San Diego Comic‑Con 2025 is gearing up for one of its biggest confirmed moments so far. George Lucas, the man behind Star Wars, is making his first-ever appearance on the iconic Hall H stage. According to The Wrap, Lucas will join filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Lucas Museum of Narrative Art creative director Doug Chiang in a Sunday, July 27 panel moderated by Queen Latifah.
Titled “Sneak Peek of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art,” the event is less about new Star Wars projects and more about Lucas’s lifelong passion for visual storytelling. The panel description teases a journey from ancient cave paintings through modern comics, digital media, and sculpture, all with an eye toward how stories shape culture.
According to Comic‑Con’s senior communications officer David Glanzer, Lucas’s appearance feels like history coming home, “Nearly five decades ago, Star Wars made one of its earliest public appearances at our convention…Now, to have Mr. Lucas return — this time to debut the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art — is a true full‑circle moment.”
In 1977, Lucas promoted his space opera at Comic‑Con’s early days; now he returns to shine a spotlight on how his storytelling and world-building connect with millennia-old art traditions.
This year, Hall H has shifted focus. Unlike past years packed with blockbuster announcements and blocks-long lines, Star Wars, Marvel, and DC movies are absent, with Kevin Feige’s Marvel Studios completely eschewing their normal Hall H panel.
Now, George Lucas's appearance stands as one of the most buzzed-about segments in the lineup, offering fans insight into the passions of the man behind the Star Wars galaxy.
Slated to open in 2025, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has long been one of George Lucas’s passion projects. The museum, located in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park, will house not only Star Wars memorabilia but also a vast collection of artwork celebrating the history of visual storytelling. Lucas described it as “a museum of inspirational art,” telling the Los Angeles Times, “The idea is that narrative art is one of the most interesting and important parts of art that has been forgotten. It’s been dismissed.”
George Lucas’s Hall H debut promises to be a landmark SDCC moment. This panel honors the artistic legacy of Star Wars and creative storytelling in a way only the Hall’s spotlight could. For fans who’ve wondered if Lucas would ever step into the spotlight again (his Met Gala appearance this year alongside wife, Mellody Hobson, was a teaser), your moment has arrived.
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