Los Angeles Times.<\/a><\/p>\nWhen George Lucas\u2019 long-anticipated $1 billion Los Angeles museum opens this fall, visitors will be transported into a realm where Luke Skywalker\u2019s Landspeeder and other iconic Star Wars vehicles await them. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The exhibit is aptly named, \u201cStar Wars in Motion.\u201d Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Die-hard fans of the blockbuster saga can lose themselves among vehicle designs, high-speed racers, soaring ships, props, costumes, and illustrations from the first six \u201cStar Wars\u201d films in the aptly titled exhibition \u201cStar Wars in Motion.\u201d<\/p>\n
The showcase will feature Luke Skywalker\u2019s Landspeeder from \u201cStar Wars: Episode IV \u2014 A New Hope\u201d and the first physical build of General Grievous\u2019 wheel bike from \u201cStar Wars: Episode III \u2014 Revenge of the Sith.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet the museum promises much more than just a tribute to a galaxy far, far away.<\/p>\n
Die-hard fans of the blockbuster saga can lose themselves among vehicle designs, high-speed racers, soaring ships, props, costumes, and illustrations from the first six \u201cStar Wars\u201d films. CA Post<\/p>\n
Co-founded by Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the futuristic-looking, 300,000-square-foot museum sits on 11 acres in Exposition Park. CA Post<\/p>\n
The showcase will feature Luke Skywalker\u2019s Landspeeder from \u201cStar Wars: Episode IV \u2014 A New Hope.\u201d CA Post<\/p>\n
Its vast collection stretches across more than 100,000 square feet of gallery space, showcasing over 1,200 treasures selected from a founding collection of more than 40,000 works.<\/p>\n
Co-founded by Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the futuristic-looking, 300,000-square-foot museum sits on 11 acres in Exposition Park and will showcase everything from comics and manga to children\u2019s book illustrations and fine art.<\/p>\n
Its vast collection stretches across more than 100,000 square feet of gallery space, showcasing over 1,200 treasures selected from a founding collection of more than 40,000 works. CA Post<\/p>\n
Lucas has referred to the collection as \u201cthe people\u2019s art,\u201d reflecting the museum\u2019s focus on storytelling through everything from comics and manga to blockbuster films. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Other opening exhibitions will explore themes like family, community, work, politics, and adventure, spotlighting artists Norman Rockwell, Frank Frazetta, Maxfield Parrish, Thomas Hart Benton, and N.C. Wyeth.<\/p>\n
A museum news release said the exhibitions \u201ctrace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics and modern cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n
The museum will showcase everything from comics and manga to children\u2019s book illustrations and fine art. CA Post<\/p>\n
The exhibitions \u201ctrace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics and modern cinema.\u201d CA Post<\/p>\n
\u201cMany exhibitions are organized by theme, focusing on myths about love, family, community, and adventure that connect every generation,\u201d the release added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese shared stories, told over and over in many forms, bind us together and define our human experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucas first unveiled his vision for the museum in Los Angeles in 2017, with the debut delayed several times before finally landing on Sept. 22, 2026. CA Post<\/p>\n
The opening marks the culmination of a journey nearly ten years in the making. CA Post<\/p>\n
The opening marks the culmination of a journey nearly ten years in the making.<\/p>\n
Lucas first unveiled his vision for the museum in Los Angeles in 2017, with the debut delayed several times before finally landing on Sept. 22, 2026.<\/p>\n
Lucas has referred to the collection as \u201cthe people\u2019s art,\u201d reflecting the museum\u2019s focus on storytelling through everything from comics and manga to blockbuster films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When George Lucas\u2019 long-anticipated $1 billion Los Angeles museum opens this fall, visitors will be transported into a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":838248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[1037,1413,276,392,171,2678,60809,224,5248,53,8160,14398,31015,67,132,68,1154],"class_list":["post-838247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-art","tag-blockbuster","tag-california","tag-culture","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibitions","tag-george-lucas","tag-los-angeles","tag-metro","tag-movies","tag-museums","tag-star-wars","tag-storytelling","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116678461055053258","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}