The Bearded Trio

     Recently I’ve become more and more interested in the George Lucas before Star Wars. Primarily what sort of films he made prior to creating the blockbuster space opera. A few years ago I did some digging on websites like Wikipedia, and wrote down any film titles I came across that he made while attending USC. Films like Look at Life, Herbie, 1:42.08, The Emperor, Anyone Lived in Pretty (How) Town, filmmaker, Freiheit, 6.18.67 and THX 1138 4EB. Considering how many awards Lucas won at film festivals, I always wondered why these films didn’t get more recognition than they do. I understand they’re just student films, and at the time Lucas was an unknown. So I wanted to shine a spotlight on some of these films and who knows maybe it’ll spark some interest for whoever is reading this to do your own bit of research and learn about the man behind the camera.              Look at Life was Lucas’s first student film. It was a montage fi...