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New hope? Why the Bears believe they will succeed where George Lucas failed

Provided by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and the Chicago Bears

Dazzling drawings, a cheerleader in the mayor’s office, and a possible new crown jewel for a lakefront already known as the “glory of Chicago.”

It sounds a lot like the last few weeks, when the Chicago Bears proposed a new, publicly owned $4.7 billion lakefront development south of Soldier Field. It also describes Chicago in 2014, when there were big plans for another major tourist attraction in that same general location: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, known by many as the “Star Wars Museum.