George Lucas flies from Fairbanks to Burbank ahead of museum opening and voice role

George Lucas flew his Gulfstream V, N138GL, from Fairbanks International Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport on June 21, a 4-hour-19-minute flight that landed the Star Wars creator back in Southern California after a brief Alaskan detour. The trip originates from a recent pattern of travel to the Midwest and East Coast, including stops in Chicago and New Jersey over the past week.

The same week Lucas arrives in the Los Angeles area, two projects are nearing completion. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park, which co-founder Mellody Hobson recently previewed with Vogue, opens this September—its first cinematic exhibit, 'Star Wars in Motion,' debuts on September 22, per Collider. Additionally, Illumination's 'Minions & Monsters' hits theaters July 1, with Lucas voicing a character he recorded in France, as reported by Deadline.

Lucas, who sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 and keeps his primary residence in Marin County, often flies into the Burbank airport as a gateway to the Los Angeles basin. The prior inbound leg from Oakland to Burbank on June 12 suggests routine shuttling between his Northern California home and the museum's construction site in the south.