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Lucas's New HQ

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-wish-i-had-that-kind-of-metal dept.

pin_gween writes "The KS City Star reports George Lucas (of the "It's not about the money" fame) has opened a new headquarters for digital film works. The campus has, among several movie theaters, "data network with more than 300 10-gigabyte ports. Fiber-optics cables are connected to every artist desktop, allowing high-resolution images on each computer. In all, there are 600 miles of cable throughout the campus's four buildings." Not too shabby, or cheap."

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  1. Obligatory EP3 Quote... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In terms of being a corporate executive, I'm pretty much tired," he said. "I'm going to focus on making movies."

    Noooooooooooo......!

  2. This has been open for a while... by ip_freely_2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Presidio facility has been open for a bit. Yes, it's sweet and one thing that can't be said about George is that he does thing half-assed.

    Of course, the expectation is that you work INSANE hours. I only wish I could get this set up at home so I can balance my life a little better.

  3. Federation by cmcsonar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once he's tired of the location, the Federation can buy it, because it is located on the grounds of the future Star Fleet Headquaters.

  4. byte or bit? by grub · · Score: 5, Insightful


    data network with more than 300 10-gigabyte ports.

    I think that means gigabits. Unless they started rating cards in bytes overnight.

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  5. I don't think I like the tone of this post.... by cryptocom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The paragraph submitted above for this article makes it seem like Lucas is hoarding all his money and somehow going against a cardinal rule of not making money. For one thing, non profit artists may seem romantic and all, but in truth we all want to get paid...and if what we do is make movies that cost millions of dollars, you better believe we want to get paid millions of dollars or more. Secondly, it's not like he's spending all his money on Bugatti's and trips to Bali...he's invested a large chunk into a creative complex where artists and movie-goers can benefit from his fortune. I'd say that's pretty damn cool.

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  6. Did you see! by alewar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks to all of you who download pirated-copies of movies and games from the net, L&M had to move to another studio...
    I knew this was going to happen, they are losing BILLIONS because of YOU.