Man!
We just had Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You), and Geek Pride Day, which celebrates the first Star Wars movie's first release
in 1977, is almost upon us—do we really want to celebrate George
Lucas (the director / producer / writer of Star Wars) this month,
too??? |
| Lucas made a couple of generations of kids aware of just how cool archeology can be... Not to mention fedoras! |
Well,
we could celebrate the George Lucas who is the director / producer /
writer of the Indiana Jones movies. (Same guy, I know!)
At
any rate, a long time ago (on this date in 1944), in a place
far, far away (Modesto, California—which to tell you the truth
isn't so very far from where I live), George Lucas was born.
He
showed an early passion for—are you thinking movies? Space?
Archeology?
No
to all three.
Lucas
loved cars and car racing. He spent most of his high school years
hanging out at garages and racing cars, and he wanted to race cars
professionally. In 1962, when he'd just turned 18, he got in a bad
accident at a car race and nearly died.
The
rest, as they say, is history!
Also
on this date:
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