George Lucas flies to Chicago the week of Star Wars Celebration

George Lucas flew from Buchanan Field in Concord, California, to Chicago Midway International Airport on June 8, arriving just after 9:30 p.m. local time. The three-hour, twenty-minute trip aboard his Gulfstream V (N138GL) covered roughly 1,800 miles and burned about 1,200 gallons of jet fuel.

The same week, Chicago is hosting Star Wars Celebration, the annual fan convention that draws tens of thousands of attendees to McCormick Place. Lucas has appeared at previous Celebrations, and his arrival in the city aligns with the event's opening days, as noted by [celebplanes.com](https://www.celebplanes.com/). The timing suggests he is in town for the convention, though his official schedule has not been announced.

This flight follows a pattern of recent trips: Lucas flew from Chicago to Los Angeles on May 28, then to Nice, France, and London before returning to the Bay Area on May 30. His Gulfstream V, registered to an LLC in Palo Alto, has been tracked on 222 flights since late 2023, per [celebrityprivatejettracker.com](https://celebrityprivatejettracker.com/).