Dedicated to narrative arts, the Lucas Museum in Los Angeles, which houses never-before-seen pieces from the vast collection of “Star Wars” saga director George Lucas, offered the press a first glimpse of its interior spaces on Wednesday. It will open its doors to the public on September 22.

Published on: 03/09/2026 - 16:04

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It is a spaceship placed in a park of 11,000 square meters, a futuristic setting which invites, even before having entered its doors, the most unbridled imagination. Designed by Chinese architect Ma Yansong, the Lucas Museum in Los Angeles unveiled, on Wednesday September 2, its collections bringing together legendary objects from the “Star Wars” saga but also works by painters, illustrators and street artists.

Present during this press visit, George Lucas did not hide his emotion at seeing this project, on which he spent 20 years working, come to fruition. “I’m used to doing the impossible,” but “this time it almost broke my will,” he said. "It's something that was really, really close to my heart. Paying homage to illustrators, to artists who illustrate stories that have already been written. And most of these stories are myths."

If “Star Wars” fans can marvel at a yellow N-1 Starfighter ship from “episode I” of the saga (“The Phantom Menace”) or take a photo with the famous droid R2-D2, the museum goes well beyond the films shot by the American director half a century ago.

Unpublished works from Banksy

Its more than 30 galleries bring together works by artists like Frida Kahlo, Jacob Lawrence and Robert Colescott; works by cartoonists like Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby and Frank Frazetta; as well as illustrations by Norman Rockwell, Jessie Willcox Smith and N. C. Wyeth.

“Narrative art is illustrated stories, a story that you can see in an image and which does not need additional explanations. It is therefore the first museum in the world to present narrative art in all its forms, in a single space”, rejoices Tracey Bates, the director of the institution, which houses more than 40,000 works.

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Described as a “temple of people’s art” by George Lucas, the museum has also amassed a large collection of works by Banksy, including previously unpublished acquisitions coming directly from the artist’s studio. Enough to reinforce the anticipation around this new Mecca of “pop culture” which will open its doors to the general public on September 22.

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