George Lucas: A Life is an engaging, interesting read, going far beyond Lucas’ work on the movies for which he’s best known and takes a big-picture view to examine his impact on cinema as a whole.

In many ways, there is simply not all that much to the story. Lucas made one art-house film, “THX 1138,” that failed commercially. He moved on to a hit with “American Graffiti.” ...

When you plow through George Lucas: A Life (Little Brown, $32), Brian Jay Jones' new unauthorized biography, you encounter a series of sharp-edged contradictions and enter a maze of bittersweet ...

George Lucas biography and filmography. George Lucas born 5/14/1944. Race car driving's loss was cinema's gain after George Lucas gave up ...

George Lucas: A Life (Little, Brown, 472 pp., **½ out of four stars) is an unauthorized biography drawing mostly on quotes taken from various interviews with the iconic filmmaker and pulled ...

Lucas and his father fought when George made it clear that he'd rather go to college to study art than follow in his father's footsteps. 05.25.77: ...

W orld famous filmmaker and Disney sellout billionaire George Lucas came of age mixed into the street racing scene of Modesto, California in the speed-addled 1960s. Shortly after he graduated high ...

George Lucas on the set of ‘Star Wars’ (1977). Photo: Getty Images. Although movie critics have never considered George Lucas an auteur, for untold millions of “Star Wars” fans he remains ...

Any life closely examined has drama and interest, feeling and meaning. Brian Jay Jones’ “George Lucas: A Life” is no exception. But, in taking it on, I couldn’t quite avoid wondering why ...

“George Lucas: A Life” by Brian Jay Jones; Little, Brown (560 pages, $32) ——— Any life closely examined has drama and interest, feeling and meaning.