George Lucas’s Last Great Epic Is an Art Museum
George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, have opened the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. The architectural project is described as a massive, futuristic structure dedicated to the art of storytelling and the hero's journey.
Why it matters
The museum represents a significant cultural investment by a major Hollywood figure, blending cinematic history with traditional art curation.
Inside the Star Wars creator’s temple to storytelling
Illustration by Colin Hunter* September 14, 2026, 8 AM ET Share Save What’s your story? The story that you live by, that your cells are geared to, even or especially when you’re not thinking about it? Do we create our own meaning, or should we be trying to discover the meaning that created us? Is it the tractor beams of heavenly love that hold us here, like God’s guy ropes, or are we adrift?
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