A close collaborator with George Lucas, her second husband, she was “the warmth and the heart” of his early films, the actor Mark Hamill said. By Alex Traub Marcia Lucas, a film editor and important ...

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, ...

She also worked with then-husband George Lucas on ‘Return of the Jedi’ and ‘American Graffiti.’ By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning film editor behind Star ...

When George Lucas’ long-anticipated $1 billion Los Angeles museum opens this fall, visitors will be transported into a realm where Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder and other iconic Star Wars vehicles ...

Richard Chew, left, Marcia Lucas and Paul Hirsch accept the Oscar at the 50th Academy Awards in 1978 Disney General Entertainment Con The editor of iconic ’70s films including “Taxi Driver” died ...

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Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for editing the very first Star Wars film, has died at 80 years old from cancer. Lucas was the former wife of Star Wars creator George Lucas and helped shape the first ...

Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning film editor who played a pivotal role in shaping the original Star Wars trilogy and some of Hollywood's most beloved films, has died aged 80. The former wife of ...

Film editor Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for her work on the groundbreaking sci-fi blockbuster Star Wars, directed by her then-husband George Lucas, has died. The San Francisco-based filmmaker died ...

OSCAR winner Marcia Lucas has died from cancer aged 80. Known as the secret weapon and unsung hero of Star Wars, Marcia died at her holiday home in Rancho Mirage, California. Please provide a valid ...

‘Innovative artist’, who was married to George Lucas until 1983 and worked on several Martin Scorsese films, has died from metastatic cancer Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the 1977 film ...

Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the original 1977 “Star Wars” has died, a lawyer for her family said Friday. Lucas, who was married to “Star Wars” creator George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, ...