In 1962, an 18-year-old boy named George Lucas was drag-racing his car. He skidded out of control and wrapped his hotrod around a tree in Modesto.

K and N filter in the Darth Vader mask from https://www.facebook.com/KNFilters/?fref=ts

“I can’t believe we’re here! It’s a real privilege to make movies and everyone involved in The Force Awakens knows how lucky we’ve been to carry forward this incredible legacy that George [Lucas] began almost 40 years ago.

The Star Wars saga is about a series of seemingly chance encounters. They impact the destiny of everyone involved. So… here’s a story for you.

In 1962, an 18-year-old boy named George Lucas was drag-racing his car. He skidded out of control and wrapped his hotrod around a tree in Modesto. My step-brother’s grandfather pulled George from the wreckage that nearly killed him.

Fifteen years later, I stood in line for A New Hope, just like many of you, only to find myself later going to work with George Lucas and his best friend, Steven Spielberg,

Steven’s next movie was Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was produced by George Lucas and written by Lawrence Kasdan,

After its release in 1982, a box of super-8 movies Steven made as a kid had long been lost, but were found, I hired two 16-year-old young filmmakers to restore them. One of those boys was J.J. Abrams.

We paid him $300. Then we watched for 30 years as his career flourished.

When George offered to have me step into one of the greatest jobs in show business, taking the reins of Lucasfilm, ushering in new Star Wars films, only one person seemed perfect to direct that first movie,

And Destiny? Fate? I had to ask myself: was every one of these events, this whole progression, moving toward this? Is it the Force? I think so. If I’m right, then tonight, may the Force be with us all." ~ Kathleen Kennedy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Premiere 12/14/2015


Producer and head of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, gave a pretty amazing introduction before the premiere of Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens last night. Thanks to Kevin Rubio for sharing it