George Lucas Played a Major Role in Bringing This Classic Beloved Sitcom to Life

While most know George Lucas as the man behind theStar Warsfranchise, his breakthrough film, American Graffiti, predates his epic space opera by four years. The film is a love letter to being young, at a crossroads between the comfortable past and the unknown future, in 1962. American Graffiti was blessed with a cast of big actors in the days before they became big, including a pre-JawsRichard Dreyfussand frequent Lucas collaborator Harrison Ford. One of those actors is Ron Howard, and the story of how he came to be cast in the film has a fascinating connection with the famed sitcom Happy Days, while the film itself is credited with getting Happy Days to air.