Overview
- Press previews held Wednesday and Thursday revealed the five‑story, 300,000‑square‑foot building on an 11–13 acre Exposition Park campus and confirmed a public opening date of Sept. 22.
- The museum draws on roughly 40,000 works from George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s collection and will open with about 1,300 objects on display across 30–35 themed galleries.
- An inaugural cinema gallery called “Star Wars in Motion” features production models, costumes and vehicles but museum officials say Star Wars occupies roughly 7% of the collection.
- Facilities include 100,000 square feet of exhibition space, two theaters, a free research library, the Skywalker Grill rooftop restaurant and publicly accessible parks and gardens.
- Critics raised questions during the previews about the museum’s curatorial coherence and recent staffing moves, even as leaders emphasize local access through youth pricing and the LM37 free pass for 90037 residents.