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Obama Honors George Lucas, Special Effects Wizards, at White House Ceremony

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President Barack Obama honored a glittering array of stars from the arts and humanities Wednesday, including the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas.

The distinguished panoply of leading figures in American arts and culture were gathered in East Room of the White House, where the chief executive made the annual presentation of the National Medals of Art and the National Humanities Medals.