Directors Ron Howard and George Lucas go way back. Lucas directed Howard in _American Graffiti_ , and Howard has described him as a mentor. If anyone was primed to be sold on _Star Wars_ , it was Howard.

But he just… really wasn’t, it turns out. He revealed as much during an in-depth conversation with Graham Bensinger.

Back then, when Howard asked Lucas what his next project would be, Lucas…

Happy Star Wars Day!

If you're reading this, I assume you're a _Star Wars_ fan. And I want to congratulate you on how much time you've spent watching _Star Wars_.

According to a new report from Variety, U.S. audiences spent a staggering 33 billion minutes consuming _Star Wars_ content across streaming and linear TV in 2025.

For perspective, that’s about 62,000 years of screentime.

Yeah, I…

The world of _Star Wars_ is so vast and has so many characters, but the one I think most people universally love is a robot named R2-D2.

That little bot captured the hearts and minds of people across many generations.

But its creator, George Lucas, doesn't have the same fondness for the robot. That's because when Star Wars was coming together, it was a bit finicky and drove him kind of mad…