The Star Wars galaxy has misplaced considered one of its most essential leaders.
Marcia Lucas, the ex-wife of Star Wars creator George Lucas and the editor of the primary movie within the franchise, died on Might 27 from metastatic most cancers, her household confirmed to TMZ. They instructed the outlet she handed away in her house in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and was surrounded by her family members. She was 80.
In an announcement to the San Francisco Chronicle, her household shared that Marcia was “a real trailblazer for ladies in movie and probably the most influential editors in cinematic historical past.”
Marcia first met George in 1967 after they have been each employed to help legendary editor Verna Fields on a documentary challenge. The 2 quickly started relationship and have been married in 1969.
Across the identical time, Marcia started her skilled modifying profession, working as an assistant editor on Francis Ford Coppola’s 1969 movie The Rain Individuals and assisted on George’s first full-length characteristic movie, THX 1138 (1971).
