San Francisco -- Only weeks after neighborhood complaints forced filmmaker George Lucas to abandon plans to convert a renovated Marin County ranch into a state-of-the-art film production studio, the cinematic auteur is now working with a local community group to develop the site for low-income housing.
For over a decade, Lucas had hoped to convert Grady Ranch into a facility boasting indoor and outdoor sound stages, a daycare center, a restaurant, gym, a bevvy of screening rooms, nearly two dozen overnight guest suites, parking for over 200 cars and a "wine cave" to store libations from Lucas' vineyards.
However, much like Luke and Leia, there are many reasons why it didn't work.
Despite striking a deal to keep the Empire out of cloud city forever (a.k.a. unanimous approval from Marin County's Planning Commission) and Lucas's promise to devote 95 percent of the acreage to conservation, the nearby Lucas...
For over a decade, Lucas had hoped to convert Grady Ranch into a facility boasting indoor and outdoor sound stages, a daycare center, a restaurant, gym, a bevvy of screening rooms, nearly two dozen overnight guest suites, parking for over 200 cars and a "wine cave" to store libations from Lucas' vineyards.
However, much like Luke and Leia, there are many reasons why it didn't work.
Despite striking a deal to keep the Empire out of cloud city forever (a.k.a. unanimous approval from Marin County's Planning Commission) and Lucas's promise to devote 95 percent of the acreage to conservation, the nearby Lucas...
- 5/9/2012
- by Aaron Sankin
- Huffington Post
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