George Lucaswhose films of Star WarsThey helped create many of the ideas of the modern fandoms, it will reach the Comic-Con de San Diego For your first panel.
Lucas will be accompanied by the filmmaker Guillermo del Toro And the artist and production designer of the Star Wars prequels Doug Chiang For a panel that will explore the power of illustrated history and offer an advance of the new Lucas narrative art museum.
Queen LatifahActress and record artist winning Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe, will moderate the panel, which will take place on Sunday at Hall H, the cavernous and historical stadium of the San Diego Convention Center.
The Panel of Creators will discuss the role of narrative art in society while tracking the innate desire of humanity to draw, encourage and give life to stories through millennia.
“We are delighted to welcome George Lucas to Comic-Con for the first time,”declared David Glanzer, communications director and strategy of the Comic-Con. “Almost five decades ago, Star Wars made one of his first public appearances in our convention, along with a stand that exhibited the now legendary Star Wars poster of Howard Chaykin as a promotional article. Now, the return of Mr. Lucas, this time to inaugurate the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, is a true starting point. His dedication to the whole life to the visual narrative deeply in us and our community, and the mission of the museum of celebrating narrative art in all its forms perfectly reflects what the comic-with has defended since its inception. “
Star Wars’s relationship and San Diego Comic-Con
Star Wars has been linked to Comic-Con since its inception, although surprisingly Lucas has not made a pilgrimage to Mecca Geek himself, preferring to let the creatives or executives of reach to fans make their appearance.
In 1976, a year before the premiere of the original film, a panel was held on Star Wars, but among the panelists were Marvel Star Wars comic creators still not published, the writer Roy Thomas and the artist Chaykin.
Numerous panels have been held on various aspects of Star Wars, although most were not so shocking. An exception was a panel in 2004 where Lucasfilm revealed that “The revenge of the Sith” would be the title of Star Wars: Episode III. Another was when Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill They shared the stage in 2015 to present an advance of the first movie of Star Wars: The Force Awakensalthough that was already in the Disney era and Lucas did not participate.
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