George Lucas and ILM Docuseries Coming from Lawrence Kasdan

"According to composer James Newton Howard, his friend and a longtime contributor at Lucasfilm Lawrence Kasdan, a man who is a credited writer on some of the studios biggest films such as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens, and Solo, will be directing a six-episode docuseries on Lucas and ILM.

This was revealed on the Score: The Podcast where Howard said that he had just finished scoring the documentary."

https://collider.com/george-lucas-docuseries-ilm-lawrence-kasdan/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-james-newton-howard-says-be-great-at-making-a-demo/id1357882784?i=1000534709423

I do hope this will be an unofficial docu-series - and therefore less likely to contain the ‘official lines’ or possible restrictions from Lucasfilm or Disney - especially in regards to omitting certain people who have been ‘written out’ of the official history of Star Wars (or had their contributions overlooked or downplayed).
 

Though very much looking forward to hearing more about the series.

Jedit…
 
Light and Magic: ILM’s 6 part documentary series - 2022 OT•com discussion thread on the official Documentary series.

Icons Uncovered: VICE’s 6 part documentary on the OT - 2022 OT•com discussion thread on the unofficial Documentary series.

“Light and Magic: New docuseries comes to Disney Plus 27th July”

https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/light-and-magic-new-docuseries-comes-to-disney-plus-27th-july/
 

"Granted unparalleled access, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtains of Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. Learn what inspired some of the most legendary filmmakers in Hollywood history, and follow their stories from their earliest personal films to bringing George Lucas’ vision to life. From Imagine Documentaries and Lucasfilm, and executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, the six-part documentary series premieres exclusively on Disney+ July 27.

On Friday, May 27, attendees of Star Wars Celebration will be among the first in the world to get a sneak peek at “Light & Magic” with an “illuminating” discussion panel featuring Lawrence Kasdan and Ron Howard, joined by VFX titans Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Joe Johnston and Rose Duignan, and Lynwen Brennan, Lucasfilm executive vice president and general manager."

I was hoping this would be an unofficial series too, but am hopeful we’ll see some rarely seen or unseen footage, and new stories and anecdotes from from Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett and Joe Johnston.

The panel for this at Star Wars Celebration should be cool too. I hope it is streamed live or shown in full later.

I will simply be happy if they don’t use Special Edition content to demonstrate anything done in the 1970’s and 1980’s, like they have in many other official documentaries, books and articles!

Darth Retcon said:

I will simply be happy if they don’t use Special Edition content to demonstrate anything done in the 1970’s and 1980’s, like they have in many other official documentaries, books and articles!

That is a very good point. Let’s hope not.