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New Lucasfilm Campus Breaks Ground at Presidio

Posted by Hemos on from the making-the-movies dept.

GuyMannDude writes "Lucasfilm has broken ground on the new $300 million special effects campus that he hopes will help San Francisco rival Hollywood as a producer of movie magic. Some see the project as a way for the Presidio (a national park) to become economically self-sufficient while critics claim that level of commercialization is unnecessary."

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  1. And so the second tower rises out of the north... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which dark lord will win? George Lucas, or the faceless conglomeration known as Hollywood?

    Well, at least there'll be more work up north, though with Davis taxing things, that might not last too long...

  2. Wow! by DarklordJonnyDigital · · Score: 5, Funny

    A special effects campus? Sounds fun! You walk in and every room is blue - the campus is added in using special effects. Watch out for the destroyer droids. ;)

  3. It will make Star Wars location shots cheaper. by mikeophile · · Score: 5, Funny

    San Francisco has the only bars stranger than a Mos Eisley cantina.

  4. Re:Story is everything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you sure you wouldn't prefer him to attend one?