The Star Wars mastermind himself made Seth Cohen's dreams come true when he appeared as himself in season two when he expressed interest in turning Seth and Zach's comic book, Atomic County, in a movie. Seth ended up leaving the meeting to meet Summer at their prom. 

"That was sort of like, [absurdly] 'What if we tried to get George Lucas to appear on the show?' It seemed like a real impossible task. But he had a teenage daughter who was a fan of the show," Josh Schwartz said. "I still have the Storm Trooper helmet that I got as a thank-you gift sitting in my office. That was a huge honor. And I got to go to Skywalker Ranch to a screening of Revenge of the Sith. I got to bring my dad, which was a long overdue thank-you to him for taking me to see Return of the Jedi when I was a little kid."