The final day of Comic-Con International on Sunday, July 27, will mark the first-ever appearance of George Lucas at the convention.

Star Wars creator George Lucas once revealed his plans to replace Darth Vader in the sequel trilogy with another powerful ...

The cartoon in question was Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, and Hamill said it could put fans into the right frame of mind for the movie Lucas had made. Sign up to our Movies newsletter!

George really did want this classic Daffy Duck cartoon shown before every screening of #SW.It would've been an icebreaker to let the audience know what was coming was less than dead serious.

The original post-Empire galaxy was full of criminal syndicates vying for power, and a power vacuum exploited by a familiar ...

And apparently George Lucas wanted the 1953 theatrical cartoon short that launched the Duck Dodgers series, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, to air before every screening of Star Wars (via io9).

George Lucas was even disappointed by it, and the show never aired again or was released on home video. However, fans who want to watch the animated short can now watch it on Disney+.

Robot Chicken rose to fame by lampooning pop culture with stop-motion animated toys, and their Star Wars spoofs caught the attention of George Lucas himself.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life and career of filmmaker George Lucas. ... Also, the television series, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” premieres on Cartoon Network. 2010 - Signs the ...