Lucasfilm Chairman George Lucas

Earlier this month, “Star Wars” was voted the most influential visual-effects film of all time by the Visual Effects Society. It’s a particularly apt time, then, to hear from the film’s creator and the visionary behind the Industrial Light and Magic visual-effects house, George Lucas. These days, Lucas is still pushing the envelope in digital storytelling on the big screen–and the small screen as well. Indeed, last October he was quoted in Variety magazine as saying, “We don’t want to make movies. We’re about to get into television.” Now, with plans to bring “Star Wars” to a weekly TV show format, he’s poised to do just that, and he’s bringing some killer special-effects technology with him.