News Star Wars George Lucas Says He’s Ready to Move Past Star Wars: “I’ve Got a Life.” As he prepares to open the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, George Lucas shares some candid thoughts about the present and future of Star Wars. By Matthew Byrd | Published on October 17, 2025 Lucas photo courtesy of Skywalker Properties Ltd.; Museum construction photo by Sand Hill Media/Eric Furie Comment 0 Share New Share Lucas photo courtesy of Skywalker Properties Ltd.; Museum construction photo by Sand Hill Media/Eric Furie In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson discussed their lives, relationship, and the complicated process of putting together the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: a collection of, and tribute to, various kinds of visual storytelling mediums. Naturally, the conversation turned to Star Wars. It is, after all, the defining work of Lucas’ filmmaking career and the thing that most people will likely expect to see when they eventually visit the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art when it opens in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park sometime in 2026.  So far as that goes, Lucas wants Star Wars fans to know that they should keep their expectations well in check when visiting the museum. “It’s one gallery out of 33. And I did it grudgingly,” says Lucas regarding the museum’s only Star Wars exhibit, a tribute to the designs of the franchise’s various vehicles. “I didn’t want people to come to the museum and say, ‘Where’s the Star Wars?’” Lucas has often been quite candid regarding his Star Wars thoughts in recent years. Specifically, he has criticized the direction of some of Disney’s recent Star Wars projects and told The Hollywood Reporter that “after I sold the company, a lot of the ideas that were in [the original] sort of got lost.” Said statements have fuelled wild speculation that Lucas may desire to return to Star Wars and revisit some of those seemingly lost ideas.  However, believing that requires you to ignore a lot of other things Lucas has said regarding his desire to simply move on from the franchise. And just in case we weren’t all very clear on where Lucas stands on the future of Star Wars, he had this to say to The Wall Street Journal.  “Disney took it over and they gave it their vision. That’s what happens,” says Lucas of Disney’s roughly $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise. “Of course I’ve moved past it. I mean, I’ve got a life. I’m building a museum. A museum is harder than making movies.” That’s perhaps more of an apples and oranges comparison, but there is certainly no ambiguity regarding Lucas’ desire to move on from all things Star Wars as much as reasonably possible. And while this will hardly be the last time that Lucas is asked a Star Wars question, it sounds like he’s ready to give the evil eye to anyone who treats the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art as a Star Wars museum.  As for the comments about getting a life… well, I’ll take a Star Trek and Star Wars crossover where and when I can get one. [end-mark] The post George Lucas Says He’s Ready to Move Past <i>Star Wars</i>: “I’ve Got a Life.” appeared first on Reactor.