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AFI to honor George Lucas

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- George Lucas has been chosen to receive the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, AFI Board of Trustees Chairman Sir Howard Stringer said Friday.

"George Lucas is a master storyteller, but he is first and foremost, a moving image pioneer," said Stringer. "He has advanced the art of the moving image like few others, and in the process has inspired a new generation of filmmakers around the world."

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Lucas -- the creator of the "Star Wars" film series -- will receive the award at a gala tribute in Los Angeles in June 2005.

"I've been very fortunate to have had a long career doing what I love to do, and being recognized by the AFI for it is really an honor," Lucas said. "I'm proud to be counted among such an extraordinary group of people whose lives are dedicated to the art of making movies."

Lucas joins a list of AFI Life Achievement Award winners that includes Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Barbara Streisand, Alfred Hitchcock and last year's winner, Meryl Streep.

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