The Kickstarter has officially wrapped — and thanks to you, we raised nearly $48K! Peter & Daniel share an update on: • Production kickoff • Ben Burtt filming next week • Late pledges coming soon • Fixing errored cards (1 week to resolve!) Thank you all — the adventure begins! 🚀 #TheLostGoldenAge

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⏳ 2 days left! Big thanks to @dougmlocke.bsky.social for joining at the Production Associate level! The final countdown is here — jump in or upgrade before Sunday! #GeorgeLucas #TheLostGoldenAge www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...

Okay, I know a lot of you people probably like to wait until the last minute! Well, this is it! This is the last minute. Don't miss out! There's still some time left to get in on supporting this cool documentary project about the lost golden age of George Lucas.

George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age is a "Project We Love" on #Kickstarter! We're so thrilled and excited to have received this recognition!

🚀 $40K reached! Every backer now gets the soundtrack, including the exclusive new theme by Joel McNeely (Young Indy, Radioland Murders). Next: $50K = companion book for all backers. Can we hit it by the end of the weekend? #GeorgeLucas #TheLostGoldenAge

Our Thanksgiving episode is LIVE! Production designer Gavin Bocquet returns to talk Young Indy, the Star Wars prequels, Radioland Murders, Kevin Feige’s interest—and the massive scale of Avengers: Doomsday. Watch now: youtu.be/uwNY9y0E-rw #YoungIndy #StarWars #AvengersDoomsday

ONE WEEK LEFT! ⏳ New add-ons are live — including autographed merch. Upgrade your pledge and help us finish strong! #GeorgeLucas #TheLostGoldenAge #Kickstarter

Assistant camera Paige Thomas lived the adventure behind Young Indiana Jones. Full episode available now: youtu.be/8FUh10VBVoE #YoungIndianaJones #PaigeThomas #Lucasfilm #FilmHistory #BehindTheScenes #TheLostGoldenAge

The Young Indy train stunt was chaos — explosions, horses, and one legendary stunt fall. Paige Thomas shares the story of finally being allowed to roll camera… and accidentally turning it off the moment the train exploded. youtu.be/8FUh10VBVoE #YoungIndy #PaigeThomas #Lucasfilm #Stunts #FilmHistory

Paige Thomas remembers filming Young Indiana Jones in Thailand — real temples, beautiful locations, and an incredible local crew. 🇹🇭 Full episode available now: youtu.be/8FUh10VBVoE #YoungIndianaJones #Lucasfilm #PaigeThomas #FilmHistory #Thailand

Paige Thomas didn’t just work on Young Indiana Jones — she lived the adventure. Full interview available now: youtu.be/8FUh10VBVoE #YoungIndianaJones #Lucasfilm #PaigeThomas #FilmHistory #SetLife

We’re thrilled to have @RebelForceradio.bsky.social 's Jimmy Mac as part of George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age. Our Kickstarter is still live — supporting it helps us secure more interviews and expand what we can capture. 🔗 Link below. #StarWars #GeorgeLucas #RebelForceRadio #LostGoldenAge

We’ve crossed $35,000! $40,000 stretch goal here we come!

Next time on The Young Indy Chroniclers — we talk with Paige Thomas, assistant camera on The #YoungIndianaJones Chronicles and Radioland Murders. 🎥 Paige recalls filming around the world — and working directly with #GeorgeLucas, “a kind, down-to-earth, amazing person.” 🎥 Full episode Thursday!

We’ve officially locked in our interview with Ben Burtt! 🎙️ Thanks to your support, our campaign has more than doubled its goal. 🙌 🎬 Watch & back → www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo... #GeorgeLucas #StarWars #BenBurtt #Documentary #Lucasfilm

#GeorgeLucas: The Lost Golden Age is heading to the UK 🇬🇧 thanks to your support! At $40K, every backer gets the official soundtrack, featuring music by Joel McNeely (Young Indy, Star Wars). 🎵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo... #StarWars #YoungIndianaJones #Documentary #Lucasfilm #KickstarterFilm

Did George Lucas ever want Indy to find Excalibur?

