There’s something mildly bizarre about seeing a celebrity in passing. Outside of red carpet events, it’s weird seeing them just wandering about, despite the fact that they’re normal people, outside of work. But the status of a person adds some weight to seeing them out in public. Like this accidental spotting of George Lucas at Disneyland.
After a patron developed a roll of film from a visit to the park in 2005, they noticed that someone very similar to Lucas was sitting in the background of their picture with Brer Rabbit.
Turns out it probably IS Lucas! Photos from WDWmagic.com in 2005 with Jedi Mickey proves that Lucas was in fact at the park that day. Apparently Lucas was visiting the park on Star Wars Day in celebration of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.” The photo is a bit like spotting a cryptid, especially with Lucas sat so unobtrusively in the background. Talk about your six degrees if separation!
Replies to the post are pretty hilarious. Comparing Lucas to some specter only seen in photographs to stating that he haunts Disney parks. All in good fun, of course. Even if some of us might have our opinions on the prequel movies and wish to see them exit this timeline. It’s still one of those bizarre occurrences that makes for a great, if short, story.
There’s always this great moment, too.
