Lucasfilm
American film and television production company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company, founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael, California; most of the company's operations were moved to San Francisco in 2005.[3] It is now a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is a business segment of The Walt Disney Company. The studio is best known for creating and producing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as its leadership in developing special effects, sound, and computer animation for films.
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.jpg) Lucasfilm headquarters at the Letterman Digital Arts Center | |
| Lucasfilm Ltd. | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | December 10, 1971 in San Francisco, California, United States |
| Founder | George Lucas |
| Headquarters | Letterman Digital Arts Center 1 Letterman Dr., , United States |
Number of locations | 6 |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 2,000 (2015)[2] |
| Parent | Walt Disney Studios |
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| Website | www |
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) are all among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens becoming the highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada. Disney acquired Lucasfilm on October 30, 2012, for $4.05 billion in the form of cash and stock, with $1.855 billion in stock.[4][5][6][7]