De träffades minst en gång, vid en Star Wars-konvention 1987.
Det finns en översyn av Trek Nation , en dokumentär om Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry, som innehåller detta fotografi av Lucas och Roddenberry shaking hands:
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The only known photo of Gene Roddenberry meeting George Lucas at the Creation Entertainment/Starlog 10th Anniversary Star Wars Convention. Photo by Dan Madsen.
Detsägerintevaddepratadeom,ellergårininågradetaljerommötet.
Jaghittadeen intervju med fotografen Dan Madsen , vilket ger lite mer bakgrund till fotografiet:
The story goes that you got the only picture taken of Roddenberry and George Lucas together. Is that true? Even if it's not, there's got to be a good story there.
The photo was taken at the first Star Wars 10th anniversary convention in L.A. that was put on by Creation. At the end, George came out to speak to the crowd and was surprised by Gene, who came out to congratulate him on the 10th anniversary. There were on stage for a short time and it was a historic moment. There were hundreds of people in the audience, so I’m sure someone snapped a photo of them. Most never saw the light of publication, though. It was pretty exciting to see my two heroes on stage together, something I thought I’d never see. I'm not sure if they ever saw each other again. It was quite a surprise when Gene walked out on stage and George, I think, was at a loss for words. He wasn't expecting that. It was one of those very cool moments.
Det finns murningar på Internet som Lucas sa något för att "Jag skriver Star Wars-skript på eftermiddagen medan jag tittar på lokala Star Trek-reruns", men jag har inte kunnat hitta en exakt citat eller korrekt bekräftelse. Jag hittade emellertid en DVD till salu som hävdar att fånga mötet på film.
Jag hittade också en Lucas fansite som har några fler suddiga bilder från händelsen. (Det skulle sätta lögn till den "bara kända bilden" -delen, men corrobates de andra kontona.)
Recensionen Trek Nations nämner också att George Lucas beundrade Star Trek och deltog i konventioner:The interview with George Lucas reveals that he attended Star Trek conventions in the 1970s and his admiration for Gene Roddenberry as an artist. [...] Both dealt with limited resources, and the simpatico Lucas feels with Roddenberry on that matter is an intriguing revelation.
Jag har inte sett dokumentären, så jag vet inte hur mycket detaljer intervjun går in i (eller om Lucas uttryckligen nämner att träffa Roddenberry vid en konvention) - men det är troligt att de gjorde det.