AStar Warsmuseum is not coming to Los Angeles, not officially anyway. Instead,George Lucashas opted to bring his $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to Hollywoodland, which won out over San Francisco’s rival proposal. The museum will feature pieces from Lucas' private collection, includingStar Warsmemorabilia and artifacts from his other works, vintage photographs and even traditional paintings. Los Angeles MayorEric Garcettisays the museum is eyeing a June 10, 2025 launch, according toTHR.
Garcetti also clarified that “this is not aStar Warsmuseum”, saying that “this is a collection of narrative art in a city that has the best storytellers and storymakers in the world. The best collection of Norman Rockwell paintings on Earth. Works from R. Crumb.” He closed out with this cringe-worthy appropriation of geek culture by saying, “‘Do or do not — there is no try. Today, we did it.”
While it’s certainly an ambitious plan and a gorgeous building in concept, I’ll be surprised if this thing isn’t marketed as the “Star Wars Museum” before long, unless the decision not to do so was made with the intent of keeping Disney’s hooks out of the museum’s finances. So it looks like Lucas fans should add this attraction to their future travel plans whileStar Warsfans will have to wait for Disney to open their own installments in both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Now if only theStar Trekmuseumcould get back off the ground.
The museum’s board of directors released the following statement:
“After extensive due diligence and deliberation, the Board of Directors of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is pleased to announce plans to build the museum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. We have been humbled by the overwhelmingly positive support we received from both San Francisco and Los Angeles during our selection process. Settling on a location proved to be an extremely difficult decision precisely because of the desirability of both sites and cities.”
Check out the the futuristic design of the museum, which will bring 1,500 construction jobs to the city plus 350 permanent jobs, courtesy of Chinese architectMa Yansong:
