George Lucas made his first appearance at San Diego Comic-Con to discuss his latest project, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. This museum houses over 40,000 art pieces from his collection, originating from his long-time passion for collecting. Lucas aims to honor the contributions of illustrators and undervalued art forms like comic books. Panelists, including Queen Latifah and Guillermo del Toro, highlighted the museum's significance in preserving cultural artifacts. They emphasized the need to recognize the importance of art, particularly when faced with challenges posed by modern technology.
"I've worked with hundreds of illustrators in my life, and they're all great, but they don't get recognized for anything," so he made what he calls "a temple to the people's art."
Lucas and Del Toro emphasized that idea, explaining that if you don't build a place to say something is important, then it won't be regarded as such, especially in such a precarious time when any form of human-made art is used for AI apps like ChatGPT.
Del Toro excitedly exclaimed, "comics were the first ones to punch Nazis! They have a lot of social conscience."
"Personality, knowledge, and emotion. Those are the three things that need to exist, and I'm sorry..."
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