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Lucasfilm Pulls Plug on 'Evil Empire' Studio Complex

The empire strikes back

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 12, 2012 1:04 AM CDT | Updated Apr 12, 2012 1:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – A fed-up George Lucas has pulled the plug on a digital studio development plan that Northern California neighbors treated like a plot by an "evil empire." Now Lucasfilm hopes to sell the Grady Ranch site next to Skywalker Ranch in Marin County to... Read full story »

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Lucasfilm Pulls Plug on 'Evil Empire' Studio Complex

The empire strikes back

California • George Lucas • development • Lucasfilm • Marin County

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