SAN DIEGO — George Lucas — the man who launched an iconic era in pop culture with “Star Wars” nearly 50 years ago — offered a preview of his long-awaited Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles during his debut Comic-Con appearance July 27.

The 81-year-old icon was joined in the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H by fellow filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro and art director Doug Chiang for a panel discussion moderated by Queen Latifah.

Co-founded with Lucas’ wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, the museum broke ground in March 2018, adjacent to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and is scheduled to open next year. It’s meant to “bring together mass-produced images with academically rooted art forms to unpack visual storytelling in its richness and complexity,” officials said.

The museum will

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