He was the sole owner of a global pop phenomenon and today has mastered the art of staying out of it: George Lucas, the father of “Star Wars”, on his eightieth birthday.
If things had gone a little differently, there might not be any text here. Or one about a famous racing driver. The young George Lucas wanted to be one of those, which is why he gave his first car a proper tune, an Autobianchi Bianchina, to challenge other car enthusiasts around his hometown of Modesto, California. But then came June 12, 1962, a few days before his high school graduation.