Skywalker Ranch is the flip side, the new buildings of a used past, ones for which Lucas wrote the script, sketched floor plans and elevations and then collaborated with teams of in-house and ...

Reporting from MARIN COUNTY — R2-D2 rests on the floor inside a dimly lit storeroom ... archive at the heart of George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch. Access is strictly controlled and it’s easy ...

In any event, Lucas plans to convert all six "Star Wars" movies to 3-D in coming years. Visiting the 4,700-acre Skywalker Ranch (named after Luke, get it?) is a treat. It is located in California ...

George Lucas does not live at Skywalker Ranch. The ranch is actually a workplace for Skywalker Sound employees. They prefer to call it a "filmmaker's retreat," a place that fosters creativity.