Film editor Marcia Lucas, ex-wife of producer George Lucasdied last Wednesday (27), at 80 years. The producer Lucas Films mourned his death and paid tribute, remembering the Oscar she received for the film “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (1977).
According to the text, the company’s first with which she joined was “Loucuras de Verão” (1973) — for which she received a nomination for the highest award alongside her colleague, Verna Fields (1918-1982).
People reported that her death was due to metastatic cancer and she was in California with her family.
Marcia worked with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, 83, editing the films “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (1974), “Taxi Driver” (1976) and “New York, New York” (1977).
George Lucas requested her work when he realized he would like to redo the editing of “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope”.
She worked alongside Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch and together they received an Oscar nomination.
In addition to this feature, she worked at Lucas Films on productions such as “The Party’s Over” (1979), “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) and “Return of the Jedi” (1983).
