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It's 2011 in the Los Angeles offices of Fox Filmed Entertainment Group, the parent company of 20th Century Fox.

67-year-old George Lucas is here because he needs a distributor for his new World War II film, Red Tails, the story of the Tuskegee Airman, the first black aviators in the history of the US Armed Forces.

George has been making the rounds in Hollywood, and he's gotten a no from just about every studio in town.

But George's Star Wars franchise has made Fox Billions.

So as he steps into the office of Tom Rothman, the head of Fox, George is hopeful that Red Tails will find a home here.

George, thanks for coming in. I don't suppose you're here to talk about that galaxy far, far away, are you?

No, Tom, not today. Well, you know, I had to ask. I saw a video of you at Disney World at the launch of the new Star Tours ride.

That looked like fun. Any truth to the rumors that you might be looking to sell the Disney?

I don't have any plans to sell Lucasfilm not at the moment, no. But I'm not here to talk about that. I'm here to talk about Red Tails.

Ah, alright then, let's talk. It's already in the can.

Yeah, we finished filming back in 2009. It's all paid for. I just need a distribution to you. It's about the Tuskegee Airman, right?

Yeah, the first all black fighters quadrant. Incredible story. Yeah, they were their lives, countless times.

But when they came home from the war, they were shunned, just because they were African American.

But at its heart, it's still an action film. It's full of dog fight sequences just like Star Wars.

Mmm, but I hear you've been struggling to get a deal. Yeah, there's just a lack of vision out there.

But I've done the hard part. I've put in tens of millions of dollars in my own money.

And if it's a hit, and I believe it will be, I have plans to turn it into a trilogy. Well, that sounds great.

Um, but George, you know Fox loves you. I love you.

But the business has changed. It costs tens of millions of dollars to market a film properly.

And these days, only about 40% of movies turn a profit at all. I like the story I really do.

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