it came out of nowhere, and it was directed by this maverick, young independent filmmaker george lucasyou know, skinny and quiet. ( laughter ) very withdrawn, but unbelievable focus, and an unusual way of looking at stories and movies. that was the thing that blew me away the most. i already knew i wanted to be a director. i had already been accepted to u.s.c. film school, and george lucas was just approaching the process in ways unlike anything i had witnessed before-- a different cinematic approach, style of directing actors and it was all incredibly effective. i was very impressed. we shot all at night. and it was about 3:30 in the morning one morning and we were standing out in front of, you know, the drive-in, mel's drive- in, and i said, "do you know what movie you want to make next?" and again, he's very quiet. he says, "well, i kind of want to make this-- it's kind of a "buck rogers" movie, kind of "flash gordon" cliffhanger, you know, but with stanley kubrick "2001" special effects, only, you know, everything goes really fast and makes a lot of noise." and that was it. and now

blown away. >> stephen: talking about life coming full circle, here you are directing solo and george lucase the director o of "star wars" and george wil lucas stop? does everything come to a halt? >> everybody's jaws drops and it's like snapping to attention. he doesn't spend time at the movies now. he more or less handed it off. he's busy building museums, he's very philanthropic, educational programs that mean a lot to him. we remain friends, so to me it was an incredible show of support and respect and it meant he would go out of his way to show up with his wife. he was trying to stay out of the way but he did lean over and said, you know what han would really do there -- he gave me a little joke -- and i said, guess what? here's what we're going to do next take. so i know when i hear a good idea. ( applause ) >> stephen: good. well, right now, it is may the 4th. may the 4th be with you. >> yes, it is. >> stephen: aid tickets are on sale. >> that's right, as of now. >> stephen: as of now, there are tickets on sale, and here's the thing, a little surprise for you, is i know we've all see

the kind of story george lucas had perhaps long envisioned. >> i met with george lucas a week ago, andine themselves living a better life than what they've been giving, and that's such a beautiful place from which to tell stories. >> get ready. thought we were in trouble there for a second, but it's tune. we're fine. >> who needs spandex and muscles? >> hello. >> when you've got celine dion.. ♪ >> you hear her sing and you go, oh, god, that's why you're celine dion. >> oh, yeah? >> this savings on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. and snoring.... does your bed do that? right now during our semi-annual sale save up to $700 on sleep number 360 smart beds. ends soon. i struggle with bipolar depression, it leaves me... feeling sad... and empty. it makes it hard to be there... for the people i love. so i talked to my doctor, and she prescribed latuda. latuda is fda-approved... to treat bipolar depression, a different type of depression. in clinical studies, latuda... was proven effectiv

this is george lucas. francis ford coppola owns a tucker.he got really interested in the story of preston tucker. he directed and george lucas was the executive producer for this film. here is france's coppola, and this was the film with jeff bridges in the title role as preston tucker. it's a great film to watch, partly because of jeff bridges performance. he is very effervescent. his personality is sort of like opening a soda bottle. he is all excited about his car, it takes you through the story of his developing this car. having the concept for the car, first then trying to put it in production. he emulates some of the original poses of preston tucker. they had replica cars made for this film. he promotes the car the same way preston tucker did. but, the film tries to explain the demise of preston tucker. why he was only able to produce 51 of these cars by hand. eddie, you said you were able to watch the film. what did the film intimate about the reason why preston tucker was able to produce 51 of these cars and then he had to stop? what

. >> reporter: in ron howard, "solo" has a storyteller who acted for george lucas in "american graffiti for him with the fantasy "willow," and had his action film debut in 1977. >> "grand theft auto." didn't gross as much or gain the acclaim that "star wars" won. i did think of some of those high-speed chases as we were working on "solo." >> reporter: this one ending on hoywood boulevard wit a world premiere tt featured a red carpet and a millennium falcon on site. >> i've never had a movie where you walk in during the premiere and they clap for you coming into the theater. they're like, don't let us down, bro! >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm chris connelly in los angeles. >>> next here, a family of lucky ducks saved by the grace of dog. advil liqui-gels minis. breakthrough in pain relief. a mighty small pill with concentrated power that works at liquid speed. you'll ask... what pain? advil liqui-gels minis. >>> finally here tonight, an interspecies love affair. this is fred, a 10-year-old labrador, and full-time duck dad. when this quack-pack was found waddling around without their m

