Hewlett-Packard Wins Lucasfilm Contract

Hewlett-Packard Co. won a three-year technology and marketing contract with movie company Lucasfilm Ltd.

San Rafael, Calif.-based Lucasfilm, founded by “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas, will add as many as 1,000 Hewlett-Packard workstations to produce visual effects and video games, Hewlett-Packard said. Terms of the contract, which also includes information storage and archiving, weren’t disclosed.