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Skywalker Ranch is a movie ranch and the workplace of film director, writer and producer George Lucas located in a secluded area near Nicasio, California, in Marin County. The ranch is located on Lucas Valley Road, named after an early-20th-century landowner in the area of no relation to George Lucas. [1] The ranch is now open to the public.
In 1977, George Lucas purchased 1,267 acres (5.13 km 2) west of Marinwood, which he subsequently refashioned into Skywalker Ranch. Geographically, Skywalker Ranch is located on the western side of the Big Rock Ridge and is not part of the Lucas Valley–Marinwood CDP.
Just north of Nicasio Reservoir is Fairlea Ranch, [9] where pedigree longhorn cattle are raised. The most significant non-agricultural business within Nicasio is George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, a part of Lucasfilm Ltd. According to a 2004 Forbes magazine real estate survey, Nicasio is the 23rd most expensive ZIP code in the US. Nicasio has the ...
Industrial Light and Magic, or ILM, was founded by George Lucas in 1975. A new six-part Disney-Plus series pulls back the curtain on the people and inventions that helped ILM transform movie-making.
Many residents of San Francisco who looked to escape the “urbs” for the ’burbs in 2020 found their refuge in Marin County. ... where George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch is located, ...
Ben Burtt has lived in a galaxy far, far away from the very start. "I first came out here with a gang led by George Lucas in 1978," Burtt said. "I was very fortunate to arrive on the scene in ...
John Lucas inherited the Santa Margarita rancho (which included Lucas Valley) in 1853. [3] In 1978, film director George Lucas began acquiring land in the area for his Skywalker Ranch. However, Lucas Valley Road was named after the 19th-century rancher, who is not related to George Lucas. [4] [5]
Skywalker Sound is the American sound effects, sound editing, sound design, sound mixing and music recording division of Lucasfilm. Founded in 1975, the company's main facilities are located at George Lucas 's Skywalker Ranch in Lucas Valley , near Nicasio, California .