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Lucasfilm Ltd. | |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Founded | 1971San Rafael, California, U.S. | , in
Founder | George Lucas |
Headquarters | Letterman Digital Arts Center, , U.S. |
Number of locations | 6 |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 2,000 (2015)[2] |
Parent | The Walt Disney Studios (2012–present) |
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Website | www |
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael, California, and later moved to San Francisco in 2005.[3] It has been a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios since 2012 and is best known for creating and producing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as its leadership in developing special effects, sound, and computer animation for films.
The company's films Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) are all among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with The Force Awakens becoming the highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada. On October 30, 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in the form of cash and in stock.[4][5][6][7]
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