‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas finally weighs in on AI — and his comments will surprise you

Director George Lucas isn’t too concerned with what audiences think.

As one of the pioneers of computer-generated imagery, Lucas says he’s heard the same complaints his whole career, and he’s applying that experience to artificial intelligence too.

‘That’s progress, it’s the future.’

Galaxy brain

Lucas’ core thesis is on what makes a movie a movie, and in his opinion, it isn’t the technology surrounding the production that makes the story; it’s the idea itself.

The 82-year-old cited many iconic directors and even those on film foundations as some of the biggest supporters and detractors of his beliefs, and in a recent interview, he focused on the latter.

“I’ll never do digital,” Lucas’ peers tell him, because “Lawrence of Arabia” was shot with film. “And I say, ‘No, it’s cinema. It’s the