Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of May 14th
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It is the 134th day of the year, leaving 231 days remaining in 2022.
On this date in 1944, the director and screenwriter George Lucas was born.
He used ancient myths and legends and set them to take place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," with Star Wars. He created adventure tales for the fictional archeologist and treasure hunter Indiana Jones, who found fame and fortune in the mid-20th Century.
Lucas wrote his first film while a student at the University of Southern California. Titled Electronic Labyrinth TXH 1138 4EB, it was a futuristic parable, later expanded into a full-length feature film that got decent reviews, but is largely forgotten given his future works.
His second movie, American Graffiti, in 1973, set off waves of 1950s and early '60s nostalgia. But Lucas was just getting started.
In 1977, he wrote and released Star Wars, a space epic, soap opera, and adventure story set in another time and place. Indeed, Lucas created an entire universe of mostly beloved characters that has become an American classic. In addition to the movie franchise, spin-offs have included books, television animations, comic books, Halloween costumes, and even an international holiday (May 4).
In between Star Wars films, Lucas kept busy creating his own empire, which included Lucasfilm, to produce additional movies.
But he also kept his hand on the creative side, which included another sensational movie franchise about Indiana Jones. Within some six movies and television shows, the archeologist defeated Nazis, saved children, and sought to find the Holy Grail.
It began with the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, staring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg in 1981.
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