... Coppola let Lucas workfor him on the movie. With his hard work, Lucas earned the respect of Coppola who in turn did Lucas the favor of convincing producers to let Lucas direct a major motion picture ... conception and productionof. Since it's release in 1977, Star Wars has grossed over four billion dollars in sales, making it themost money making movie ever (Lane and Samuelson 126). Lucas ... me"(84). Lucas even worked on pit crews for race carswhen he met Haskell Wexler, who introduced him to film (Moritz 258). Eventually Lucas realizedhis new passion was film. Mr. Wexler helped Lucas...