George Lucas on 'Star Wars', Indiana Jones

GEORGE LUCAS AT SHOWEST The Clone Wars movie ''was almost an afterthought — we looked at some episodes on the big screen and said, 'This is so beautiful, why don't we just go and use the crew and make a feature?' So we did''

At last week’s ShoWest convention in Las Vegas, George Lucas took the stage to introduce the movie industry to his latest Star Wars creation, the animated summer flick Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The feature film (which opens Aug. 15) builds upon the Clone Wars shows that have aired on the Cartoon Network; the footage Lucas presented included glimpses of familiar characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2, as well as more talk of Jabba the Hutt. All the while, naturally, Lucas was flanked by a platoon of stormtroopers – ”I never go anywhere without my army,” he quipped.But does the Jedi master expect to ever retire his Star Wars soldiers? What’s going on with that live-action TV series he announced, anyway? How excited is he for the debut of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? What’s the status of his longtime promise to direct artier films? And which movie prompted him to say, ”I wish I had made it – I don’t think I’m talented enough to do that”?… Read more: EW.com