Watch The Trailer for LADDIE, A Documentary About The Man Who Made STAR WARS Happen

George Lucas may be known as the father of Star Wars, but Lucas may have never had the chance to make the movie the way he did if it weren't for Alan Ladd, Jr.(known as “Laddie” to his friends). Now a new documentary dives into Ladd’s career as an agent, producer, executive, and studio head, where he worked on movies ranging from Blade Runner to Young Frankenstein. 

Check out the Laddie trailer:

LADDIE: The Man Behind the Movies is the story of a daughter's journey to see her father not just as "Dad"- the man whose success and endless hours devoted to work loomed large over her childhood-but the way his collaborators do-as a doyen of modern American cinema.

The documentary is made by Ladd’s daughter, filmmaker Amanda Ladd-Jones. She was able to speak with some of Hollywood's elite including Ridley Scott, Morgan Freeman, and Sigourney Weaver to talk about their interactions with her father. 

When Ladd was at Fox, he saw potential in Lucas where others did not. Lucas credited Ladd by saying that he “invested in me, he did not invest in the movie,” and Ladd’s foresight is ultimately the reason fans have spent the past forty years celebrating stories from a galaxy far, far away.

Ladd also produced massive movies like Alien, Chariots of Fire, Thelma and Louise, The Omen, and Gone Baby Gone. In the trailer, he is referred to as “the most influential movie executive you’ve never heard of.”

Laddie doesn’t have a release date yet, but you can check out the trailer and the movie's official Facebook page for more information.