. >> it may not have been a leading role, but he says he did brush shoulders with george lucas, and actorrk hamill, a.k.a. luke skywalker. >>> -- as people ditch their four wheels for two. kpix 5's jackie ward on the electric bike revolution. >> reporter: estimate for car alternatives continues to rise, electric bikes are becoming more popular. last year alone, 250,000 of them were sold in the u.s. just like how policymakers have started paying more attention to regulating the grossly populated e scooters come the same thing is happening with e bikes. >> it is really awesome because it is getting a lot of discussion of people now know that this exists, whereas a few years ago, most people do not know. >> reporter: he started his company, the new wheel, with his wife back in 2010. he says there is a cultural and structural problem when it comes to alternative transportation in the u.s. >> i think there is a mode shift happening, and politics has to get ahead of it a little bit. which always is a little tricky and it also wants to beÃmegan does not want to be a corporate thing. >> reporter:

it follows a young han solo and the forming of his crew before the events of the original 1977 george lucas red carpet events like this are not foreign to cannes, but what was unusual this year was that solo: a star wars story was the only big budget hollywood picture to screen at the festival. usually there are other hollywood films shown. these movies are important to cannes — they bring the festival international attention and can put stars on the red carpet. solo was the one big hollywood blockbuster here, and it basically sucked up all the oxygen, so much was focused on this one huge film. traditionally we have had a handful of big hollywood films here, and that has sort of spread it around so people don't get so much focus onjust one. here it was all solo, all star wars. not all went smoothly with the production of this star wars spin—off. after reported creative differences, the original codirectors were fired and replaced by ron howard. there were rumours of substantial reshoots. alden ehrenreich, who plays the young han solo, believes the behind—the—scenes drama added to the antici

says it may not have been a leading role or even a voice role, but he did brush shoulders with george lucas mark hamel, a.k.a. luke skywalker. >> stormtrooper to police chief. >> just classic movies. the theater would open, the line would be around the block, we sold out. >> smells like popcorn. >> tradition. >> now you take a phone and pull up the movie. >> how times have changed. not as fun. >> i agree. >>> hey, stuff happens on friday night. dodgers used four pitchers for a no hitter. albert pujols joined the 3,000 hit club. i'm here to talk about playoff hockey and playoff ball. dub nation, you've got -- you got steph curry back as a player, but the spell has been cast on the big easy. led california's fight ofor clean, renewable energy.or he cleaned up pollution at the port of l.a. and created more good-paying jobs. antonio villaraigosa for governor. we have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. and for us the expert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year a

says it may not have been a leading role or even a voice role, but he did brush shoulders with george lucas and actor mark hamel, a.k.a. luke skywalker. >> stormtrooper to police chief. >> just classic movies. the theater would open, the line would be around the block, we sold out. >> smells like popcorn. >> tradition. >> now you take a phone and pull up the movie. >> how times have changed. not as fun. >> i agree. >>> hey, stuff happens on friday night. dodgers used four pitchers for a no hitter. albert pujols joined the 3,000 hit club. i'm here to talk about playoff hockey and playoff ball. dub nation, you've got -- you got steph curry back as a player, but the spell has upupus one...had a >>> it's like samuel jackson of pope fiction. oh do i have your attention now? >> yeah. >> that's what the pelicans had to say. >> the tasty burger. >> we're talking about the nba playoffs, folks. a chance to reach into new orleans pelican soul and crush it. so here goes round two, game three. warriors will start, steph curry, what a night, not. he missed 13 out of 19 shots. yeah, he scored 19 points wh

of course, george lucas put him in american graffiti, so there is a nice, all in the family feel of that how old were you when you first saw the original star wars and did you ever think it, after seeing that, that you would somehow be involved in this franchise? >> no, i would've never dreamt. i think i was probably five or something when i first saw the originals. i, like every kid, would play and pretend i was on the millennium falcon and pretend i was han solo or luke skywalker. when i did my screen test for the movie, one of the screen tests i had was to go on the millennium falcon with chewbacca. i got there and i was like oh, yeah, i remember pretending to be on this. so it was fun. >> if there is any criticism about the franchise, it is that there are too many these days. what you say to critics saying here comes another one? >> don't listen to him but give us your answer. >> i don't talk to anybody saying that. i think, the thing with this one is that it is built in and away in the originals. you here in the original movies about so much about his background. whether with chewba

