George Lucas Is Giving His Money to Charity

From The Hollywood Reporter:

By the end of the year, the $4.05 billion sale of Lucasfilm to Disney should be finalized. And since George Lucas owns 100 percent of his company - which has little to no debt - all that money goes to him. After that, Lucas plans to quickly put the bulk of the money into a foundation which will primarily focus on educational issues, a spokesperson for Lucasfilm tells THR. "George Lucas has expressed his intention, in the event the deal closes, to donate the majority of the proceeds to his philanthropic endeavors."

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"For 41 years, the majority of my time and money has been put into the company," Lucas said in a statement Wednesday. "As I start a new chapter in my life, it is gratifying that I have the opportunity to devote more time and resources to philanthropy."

The spokesperson noted that this "announcement continues a commitment that Lucas made in 2010 to The Giving Pledge where he stated, "I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race. We have to plan for our collective future--and the first step begins with social, emotional, and intellectual tools we provide to our children. As humans, our greatest tool for survival is our ability to think and to adapt--as educators, storytellers, and communicators our responsibility is to continue to do so.'"

Now I want to see someone complain about that.

EDIT: before anyone can make that joke... I knew there was still good in him.

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I THOUGHT THIS WAS A F*CKING APRIL FOOLS JOKE WHEN I SAW THE TITLE!

Well at least this goes a long way to redeem the prequel trilogy. It's nice to see people in the public eye take a major step to help others.

Somehow, people are gonna turn this into a Lucas hate thread either way.

If I hear another complaint about the prequel trilogy....GET THE F*@# over it nerds!

Anyways, nice of George Lucas to do that.

That's very sweet of him. I for one approve of this.

@nickzambuto said:

Somehow, people are gonna turn this into a Lucas hate thread either way.

If they do, they are massive morons. He is helping more people's lives and and doing more than anyone who spends their whole time bitching on the Internet about he "raping their childhood".

@StMichalofWilson said:

If I hear another complaint about the prequel trilogy....GET THE F*@# over it nerds!

Anyways, nice of George Lucas to do that.

Aww, poor Lucas haters. They'll all be crying themselves to sleep tonight without their precious "he does it for the money" cult like chant. My heart bleeds for them -_-

@CaioTrubat said:

@nickzambuto said:

Somehow, people are gonna turn this into a Lucas hate thread either way.

If they do, they are massive morons. He is helping more people's lives and and doing more than anyone who spends their whole time bitching on the Internet about he "raping their childhood".

Completely agree. People need to learn how to separate his business from his personal life. He's accomplished so much and helps people out. Great guy in my book.

Good for him..

That's good. Unfortunately, the LucasHaters are bound to come any time now.

@nickzambuto said:

Somehow, people are gonna turn this into a Lucas hate thread either way.

Well... all of the money won't be donated, just the majority. :P

Good on you George. Now...the haters come...I can sense them...

Can you?

Can you?

Can you?

CAN YOU?!

"I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race. We have to plan for our collective future--and the first step begins with social, emotional, and intellectual tools we provide to our children. As humans, our greatest tool for survival is our ability to think and to adapt--as educators, storytellers, and communicators our responsibility is to continue to do so.'"

Thank you, Mr. Lucas. You are a wonderful human being and I will remember you most for this.

Well done, sir.

George, you a got damn lie ...

Very cool.

He is a man of his word.

HE DID IT FOR THE MONEY!!!11!!!1!!!1!!!!!!!ONE!!!!1!!!

God Bless him.

What a Stupid Idea.

At the same time I think its a Great Idea!!!

What a Stupid Idea.

At the same time I think its a Great Idea!!!

Good man, worries me a little though, this whole sale of the company and now this with his money, kinda reminds me of how Stark was acting in Iron Man 2 :/

Why do fans hate the prequels? I know it lacks a certain quality the originals possessed but it's still fun to watch.

@Wolfrazer said:

@Journal said:

What a Stupid Idea.

At the same time I think its a Great Idea!!!

So its a Grepid idea?

Yeah Kinda

2 Months Later.....

George Lucas Bankrupt!

@Mercy_ said:

Well done, sir.

I don't approve of this.

@PunkMastaFlex said:

I don't approve of this.

Why?

Soooo, Did Anyone catch the Devil Ice Skating to work?

@AtPhantom

It's not in my benefits nor interest if I proceed on with my explanation as to why I don't approve of this and if I do because of boredom, I would technically be trolling and possibly bashed since what I've written in depiction of this vocation isn't in agreement with everyone on this thread. That or I can simply be messing around due to what was stated earlier, boredom. So aside from the potential one benefit I might acquire from answering your question, I'd rather circumvent it entirely.

Good evening to you sir or madam... or something else entirely 0.o Regardless of what I see, props to Lucas.

@jobiwankenobi:

It's not just greed but could be feelings towards people that didn't work as hard. From what you're implying depicts that huge, greedy bastards of humanity are ones that possess a bit of cash. How did they become rich? Most of them became rich because average or your everyday folk allowed them to be in such positions, feeds into the system. I'll stop now as this is digressing from the thread. Any comment pertaining to this bit should be messaged instead ^^

Well, he's got so much other money so why not? He's proving he's not a huge greedy bastard like most of humanity, but that doesn't mean he isn't still loaded.

Stand up move. Nothing but respect for the man.

Good for him.