Art museum in his galaxy?

Will there be portraits of Jar-Jar Binks emerging from a half shell?

George Lucas, creator of the “Star Wars” franchise, wants to build an art museum in San Francisco’s Presidio. The filmmaker told “CBS This Morning” that he hopes to create an institu- tion that would be dedicated to exploring “cultural fantasy.”

“It’s my big project right now,” Lucas said. “There’s a world of young people who need to be inspired.”

Lucas, 69, submitted a 20page proposal for the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum to the Presidio Trust last week, one of 16 bids to occupy the former commissary site at Crissy Field, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Lucas is a big collector of art, though it’s not the kind likely to impress art critics. He is a fan of Maxfield Parrish, the American painter who depicted lushly colored fantasy worlds, and of Norman Rockwell.

“You either look at the world through cynical eyes or through idealistic eyes,” the filmmaker said. “I don’t see anything wrong with having an idealistic, sentimental, fun point of view.”

Lucas said his museum would also celebrate digital design and animation from Hollywood blockbuster movies.

If his bid is accepted, he told the Chronicle, he would invest up to $300 million to build the museum and create a $400-million endowment when it opened, with another $400 million to come at the time of his death.