about art, film, and plans for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
There will be many other things to see at the museum, as the collection will include many things not in Lucas’ personal cache of concept art, maquettes, and props from the original trilogy and prequel trilogy of Star Wars. However, some of the Star Wars props that will be on display were revealed. This includes Luke’s X-34 Landspeeder from Star Wars: A New Hope, a 1:1 replica of General Grievous’ TSMEU-6 Wheel Bike as seen in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and a full-scale version of Anakin Skywalker’s N-1 Starfighter from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. There will also be speeder bikes from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and concept art from the production of the first six films in the Skywalker saga. These are the films that Lucas was personally involved in creating.
There will be other pieces on display as well. The eclectic collection will also include the first drawing of Flash Gordon from 1934, original art for Marvel’s Iron Man’s debut comic cover from 1968, illustrations from Peanuts’ creator Charles M. Schulz, paintings and other works from Norman Rockwell, Jack Kirby, and Frida Kahlo, and a whole lot more.
George Lucas takes the San Diego Comic-Con stage for the first time. pic.twitter.com/MSxrpFJZI4
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George Lucas first began to collect art when he was in college. He shared that the idea for the museum came from his love of buying art and his aversion to selling it. “I refuse to sell it,” Lucas told the crowd in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con. “I’m not one of the typical high art collectors that buys (and sells it off). I could never do that. It’s not what I think art is.”
Lucas also shared about the importance of art. He shared that it is a resonance defined by personal connection, saying, “I think it’s more about a connection, an emotional connection with the work. Not how much it cost or which celebrity did it or whatever. It’s more a personal thing. And I don’t think it’s anything that anybody else can tell you….If you have an emotional connection, then it’s art.”
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