While preparing to make the original "Star Wars" in the 1970s, George Lucas took a big-time gamble. The filmmaker, then known for the dystopian sci-fi flick "THX-1138" and the coming-of-age drama ...

The film features a conversation between Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, producer of THX 1138. They discuss ... would famously feature in his film Star Wars. Intercut with this discussion is ...