Lucas: I don't want to make movies anymore

Star Wars creator George Lucas wants to quit film-making to concentrate on more lucrative TV projects.

Lucas: I don't want to make movies anymore

Star Wars creator George Lucas wants to quit film-making to concentrate on more lucrative TV projects.

The director says making movies is too risky nowadays, because the average cost of shooting and marketing a blockbuster is now $200 m (€157), so he's steering his production company Lucasfilm towards TV and low-budget movies.

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