Del Toro, himself a famous hoarder of pop culture artifacts and a museum board member, said the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year came “frighteningly close” to the collection he keeps at home. “Now that the museum exists, a lot of it may go there,” Del Toro said.

George Lucas made his first-ever appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, alongside Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang, to preview the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is set to open in 2026.

George Lucas made his first appearance at San Diego's Comic-Con International to pull back the curtain on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.