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Erik W Jordan—Press Line Photo/Corbis by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 8, 2014 12:35 PM UTC It seems like [just about everyone](http://time.com/3615803/star-wars-episode-vii-force-awakens-trailer/) has watched the trailer for J.J. Abrams’ new interpretation of _Star Wars_, which has been viewed over [45 million times on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOVFvcNfvE) since its late November [release](http://time.com/3609599/starwars7-starwars-the-force-awakens/). Well, everyone except original _Star Wars_ creator George Lucas. When the [New York _Post_](http://pagesix.com/2014/12/07/george-lucas-hasnt-seen-new-star-wars-trailer/?%5Fga=1.38833251.1527493446.1401240875) asked Lucas what he thought of the trailer, the famed director responded: “I don’t know anything about it. I haven’t seen it yet.” And he isn’t planning on watching it, “Because it’s not in the movie theater,” he explained. “I like going to the movies and watching the whole thing there. I plan to see it when its released.” **MORE:** [5 takeaways from the new _Star Wars_ trailer](http://time.com/3609579/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/) In case spoofs aren’t off limits, Lucas can tide himself over with this hilarious _Saturday Night Live_ reinterpretation that aired over the weekend: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623085/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer-george-lucas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623085/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer-george-lucas/"},"headline":"George Lucas Might Be the Only Person Who Hasn't Seen the New Star Wars Trailer","datePublished":"2014-12-08T12:35:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:45.442Z","description":"\"I don't know anything about it\"","url":"https://time.com/3623085/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer-george-lucas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","Star Wars","Trailer","Trailers","george lucas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32fc6cb314ab5c9b/69876d44e53aba25764d6632/george-lucas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32fc6cb314ab5c9b/69876d44e53aba25764d6632/george-lucas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"George Lucas","caption":"George Lucas","creditText":"Erik W Jordan—Press Line Photo/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623085/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer-george-lucas/","name":"George Lucas Might Be the Only Person Who Hasn't Seen the New Star Wars Trailer"}}]}] ```