The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday gave its unanimous approval to George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art, which may break ground this year at Exposition Park.

The “Star Wars” creator addressed the council before its 14-0 vote to OK an environmental impact report and other details.

“For a very brief time I actually grew up here,” said Lucas, who has a film degree from USC, which is just north of the park. “That’s where I learned movies. That’s where I learned my craft. Basically where I started my career was in school here.”

Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the business executive who is a driving force behind the project, had also considered building the museum in his hometown, San Francisco, or hers, Chicago. Finally it came down to the two California locations, with L.A. announced as the site in January. Ma Yansong of MAD Architects will design the museum, which is expected to open in 2021.

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