George Lucas on Mentors and Faith

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After his epic series of interviews with Joseph Campbell in 1988’s The Power of Myth, Bill Moyers returned to Skywalker Ranch to interview George Lucas, whose Star Wars franchise was influenced by Campbell’s work.

In this Moyers Moment from The Mythology of Star Wars, George Lucas talks candidly about his personal mentors — including Campbell and Francis Ford Coppola — as well as the role religion plays in Star Wars mythology.

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