Oscar-winning animator Phil Tippett is closing his Berkeley studio after 35 years and liquidating decades of props, models, and equipment from landmark films including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and The Matrix. The closure follows Tippett Studio's 2024 sale to Indian VFX company PhantomFX and bankruptcy reorganization, though the studio name continues under new ownership.
George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson opened the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles's Exposition Park, a $1 billion architectural landmark designed by MAD Architects. The five-story museum houses roughly 1,300 objects across 33 galleries, ranging from prehistoric cave paintings and Renaissance masterpieces to Star Wars memorabilia, comics, photography, and film artifacts, celebrating humanity's storytelling traditions across all media.