George Lucas, pictured here in 2014, has announced that his museum will be built in Los Angeles. San Francisco had also been in the running. Wong Maye-E/AP hide caption
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Filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Chicago native Mellody Hobson, are seen on the red carpet at the 2013 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. Lucas has decided to locate his new museum in the Windy City. John Shearer/Invision/AP hide caption
In this handout image provided by Disney, Star Wars creator George Lucas has a playful lightsaber duel with Jedi Mickey Mouse at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Aug. 14, 2010. Disney announced Tuesday that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. Getty Images hide caption
Irvin Kershner, who directed The Empire Strikes Back. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP/Getty Images hide caption