# The George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869 "2017-01-11T13:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/1 "2017-01-11T13:36:50Z")
…or, as the media is more perceptively calling it, the “Star Wars Museum” is supposed to house Lucas’ $1Billion collection of Star Wars art, photos, props, and memorabilia (although whether that’s the cost of the museum or of its valuation isn’t clear to me). LA won out over San Francisco, and it’s supposed to open in 2020. Here’s a picture: [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=AwrEWDQWNHZYFGAA58FXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=George+Lucas+Museum+of+Art&fr=yfp-t-m&fr2=piv-web#id=0&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fthestar%2Fentertainment%2F2017%2F01%2F06%2Fla-and-san-francisco-compete-for-george-lucas-museum%2Flucas-museum-la.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrEWDQWNHZYFGAA58FXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=George+Lucas+Museum+of+Art&fr=yfp-t-m&fr2=piv-web#id=0&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fthestar%2Fentertainment%2F2017%2F01%2F06%2Fla-and-san-francisco-compete-for-george-lucas-museum%2Flucas-museum-la.jpg&action=click) My thoughts: 1. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. 2. It’s awfully reminiscent of the Kodak Pavilion at the 1964-65 World’s Fair. All it needs is that Photocube on top: [Kodak pavilion 1964-65 - Yahoo Image Search Results](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEVy0ZM3ZYfbkAc.NXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2Noc21lBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=Kodak+pavilion+1964-65&fr=yfp-t-m&fr2=piv-web#id=0&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.staticflickr.com%2F4079%2F4916577611_a38304bea9_z.jpg&action=click) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/2 "2017-01-11T14:07:08Z")
It’s nominally better than the [Chicago concept](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/151030073908-lucas-museum-780x439.jpg) which looked like a futuristic nuclear power plant. Alas, it turned out that there’s actual rules about building along the lake shore and so Lucas took his ball and headed west and now the Californians get the eyesore instead. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/3 "2017-01-11T14:12:54Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [Chicago concept](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/151030073908-lucas-museum-780x439.jpg) > > Alas, it turned out that there’s actual rules about building along the lake shore and so Lucas took his ball and headed west Completely pulling the rug from under my plans for the climactic scene in my Adventures in Babysitting reboot. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/4 "2017-01-11T14:14:33Z")
Love me some sour grapes in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/5 "2017-01-11T14:34:19Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Love me some sour grapes in the morning. I don’t think you understand the “sour grapes” concept: It’s about something you can’t have, not something you actively rejected and filed a lawsuit over 😛 “Sour grapes”, used appropriately in this context, would be Lucas saying “I never wanted to build in Chicago anyway! I actually WANTED it in LA! So there!” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/6 "2017-01-11T14:38:29Z")
The museum really needs to be in a building like [this](https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=633&q=star+trek+building&oq=star+trek+building&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1l3j0i24k1l2.1787.6398.0.6860.18.16.0.2.2.0.104.1297.14j2.16.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.18.1310.yQtmCggVcls#imgrc=BzS7zaV_7tH2VM%3A). ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/7 "2017-01-11T14:38:47Z")
He can always add Lake Michigan in later digitally. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/8 "2017-01-11T14:50:32Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I don’t think you understand the “sour grapes” concept: It’s about something you can’t have, not something you actively rejected and filed a lawsuit over 😛 > > “Sour grapes”, used appropriately in this context, would be Lucas saying “I never wanted to build in Chicago anyway! I actually WANTED it in LA! So there!” Gotcha 🙂 Its going to be built next to the historic LA Colosseum and Exposition Park, home of other museums. LA would seem to be a perfect place for this and Lucas is paying for it. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/9 "2017-01-11T16:08:22Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Gotcha 🙂 > > Its going to be built next to the historic LA Colosseum and Exposition Park, home of other museums. LA would seem to be a perfect place for this and Lucas is paying for it. Also right across the street from U.S.C. which is where he started his career with THX 1138. Seems like a pretty good choice for the museum. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/10 "2017-01-11T16:43:46Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > LA won out over San Francisco Of course it did. San Francisco is Star Fleet territory. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/11 "2017-01-11T17:15:32Z")
When will the _Hot Tub Time Machine_ museum open? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/12 "2017-01-11T17:25:52Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The museum really needs to be in a building like [this](https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=633&q=star+trek+building&oq=star+trek+building&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1l3j0i24k1l2.1787.6398.0.6860.18.16.0.2.2.0.104.1297.14j2.16.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.18.1310.yQtmCggVcls#imgrc=BzS7zaV_7tH2VM%3A). No, it needs to look like the data storage building on Scarif. Impossibly tall, impossibly impractical, with cantilevered catwalks hanging off into space with no handrails. With a lava flow running through the middle, if possible. And it should be built in Tunisia. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art/776869/13 "2017-01-11T17:48:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Of course it did. San Francisco is Star Fleet territory. Also, George Lucas hates fog. It’s misty and it gets everywhere.