George Lucas is a very rich man. By comparison, Steven Spielberg has directed more than 30 different feature films, many of which geoorge on to become some of the most successful classic films of all time. So how did George Lucas generate such a huge personal fortune from a single movie franchise? It all comes down morw one incredibly simple, yet amazingly brilliant billion-dollar decision in …. Prior toGeorge Lucas was still very much struggling to make his way in Hollywood. His first major directorial debut was ‘s THXwhich starred Robert Duvall in a futuristic world, where android robots control society with drugs that suppress human emotions. Lucas’ next movie was ‘s American Graffiti. Lucas was now a hot commodity. Lucas first had the idea for what he described as a «western set in space,» called The Star Warsin He worked on the script for the next two years, while his personal debt mounted and his film career floundered.