Speed is a very familiar element in Star Wars. Spinning lightsabers, bright streaks of light speed travel, and ships weaving through battle are deeply embedded scenes in fans’ minds. The vehicles of the franchise are just as iconic as its characters, and many of those ships are part of our inaugural Cinema exhibition. 

Star Wars in Motion features innovative vehicle designs, film props, costumes, and concept illustrations spanning the first six films of the visionary saga. The exhibition will transport visitors to a galaxy far, far away with high-speed racers, hulking ground vehicles, and flying vessels. 

From the depths of the Lucas Archives to the galleries of the Lucas Museum, vehicles such as Luke’s Landspeeder and the first-ever physical build of General Grievous’ Wheel Bike will dazzle audiences with the need for speed on distant and exotic worlds. 

On September 22nd, we ride. 

Here’s a special May Fourth message from our founders, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. We appreciate you all for joining us on this adventure. The items displayed in Star Wars in Motion are only a small part of the Lucas Archives, a massive assortment of props, artwork, artifacts, and vehicles from cinematic worlds such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, two of the most influential and enduring film series in history. 

The Archives contain the top creative mastery of multiple generations of filmmakers and prop masters, and these artworks are now a permanent part of the Lucas Museum collection. 

Aerial view of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art under construction, September 2025.

© 2025 Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Photo courtesy of Hathaway Dinwiddie.

Photo by Pedro Ramirez. All rights reserved.

About the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Opening in September 2026, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is dedicated to illustrated storytelling. Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum’s collection features works by artists such as Norman Rockwell, Kadir Nelson, Jessie Willcox Smith, N. C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter, Judith F. Baca, Frida Kahlo, and Maxfield Parrish; comic art legends such as Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Alison Bechdel, Chris Ware, and Robert Crumb; and photographers Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Dorothea Lange. The museum also houses the Lucas Archives, containing models, props, concept art, and costumes from Lucas’s filmmaking career.

Designed by Ma Yansong of MAD with a landscape by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA and Stantec as executive architect, the museum is in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, on an 11-acre campus that includes new green space and a 300,000-square-foot building with galleries, two theaters, a library, restaurant, café, retail store, and community spaces.

Designed by Ma Yansong of MAD with a landscape by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA and Stantecas executive architect, the museum will be located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, on an 11-acre campus that includes new green space and a 300,000-square-foot building with galleries, two theaters, a library, restaurant, café, retail store, and community spaces.

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