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Martin Scorsese accepts the Sonny Bono visionary award for his film &quot;The Irishman&quot; at the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Jan. 2, 2020, in Palm Springs, Calif. Scorsese turns 79 on Nov. 17. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Martin Scorsese Institute to be established by NYU

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

&quot;Star Wars&quot; creator filmmaker George Lucas, right, and his wife Mellody Hobson, left, and Don Bacigalupi, Founding President, center, attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the on his $1.5 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles Wednesday, March 14, 2018. . The institution, scheduled to open in 2021, is envisioned as not just a repository for &quot;Star Wars&quot; memorabilia but a wide-ranging museum representing all forms of visual storytelling from paintings and drawings to comic strips and digital and traditional films. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

George Lucas breaks ground on LA’s Museum of Narrative Art

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

Obsession with ‘Star Wars’ universe spans generation of fans

By PATRICK FILBIN - Associated Press

Illustration on the changing attitudes toward good and evil in Star Wars by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Fascination with ‘the dark side’ in Star Wars is a symptom of dodgy pop culture

By Lamont Colucci

Filmmaker George Lucas, left, and his wife Mellody Hobson listen to remarks at a news conference outside Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. The Los Angeles City Council approved preliminary steps that will allow construction of the $1.5 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

LA City Council oks plans for George Lucas museum

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

Costumed fans of the Star Wars franchise wait in a massive line outside the Orange County Center, in Orlando, Fla., to attend the 2017 Star Wars Celebration, Thursday, April 13, 2017, marking the 40th anniversary of the original 1977 Star Wars film. Thousands of fans waited for hours in the line, estimated to be more than a mile long. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Harrison Ford visit, Fisher tribute launch Star Wars event

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

This undated file concept design provided by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art shows a rendering of their proposed museum, just west and north of the Coliseum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. &quot;Star Wars&quot; creator George Lucas and his team announced Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, they have chosen Los Angeles over San Francisco as the home of the museum that will showcase his work. After what organizers called an extremely difficult decision, they announced Tuesday that the museum will be built in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, where it will sit alongside other more traditional museums. (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art via AP, File)

Los Angeles beats San Francisco for George Lucas museum site

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

This concept design provided by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art shows a rendering of their proposed museum on Treasure Island in San Francisco. In January George Lucas, the legendary filmmaker, is expected to decide whether he will put a museum for his extensive personal art collection in San Francisco or Los Angeles, after other attempts were upended by community opposition. (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art via AP)

George Lucas museum cliffhanger: LA or San Francisco?

By Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

Felicity Jones plays Jyn Erso in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." (Associated Press)

‘Rogue One’ moves ‘Star Wars’ forward by going back

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

Supervisor plans to introduce resolution for Lucas museum

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FILE - In this April 17, 2015, file photo, filmmaker George Lucas attends the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Lucas, the creator of the &quot;Star Wars&quot; movie empire, has donated about $1.5 million to the Norman Rockwell Museum. The museum said in a statement dated Sept. 29, 2016, that Lucas is an avid collector of Rockwell pieces and shares in the museum’s belief that the illustrator’s art transcends generations and cultures, communicating universal ideals related to community, family, and human rights. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Rockwell museum gets $1.5M grant from ‘Star Wars’ creator

Associated Press

‘The Last Witch Hunter’ star Reno Owen on being in Star Wars

By Keith Valcourt — Special to The Washington Times