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Lucas

Here’s legendary director George Lucas with an early version of R2-D2. R2-D2 and fellow robot C-3PO are the only two characters to appear in all sevenStar Wars films. An actor named Kenny Baker played R2-D2 in the three originalStar Wars trilogy.Today, George Lucas is one of the richest filmmakers of all time. He sold Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company in 2012, and five of his films are among the 100 highest grossing movies in North America, adjusted for ticket-price inflation. When Star Wars was released it earned a total of $775 million, surpassing Jaws to become the highest-grossing film of all time. Several sequels and prequels have been released since.