'Star Wars' creator George Lucas has topped a poll by Forbes.com after making $170 million in the past year, mainly thanks to his production company Lucasfilm - which is behind the sci-fi franchise and numerous other projects.

The movie mogul - who was placed 243rd in 2007 - saw huge success from last year's film and subsequent TV series 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' and the adventure movie 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'.