One man created one of the most beloved movie series of all time. Another man murdered five people and claimed to have murdered dozens more. One man revolutionized filmmaking in the 1970s. Another man terrorized the people of San Francisco with threats sent in code to Bay Area newspapers during the 1970s.



What if they were same person? According to author Leonard Spitz, he is and that man is filmmaker George Lucas.



That’s the theory presented by Spitz in a new book about the Zodiac murders. In “Star-Killer: Why I Think George Lucas is the Zodiac”, Spitz posits that George Lucas, a young, troubled, recent film school graduate who is rejected for military service because of diabetes, turns his anger and shame into murderous rage.



Spitz says from 1968-1969 George Lucas preyed on men and women throughout the Bay Area in the guise of Zodiac as a way to express his frustration about his fledgling filmmaking career.



“It’s important to notice that the Zodiac killings stopped around the time George Lucas began to develop his first film, ‘THX-1138’,” says Spitz.



That’s not to say that his taunting came to an end with his cinematic successes. Spitz feels that along with several letters that Zodiac sent to newspapers throughout the 70’s, Lucas inserted clues to his real identity in the “Star Wars” films.



“If you look at the original poster for Star Wars, the focal point of the poster is the crosshatch of energy emanating from Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber, which looks surprising like the Zodiac’s symbol,” says Spitz



Is Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber a clue to Lucas’s true identity?

He claims that Lucas even inserted clues into the names of characters in the Star Wars saga.



“It’s well known Hollywood folklore that the character Luke Skywalker was originally called Luke Starkiller. Stars=Zodiac + Killer = Zodiac Killer. I mean it’s blatant. It’s probably why he changed it at the last minute. The Death Star? Star Destroyers? Tie Fighters? He TIED up two of his victims before stabbing them at Lake Berryessa.”



Spitz claims the Zodiac even influenced Star Wars character designs.

An early version of the ‘Dark Lord of the Sith”?

“If you look at Robert Greysmith’s famous sketch of the Zodiac, it’s hard not to see the prototype of Darth Vader standing right in front of you. It’s chilling.



Spitz says that Lucas continues to mock his pursuers to this day.



“The whole point of the 1997 ‘Special Editions’ was an excuse for Lucas to insert more clues of his true identity.”

Is the ‘Aurebesh’ text inserted in the 1997 ‘Special Editions’ another Zodiac Cypher?

What is the author’s theory regarding the Star Wars Prequels?



“Pure malice. Can anyone watch those movies and not think that Lucas was being intentionally cruel? He’s moved on to larger game, he’s not interested in killing people outright. He’s murdering childhoods now. There are hundreds of clues in the entire Star Wars saga. I list every single one in my book.



Spitz’s self-published twelve hundred-page book sports an introduction by filmmaker, Kevin Smith.



NSGNS contacted Lucasfilm for a statement regarding Spitz’s book, but received no response.



Leonard Spitz will be selling signed copies of “Star-Killer" from his van on the outskirts of the parking lot of the Costco in Yorba Linda, California all week. Look for the R2-D2 shaped barbeque grill.



