Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the original 1977 "Star Wars" has died, a lawyer for her family said Friday.

```Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 brings word that Marcia Lucas, part of the editing team for both Star Wars and Return of the Jedi, has died at age 80 after a battle with metastatic cancer. Married to George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, Marcia is remembered by The Wrap as "a powerful asset in the ...

Lucasfilm is mourning the loss of Marcia Lucas, one of the Oscar-winning editors of "Star Wars" who also worked on "The Empire Strikes Back."