Les David explains how Lucas set strict rules for Indiana Jones stories — no borrowed plots, no reused legends, only original adventures.

🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/jKHoH0Rw_us

 #IndianaJones #GeorgeLucas #LesDavid #TheHolyGrail

They made Young Indiana Jones outfits for toddlers — complete with a canteen, compass, and fake whip. 🧢🧒🏻

Les David shows off one of the rarest pieces of Young Indy merchandise ever — a Japanese-made children’s line that proves how far Lucasfilm’s reach went.

 🎥 Full episode: youtu.be/jKHoH0Rw_us

Les David spent 10 years hunting down one of Lucasfilm’s rarest lost treasures — the Burger King glasses made for Raiders of the Lost Ark that were never released.

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When The Phantom Menace premiered, the merch boom was so big it bankrupted over a dozen companies. Les David explains how Lucasfilm’s licensing contracts — including rules against discounting or clearance — created one of Hollywood’s biggest merchandise meltdowns. Full episode: youtu.be/jKHoH0Rw_us

Next time on The Young Indy Chroniclers — we talk with Les David, curator of the largest Indiana Jones collection in the world. 🎥 Full episode Thursday! #LesDavid #IndianaJones #YoungIndy #StarWars #Lucasfilm

We did it! 🎬 George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age has officially crossed $30K — and we’re heading to the UK for interviews! 🇬🇧 Huge thanks to Jorge Noa for the Jonathan Bresman Production Associate pledge that got us over the line.

In 1918, Young Indy faced Dracula. Tonight, Dracula speaks again… 🦇 #GeorgeLucas #TheLostGoldenAge #HappyHalloween Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...

We’re proud to welcome Florian Wentsch as a new Co-Producer on George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age! 🎬 Florian is the creator of Helgoland 513 — winner of the Public Prize at the Monte Carlo Television Festival — and writer of the award-winning drama Legal Affairs.

Celebrate George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age with us! 🍻 🎁 Prizes include The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Curse of the Jackal comic for best cosplay! RSVP → partiful.com/e/D1C82te101... #GeorgeLucas #YoungIndianaJones #StarWars #Lucasfilm #Documentary #KickstarterFilm

We’re halfway through our campaign! 🎬 Thrilled to announce that illustrator @PaulShipper.bsky.social (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Guardians, The Mandalorian) has joined George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age to create our official poster art! #GeorgeLucas #PaulShipper #YoungIndianaJones #StarWars

#ILM veteran #YuseiUesugi created the first 3D matte projection shot for #StarWars: A New Hope – Special Edition — the sweeping Mos Eisley reveal that changed visual effects forever. 🌌 🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/n2yKW2NJ2jI?... #MosEisley #SpecialEdition #YoungIndianaJones #VFXHistory

ILM veteran Yusei Uesugi on the breakneck pace of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — five times more shots than a feature film in the same time, and a crash course in digital innovation. 🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/n2yKW2NJ2jI

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We had a wonderful time on @forceghostpod.bsky.social! Rate them 5-stars and listen to the episode!

ILM veteran #YuseiUesugi got his start painting a traditional matte for #IndianaJones and the Last Crusade in 1989 — live action shot at Treasure Island near ILM HQ. That project became the foundation for the digital matte revolution that followed. 🎥 Full episode: youtu.be/n2yKW2NJ2jI

ILM veteran Yusei Uesugi explains how Young Indy pushed matte painting into the digital age — smaller canvases, faster turnarounds, and new tools that changed how ILM worked forever. #ILM #YuseiUesugi #YoungIndianaJones #GeorgeLucas #TheLostGoldenAge #VisualEffects #FilmHistory

Matthew Jacobs has joined George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age! 🎬 Matthew’s credits include Doctor Who: The Movie (1996), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and several LucasArts games. He joined us for a new interview and recorded a message for our Kickstarter backers about why this story matters.

