3 posts and columns on LucasArts

Kabam Acquires Top LucasArts Game Makers to Help Build Hardcore Social Games

in Commerce on January 27 at 12:18 am PT

Kabam, known for developing hardcore social games such as The Godfather and Kingdoms of Camelot, has acquired a company with deep roots in the console game space.
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EA Bets Big on Online Star Wars Game, Suggests You Let the Wookiee Win

in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 10:36 am PT

Long overdue and over budget, the ambitious, LucasArts-blessed online game is likely to become one of the most significant game launches over the next decade.
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Lucasfilm Chairman George Lucas

in D5 on May 30, 2007 at 5:14 pm PT

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.