George Lucas and Mellody Hobson have begun to roll out the revised design plans for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

The Chicago power couple—he's a billionaire movie producer and she's president of Ariel Investments—hosted a reception last night at the Michigan Avenue offices of VOA Associates, the Chicago architecture firm assigned to work on the lakefront project.

Art Institute of Chicago President Douglas Druick, Museum of Contemporary Art Director Madeleine Grynsztejn and other museum leaders were in attendance. Also on hand was Don Bacigalupi, former executive of Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and now founding president of the Lucas museum.

“It's going to be great for the city culturally,” one private museum executive told me. “Chicago hasn't seen anything like this since the (Millennium Park) Bean,” the source said.

The Lucas-Hobsons didn't offer handouts, so there are no renderings for me to share. I'm told the design is modern and eye-catching. Guests liked the attention to green space outdoors, too. Lucas plans to build on some 17 acres along the lakefront.

The museum hasn't been without controversy. It's pushing out a parking lot that has been popular with some Chicago Bears tailgaters. And the initial design by Chinese architect Ma Yansong drew criticism for looking too futuristic. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, though, called it bold.

The design team went back to the drawing table and is slowly rolling out its design. I hear they'll go public and show renderings to media in coming weeks.