Big thanks to the @IngloriousTrek.bsky.social podcast for the shout-out! They highlighted our documentary George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age — exploring the decade that birthed Young Indy, Radioland Murders, and the Star Wars Special Editions. Back the film → www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...

ILM veteran Yusei Uesugi helped launch digital filmmaking — from Young Indy’s first all-digital matte paintings to Die Hard 2 and the Star Wars Special Edition. Watch this Thursday at www.youtube.com/@youngindychroniclers #ILM #YuseiUesug #IndustrialLightandMagic

Big update! 🎬 We’re interviewing Young Indy writer Matthew Jacobs this weekend — and teaming with composer Joel McNeely (Young Indy, Radioland Murders, Shadows of the Empire, The Orville) to create an original theme for the doc! 🎥 Watch here → youtu.be/AaaZzJ3gsmg #GeorgeLucas #StarWars #Documentary

Before The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles hit TV, Indy was already on the page. These frames from Simon Jowett’s UK Young Indy newspaper strips show a young Indy modeled after River Phoenix — at least in one issue. 🎥 Full chat with Simon: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU

Young Indy prepared Simon Jowett for 007. Those Lucasfilm newspaper strips led to his James Bond comics for Dark Horse — and now the upcoming James Bond video game First Light. 🕶️🎮 Full episode: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU #YoungIndy #SimonJowett #JamesBond #FirstLightGame #DarkHorseComics

We just crossed $20,000! 🎉 Huge thanks to Jon Jacobs for getting us over the line. The film is growing bigger every day — next stop: $30K and interviews in the UK 🇬🇧 with the creatives who built Lucasfilm’s Lost Golden Age. Support → tinyurl.com/mvzue57u

When adapting The Princess of Peril for the Young Indy newspaper strips, writer Simon Jowett helped define the moment Indy became Indy — the hat, the jacket, the whip. 🎩 🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU #YoungIndy #SimonJowett #GeorgeLucas #ComicsHistory #ThePrincessOfPeril

Before Young Indy was a show, he was just 12 minutes of The Last Crusade. Writer Simon Jowett tells how he built Indy’s world from scratch — researching the Templars, Freemasons, and sketching a backstory that didn’t yet exist. 🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU #YoungIndy #SimonJowett

Before writing the Young Indy newspaper strips, Simon Jowett was inspired by the 1980s comics boom — discovering V for Vendetta & Miracleman by Alan Moore in Warrior magazine. 🎥 Full episode: youtu.be/ivc7VaJpmMU #YoungIndianaJones #SimonJowett #AlanMoore #VforVendetta #ComicsHistory

The adventure continues! 🎬 The Lost Golden Age is funded — now we’re aiming for $30K to film interviews in the UK with the legends who built Lucasfilm’s legacy. Help us on the journey → tinyurl.com/mvzue57u

Next time on The #YoungIndy Chroniclers, we talk with Simon Jowett, writer of the Young Indiana Jones newspaper strips that came before the TV series. 🎬 #GeorgeLucas: The Lost Golden Age is officially going into production! Support now to lock in your DVD or Blu-ray copy: tinyurl.com/227yj28h

Young Indiana Jones shows George Lucas at his most mature — mixing adventure with philosophy & morality in ways he never did in Star Wars. We’ve hit our goal — the film is happening! More support = deeper dives. 🎬 www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...

We did it! 🎉 George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age is fully funded — we’re going into production! Huge thanks to Brandon Rice, Co-EP backer Stephen Jared (who got us halfway there on Day 1), and Matthew Rose, whose pledge pushed us over the top. 🎥 youtu.be/v9w8YhSiCsM

Our podcast opened doors we never imagined — we’ve spoken with Ben Burtt, Rick McCallum, and others who shaped the most exciting periods of George Lucas’s career. 🎬 They’re sharing stories no one’s told before — and we’re already 88% funded on Day 3! Please support the doc now: tinyurl.com/yc3zusc2