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'Star Wars' Creator George Lucas Named America's Wealthiest Celebrity of 2018

#Starwars , #Jedi #Georgelucas #Lucasfilm If you're looking to become one of the wealthiest people in the world, it's simple: just create one of the most lucrative and famous franchises of all time and then sell it to one of the biggest companies in existence. Piece of cake, right? Well, that's what George Lucas managed to do and he has now topped Forbes’ list of America’s wealthiest celebrities. According to Forbes, the man behind the entire Star Wars franchise has a net worth of $5.4 billion. They claim he earned the top spot largely in part to the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney, which happened back in 2012 for $4.1 billion. Since making the big sale, Lucas hasn’t been heavily involved in the Star Wars world, which has been branching out exponentially since the purchase. In addition to the current main trilogy, which became the first since Lucas helmed the Star Wars prequels between 1999 and 2005, there have already been multiple stand-alone films (Rogue One: A Star ...