Lucas is Not Returning to Directing with Red Tails

Reports were whirling around yesterday that George Lucas was leaving the world of Star Wars to direct Red Tails…the WWII story of the Tuskegee Airmen.   According to Lucasfilm, Lucas is NOT directing Red Tails. He is an executive producer, with Rick McCallum and Charles Floyd Johnson producing. John Ridley (Undercover Brother)  is writing. No other attachments yet, they say. While there  are no talks of distributors or financiers, pre-production has already started on the film.  Although  it’s no secret in Hollywood that this has been Lucas’s pet project for years, he could definitely pay for the whole project himself without missing a dime. Like so many other movies, they will push production back if there is a SAG strike.