The new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer has received more than 45 million YouTube views and parodies aplenty. But there's one man who has yet to see the clip: George Lucas, the original Star Wars creator.
"I don't know anything about it," Lucas told the New York Post. "I haven't seen it yet."
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Lucas added that he does plan to see the J.J. Abrams film, but he won't watch the trailer online beforehand. "I like going to the movies and watching the whole thing there," he told the Post. "I plan to see it when it's released."
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