George Lucas Jokes About End of the World

Updated: Thursday, 20 Jan 2011, 10:06 AM CST
Published : Thursday, 20 Jan 2011, 10:06 AM CST

(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - "Star Wars" creator George Lucas supposedly has his own end of the world theories. Or at least likes to joke about them.

Lucas became the center of a media frenzy after Seth Rogen talked about a conservation he had with the director.

The "Green Hornet" actor appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show told a story about talking to Lucas and director Steven Spielberg when Lucas started predicting Armageddon would be next year.

"He's going on about the tectonic plates and all the time Spielberg is rolling his eyes, like, 'My nerdy friend won't shut up, I'm sorry …," reported Digital Spy .

The Toronto Sun said Rogen claimed Lucas went on for more than 20 minutes.

Rogen said that, when he figured out Lucas was serious, he started thinking that Lucas had built a spaceship for himself and asked for a seat on it.

"He claimed he didn't have a spaceship, but there's no doubt there's a Millennium Falcon in a garage somewhere with a pilot just waiting to go," he said. "It's gonna be him and Steven Spielberg and I'll be blown up like the rest of us."

However, since media reports circulated the story, a Lucasfilm representative has issued a disclaimer Wednesday night.

Lucasfilm rep Lynne Hale e-mailed Wired.com to state that Lucas wasn't actually serious.

"He was not serious when he talked about the end of the world in 2012 but he is an adamant believer that the world is flat, that Stonehenge was built by aliens, and that the sun revolves around the Earth," Hale said. "These are among the many subjects he commonly discusses at length with Elvis, who he’s going to digitally insert into Indy 5 along with a roster of famous dead actors."

Digital Spy said the claim about Armageddon is similar to a Mayan prophecy that predicts the world will end in 2012.

While Lucas may not believe it, others do. AOL News recently reported that viewers of the 2009 film "2012," which depicts the end will come as an ancient Mayan calendar ends on Dec. 21, 2012, is calling NASA with concerns.

"The agency is getting so many questions from people terrified that the world is going to end in 2012 that we have had to put up a special website to challenge the myths," Donald Yeomans, a senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said.

The website states that Dec. 21, 2012, will be another winter solstice but not much else.

What is your Prediction or Opinion on What will happen December 21, 2012?

Mayan 2012 Prophecy – Mayan Calendar – December 21, 2012 – Warning & Predictions

Could the Ancient Mayan Prophecy, and the Mayan 2012 Calendar, be warning us of impending doom on December 21, 2012?  There are arguments that “Scientifically” we seem to be going through Global Changes.  There are people with this point of view:

“Both birds and fish are extremely sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field orientation.  In light of the recent bird die-offs, this seems like the valid culprit. That magnetic field is about to collapse as the Earth goes through one of its periodic N-S magnetic pole reversals. The last reversal happened 780,000 years ago.”

“Unfortunately, during the years that these poles go through this reversal process the Earth is exposed to dangerous plasma blasts (charged particles) from our Sun. The next 11-year Solar Max will occur in late 2012 -- right at the time that our Earth's magnetic field will be at its weakest. It also looks like this next Solar Max will be extremely strong.”

“This gist of all this is to warn you that when Earth gets hit with solar storms in 2012 it will likely short out our global electrical grid systems. It will take years to bring the electrical grid back up after the damage that will be done.”

“Be prepared to live without electricity for several years and make sure you have a secure source of water and food stocked up. Hundred of millions will starve and die during this event, particular in the developed world where we rely heavily on technology and electricity. Primitive rural villages in isolated places like Africa will, conversely, survive this event very well.”

AliensWereHere.com disagrees with this prediction.  Here at AliensWereHere.com (The Official Ancient Alien Theory Website) we tend to take the “Optimist” view or prediction of what will happen December 21, 2012.  Because we prescribe the fact that Ancient Aliens may have visited and influenced man kinds’ early civilizations, we also believe Aliens may still be watching over us and waiting to make their return known.  Here at AliensWereHere.com, we think that the Mayan 2012 Prophecy Date = December 21, 2012, may be the date Extraterrestrials make public contact with human kind.  Sharing their advanced knowledge of technology and explaining  “Mankinds’ lost History”, to us.  As the Ancient Mayans believed, we at AliensWereHere.com, think  December 21, 2012 will be a huge turning point in Mankinds’ History and a pivotal point for “Change”.  We are not saying there aren’t “Bad” Alien Races out there, but we tend to believe the “Good” Aliens have been watching over us and have helped our early ancestors.  This could be the date, most of the universal questions about the universe, history, creation, and our future are answered!

What is your prediction or opinion on what will happen December 21, 2012?