USA Today
For a guy who's "happily retired," George Lucas is sure keeping himself busy.
The iconic filmmaker isn't regularly tinkering around in the Star Wars universe anymore — that's now director J.J. Abrams' gig — but he has created a new fantasy landscape with the animated musical Strange Magic (out Jan. 23), in which fairies, elves and romance are more plentiful than Jedi, Wookiees and the Force.
In 2012, George Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney for billions of dollars. In a new book, he reveals why...beyond those billions of dollars, we mean.
If George Lucas had his way, Leia Organa would have been the main character of the Star Wars sequels. Luke would still die a hermit, though.
