noun. A highly intelligent person, especially one who plans and directs a complex or difficult project.

transitive verb. To direct, plan, or supervise (a project or activity).

noun. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.

noun. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.

verb. To act in the role of mastermind.

noun. someone who creates new things

verb. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

noun. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

"Now, more than 50 years later, the "Star Wars" mastermind is returning to the genre for an all-CG film he's producing."

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