George Lucas sports Star Wars tee in St. Barts despite selling rights to Disney in 2012
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George Lucas may have sold the rights to Star Wars to Disney nearly a decade ago, but his love for the iconic franchise is far from gone. The legendary director, 80, who pocketed a staggering $4 billion from the 2012 sale of Lucasfilm to the House of Mouse, was recently spotted in St. Barts sporting a casual t-shirt featuring a Stormtrooper.
![[The legendary director, 80, who pocketed a staggering $4 billion from the 2012 sale of Lucasfilm to the House of Mouse, was recently spotted in St. Barts sporting a casual t-shirt featuring the classic Stormtrooper]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/22/93688967-14245349-The_legendary_director_80_who_pocketed_a_staggering_4_billion_fr-m-15_1735857118151.jpg)
The character first appeared in the original Star Wars in 1977, a game-changer that helped cement Lucas as a cinematic legend. George completed his laid-back holiday look with a white bucket hat and matching shorts as he basked in the sun on the tropical island.
![[At the time of the monumental Lucasfilm sale—also including his company’s Industrial Light & Magic and the rights to Indiana Jones—Lucas compared parting with Star Wars to losing a family member; (seen in December)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/22/93689653-14245349-image-a-18_1735857237211.jpg)
At the time of the monumental Lucasfilm sale—also including his company’s Industrial Light & Magic and the rights to Indiana Jones—Lucas compared parting with Star Wars to losing a family member. 'These are my kids, I loved them. I created them,' he told CBS at the time.
![[However, after selling the Star Wars rights to Disney, Lucas didn’t hold back in expressing his dissatisfaction with The Force Awakens, the first film in the franchise following the sale; (with Jake Lloyd for Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace - 1999)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/22/93689719-14245349-image-m-19_1735857372854.jpg)
George Lucas may have sold the rights to Star Wars to Disney nearly a decade ago, but his love for the iconic franchise is far from gone as he was seen in St. Barts with Star Wars gear. The legendary director, 80, who pocketed a staggering $4 billion from the 2012 sale of Lucasfilm to the House of Mouse, was recently spotted in St. Barts sporting a casual t-shirt featuring the classic Stormtrooper.
![[Lucas on set of 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/22/93689709-14245349-image-a-17_1735857230543.jpg)
However, after selling the Star Wars rights to Disney, Lucas didn’t hold back in expressing his dissatisfaction with The Force Awakens, the first film in the franchise following the sale. In a 2015 interview with Empire Magazine, Lucas admitted he wasn’t happy with the film, stating that Disney 'wanted to make a retro movie' and didn’t follow his planned direction for the series.
