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George Lucas & Mellody Hobson Welcome Baby Girl

George Lucas & Mellody Hobson
George Lucas & Mellody Hobson (credit: MIKE THEILER/AFP/Getty Images)

 

(CBS NEWS) - Director George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, are now parents to a newborn baby girl.

Skywalker Ranch in Marin County confirmed the news to CBSNews.com, noting that the couple's daughter Everest Hobson Lucas was born via surrogate on Aug. 9. She is the first biological child for Lucas and Hobson and is a little sister to Lucas' adopted children, Amanda, 32; Katie, 25; and Jett, 20.

The 69-year-old "Star Wars" creator and Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and a CBS News financial contributor, exchanged vows on June 22 at the Skywalker Ranch. Several celebrity guests were in attendance, including Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.

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