Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for editing the original Star Wars and scored a nom for American Graffiti, both directed by her then-husband George Lucas, and worked with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, died May 27 of cancer in Rancho Mirage, CA. She was 80. Her family’s attorney, Deidre Von Rock, confirmed the […]

Lucasfilm has posted a statement mourning the death of Marcia Lucas, George Lucas’ former wife who was one of three to share an Oscar for editing “Star Wars.” The editor of iconic ’70s films including “Taxi Driver” died Wednesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif following a battle with metastatic cancer. She was 80.  “Lucasfilm was deeply […]

Marcia Lucas, the film editor who won an Oscar for editing “Star Wars,” directed by her former husband George Lucas, and shaped several influential films of the 1970s, died Wednesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. She was 80. The family’s attorney confirmed she died of cancer. “Marcia will be remembered as a brilliant storyteller, a trailblazer […]