It’s worth pausing to note that George Lucas has never directed a feature film that is set in the present. “American Graffiti,” released in 1973, takes place in 1962. His many “Star Wars” movies, although containing starships and androids, are similarly set “a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.” In all these cases, Lucas sees the past as an idealized time, when life was simpler and more pleasant. In the case of “American Graffiti,” the past was the calm before the storm, back when life was nothing but potential energy and the future was ready to be explored. In the case of the “Star Wars” films, it was a time when brave heroes rose up to battle fascism and evil empires regularly tumbled.
The future, Lucas feels, is a dour time, and nothing good will happen to humanity when we get there. At the end of “American Graffiti,” for instance,…
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