george lucas les da clases?s actores de esta pelÍcula que, sin duda, serÁ un Éxito en taquilla. [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ luis: allÍ lo tiene, "solo: a star wars story", se estrena este fin de semana, yo me despido porque tenemos muchas cosas quÉ hacer mi amigo y yo, listo, muÉvele a los botones porque tenemos que llegar a comprar los tamales porque se nos estÁ haciendo tarde. velocidad de luz, por favor. ana: tÚ vas solo o acompaÑado al cine? raÚl: voy acompaÑado. me da risa que luis dice que buscar tamales, imagÍnate a chewbacca comiendo tamales. jesÚs: hoy tendremos chiquis rivera, pamela silva conte, un chef que no tengo claro quiÉn es, pero dijeron que es muy bueno. raÚl: y tú estarÁs acompaÑado del chef lorena, esto va a estar delicioso, no se puede perder a partir de las 10:00 a.m., allÍ lo estamos viendo, en "univisiÓn" se va a pasar y se va a comer "delicioso". tÚ sabes, yes, me gustarÍa estar un dÍa a ti porque mí se me quema hasta el agua, te lo prometo. no sÉ cocinar absolutamente n

attended the university of southern california to study film and dropped out when he was cast in george lucas the movie inspired the hit television series "happy days," where howard famously started as richie cunningham. during that "happy days" run, howard married his high school sweetheart sheryl. they have four children, and next month they'll celebrate their 43rd anniversary. when howard wasn't on the set of "happy days," he was pursuing a future as a director, shooting his own short films. >> you were a successful actor. i'm sure there were people in your life who said, keep going on this train. >> absolutely. especially at that time. the idea of having been a child actor and sort of believing you could be a movie director, not even a tv director, a movie director, it was at best adorable. and you know, really well-meaning people would say, well, you get into your 30s or 40s, and i think somebody will give you a chance. >> howard's chance came much sooner. he was 22 when he struck a deal with producer roger cormin. he would star in the next film "eat my dust" at a reduced salary, if he w

." >> i also acted for george lucas the director of "star wars" in "american graffiti."wars" and i asked him what was he thinking about doing next and he's kind of a man of few words. >> yeah. >> kind of -- i don't know, flash gordon/buck rogers kind of thing with really cool special effects and had no idea it was going to be -- the first day my wife and i went to see it on a matinee probably saturday, 10:00 show because that's all we could get into and we literally stood in line two hours and were so blown away by the movie that we left and walked out of the theater and saw two more long lines and said want to see it again and got in another line. >> i'm surprised you had trouble getting into a movie theater. i tell you what, there will be lines around the building guaranteed day after day for this one. it is "solo: a star wars story." ron howard, the man behind it. hits theaters on may 25th. everybody, stay right there. we'll be right back. together forever-a pixar night time spectacular. ooohhhh. ahhhhhh. okay, maybe two. celebrate friendship and beyond at pixar fest.

of lucas glover called 911 claiming her mother-in-law attacked her but now she is the one facing charges. abc's eva pilgrim is here with the story. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, georgeed them. her husband pro golfer lucas glover telling them his wife had been drinking all day, and the fight was the latest one about the same issue. the wife of pga golfer lucas glover facing charges for allegedly physically attacking her husband for playing a bad round of golf and trying to blame the fight on his mother. >> i've been attacked by my mother-in-law and she's in tears and locked herself in a room. she attacked us. >> reporter: 36-year-old krista glover making the initial call for help. when dispatchers called back lucas answered the phone telling a different story. >> this is the husband, the sane one of the bunch. my wife has called you and now she's trying to blame it on my mother which is not the case at all. my wife has gone crazy. >> reporter: when officers arrived they noted in a police report that lucas had a cut to his right arm. his mother, 62-year-old hershey glover, had cuts on both of her arms and was hit in the chest. the fight occurring sunday after a tough

lucas, a famous -- who is a famous silicon valley venture capitalist who groomed larry ellison, the billionaire software entrepreneur. later she charmed georgeho was passionate about science and who met elizabeth in 2011 and was just wowed by her vision. >> how was she able to do that, though? we know the people. what did she do? how was she able to do this? >> she was incredibly charismatic. also very smart. people were -- one after the other were impressed with how sharp her intellect was and, you know, she really played the role of the genius of the precocious genius really well. >> so even when people were raising questions, she was presenting, as super confident, in control, i've got it all figured out. can you explain to people the stakes here, though in terms of human health and potential lives? this isn't about just losing money? >> not at all. the most egregious part in terms of the theranos scandal is when they went live with the blood test in fall of 2013 and that's when it became a big fraud. before that, the company was a research and development operation. once it commercialized the tests in walgreens stores, it started affecti