What film that "H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come" tried to capitalize on was directed by George Lucas? 
H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come:  The film was an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of such recent successes as "Star Wars", "Starcrash", and TV series such as "" and "Battlestar Galactica", although the film had only a fraction of the production budget of any of these. Star Wars (film): Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas.
"Star Wars"