When George Lucas’ long-anticipated $1 billion Los Angeles museum opens this fall, visitors will be transported into a realm where Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder and other iconic Star Wars vehicles await them.
Last week, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art revealed that visitors will finally get their first look inside the sprawling Exposition Park attraction on Sept. 22 — with roughly 20 inaugural exhibitions spread across more than 30 galleries, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Die-hard fans of the blockbuster saga can lose themselves among vehicle designs, high-speed racers, soaring ships, props, costumes, and illustrations from the first six “Star Wars” films in the aptly titled exhibition “Star Wars in Motion.”
The showcase will feature Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder from “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope” and the first physical build of General Grievous’ wheel bike from “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.”
Yet the museum promises much more than just a tribute to a galaxy far, far away.
Its vast collection stretches across more than 100,000 square feet of gallery space, showcasing over 1,200 treasures selected from a founding collection of more than 40,000 works.
Co-founded by Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the futuristic-looking, 300,000-square-foot museum sits on 11 acres in Exposition Park and will showcase everything from comics and manga to children’s book illustrations and fine art.
Other opening exhibitions will explore themes like family, community, work, politics, and adventure, spotlighting artists Norman Rockwell, Frank Frazetta, Maxfield Parrish, Thomas Hart Benton, and N.C. Wyeth.
A museum news release said the exhibitions “trace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics and modern cinema.”
“Many exhibitions are organized by theme, focusing on myths about love, family, community, and adventure that connect every generation,” the release added.
“These shared stories, told over and over in many forms, bind us together and define our human experience.”
The opening marks the culmination of a journey nearly ten years in the making.
Lucas first unveiled his vision for the museum in Los Angeles in 2017, with the debut delayed several times before finally landing on Sept. 22, 2026.
Lucas has referred to the collection as “the people’s art,” reflecting the museum’s focus on storytelling through everything from comics and manga to blockbuster films.
