The Emperor (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Emperor{{cite web |url=http://cinema-tv.usc.edu/Archives/lucas/emperor.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217210038/http://cinema-tv.usc.edu/Archives/lucas/emperor.html|archivedate=2007-12-17|title=The Emperor|accessdate=2012-09-20}}

| image = The emperor screen.jpg

| caption = Bob Hudson in The Emperor

| director = George Lucas

| producer =

| writer = George Lucas
Paul Golding
Bob Hudson
John Milius
Rick Robertson
Gary Rockland

| starring = Bob Hudson

| music =

| cinematography = Mike Brown
Gary Young

| editing = Paul Golding
Rick Robertson

| distributor = University of Southern California

| runtime = 24 mins

| released = {{Film date|1967}}

| country = U.S.

| language = English

| budget =

}}

The Emperor is a short film by George Lucas about the radio DJ Bob Hudson (known as "The Emperor"), made while Lucas was a film student at the University of Southern California's film school.Fensch, Thomas, Films on the Campus, A.S. Barnes & Co, New York, 1970, {{ISBN|0-498-07428-5}}.Pollock, Dale, Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas, Harmony Books, New York, 1983, {{ISBN|0-517-54677-9}}.

The film was made in 1967 when Lucas returned to USC as a graduate student. A 20-minute documentary, the film was made in 10 weeks.