As the release of the seventh episode of beloved film franchise "Star Wars" approaches, the first movie of the series to be made after Disney purchased Lucasfilm, the latest George Lucas news sees the billionaire taking a definite step forward in his latest project: the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
For months, all non "Star Wars" related George Lucas news have been about the making of this museum, which is set to be a gigantic multimedia experience that will focus not only on his own contribution to cinema (including "Indiana Jones") but on the medium as a whole.
Now, according to Chicago Tribune, the latest George Lucas news officially gives the filmmaker a go for the making of this museum, as the Chicago City Council approved zoning for the project, which will be on the shore of Lake Michigan despite protests about it violating the public trust because it'll be built on submerged waters of the lake.
However, for months it was almost a sure thing that George Lucas news would include the approval of the project, which was moved to the Windy City after years of failed negotiations with Lucas' native San Francisco, until he decided to take his project north.
BBC reports that Lucas' museum, a futuristic design that will change the lakeside in the third largest city in the U.S., will officially begin building next spring in a space of 300,000 square feet, which will be filled with all types of objects from film - including a scale model of the Millennium Falcon.
Lucas has certainly kept busy in the past few days, as not only his grand project just got approval, but other George Lucas news include how he made an incredibly generous donation to his alma mater, the University of Southern California (USC), with the George Lucas Family Foundation handing $10 million to support diversity in the school.
