French cartoonist that inspired George Lucas’ Star Wars dies Jean-Claude Mézières co-created the pioneering science fiction work Valérian et Lauréline, and his work offered inspiration for films by directors George Lucas and Luc Besson
Besson’s Valerian bombs French cinema is attracting audiences around the world but results have been dented by Luc Besson’s $180million sci-fi epic ValerÂian and the City of a Thousand Planets bombing in the US.
