June 29, 2016
The city of Chicago's efforts to get the Seventh Circuit to dismiss a lawsuit over the construction of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' art museum ended after the appellate court officially dismissed their petition Tuesday, a few days after Lucas said he was taking his project elsewhere.
June 24, 2016
Star Wars' creator George Lucas said he'd finally had it Friday with political wrangling over the location of his proposed museum in the city of Chicago, officially calling it quits and ending nearly two years of litigation between the city and a group dedicated to preserving the land the museum was to be built on.
May 04, 2016
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is asking the Seventh Circuit to step in and dismiss a lawsuit challenging the location of an upcoming museum dedicated to the art collection of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, saying Wednesday that the city can't abide any further delays as Lucas threatens to take his business elsewhere.
May 03, 2016
A Chicago parks group suing to block construction of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' art museum on a lakefront lot said Tuesday it is also against an alternative site Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed, leaving the project's future in doubt.
February 04, 2016
A lawsuit seeking to block the city of Chicago from leasing land for a museum dedicated to the works of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas will move forward following a decision by an Illinois federal judge Thursday not to dismiss the suit at the city's request.
November 04, 2015
The city of Chicago says a recent change to Illinois law grants it the authority to sell park land to a museum fronted by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, urging a federal court on Tuesday to dismiss a suit to stop the sale because the freshly passed legislation renders the lawsuit moot.
March 13, 2015
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday rejected the city of Chicago's attempts to avoid a suit challenging its authority to let George Lucas build a museum on public land, ruling the state Legislature had not specifically approved the museum's use of the lakefront land.