Lucas, George, Star Wars

Lucas, George. 1977. Star Wars. 20th Century Fox. 

It was in this new environment that the James Bond films—a formulaic series already beginning to seem outdated— tried to compete. In addition, Stanley Kubrick had released the big-budget, futuristic film 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968), while a similar technologically-based film, THX1138, was produced by George Lucas in 1971. The development of storylines based on futuristic space technology would later be escalated by the release of the first Star Wars film in 1977. 

Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, Star Wars, George Lucas, Director, Lucasfilm, 1977 available at http //www.imdb.com/ title/tt0076759/quotes (accessed January 4, 2009). 

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