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In high school, George was a car buff, and wanted to be a professional racer, until a near-fatal crash days before graduation; EMTs actually [[Only Mostly Dead|declared him dead at the scene]]. After recovering, he attended a community college and turned his passion to filmmaking.
 
His first work was ''Freiheit'', but his best known pre-Star Wars works are ''[[THX 1138 (Film)|THX 1138]]'' and ''[[American Graffiti]]''. He co-founded American Zoetrope with [[Francis Ford Coppola]], to get away from the oppressive Hollywood studio system, and with the success of ''Graffiti'' and ''Star Wars'', founded Lucasfilm. ''THX 1138'' in particular is a frequent source of [[Continuity Nod|references]], with "THX" and "1138" appearing in various forms in ''American Graffiti'', ''Star Wars'' and the ''Indiana Jones'' films, not to mention providing the name for the THX soundsystem.
 
After ''American Graffiti'', George wanted to revive the old serials' spirit, and pitched two ideas: one based on the ''[[Flash Gordon Serial|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' serials (''[[Star Wars]]''); and one based in the Republic serials with an [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] (the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' series, produced by Lucas and directed by his friend [[Steven Spielberg]]).
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