Lucasfilm has posted a video featuring its employees working across the globe on YouTube.
Founded by Star Wars creator George Lucas, the independent production powerhouse was a hub for film, television, and technological innovation, spawning Skywalker Sound, Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), THX, and more.
I can't recall a time when Lucasfilm didn't have an impact on my life, from seeing Star Wars with my late mum, following a life-changing head injury in primary school, to using Photoshop daily.
As a video gamer since the age of Atari, Lucasfilm Games holds a lot of nostalgia for me. Rescue on Fractalus!, Ballblazer, Koronis Rift and The Eidolon are amongst my all-time favourite video games from the 8-bit era on Commodore 64. And I vividly remember playing the Labyrinth movie tie-in video game whilst listening to David Bowie and Trevor Jones' soundtrack album on cassette.
The Lucasfilm Fan Club magazine (rebranded as Star Wars Insider) published a letter of mine in 1993.
In 1997, I responded to an advert in Star Wars Insider. I was interviewed for a BBC Radio 1 documentary, Skywalker, commemorating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars. Lucasfilm decided to drop the fan segment, but it was fun to share my Star Wars story with the director. At the time, my workstation was surrounded by Power of the Force II action figures, Micro Machines and copies of Star Wars Insider.
Before Disney acquired Lucasfilm from George Lucas in 2012, I was approached by Lucasfilm to become an official blogger. Whilst it sadly never happened, I still hold ambitions to work with Lucasfilm in a creative capacity.
2027 marks the 50th anniversary of Star Wars. A pilgrimage to Lucasfilm and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art would be an amazing experience, both personally and professionally.
What are your earliest memories of Lucasfilm? Let me know in the comments below.
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