A lawsuit that aims to block Star Wars creator George Lucas from building a $400m museum along Chicago's lakefront has been given approval to move forward.
Friends of the Parks, a non-profit organisation, wants to halt plans to build the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
The group argues the construction project violates public-trust laws that restrict development along Lake Michigan.
Chicago's city council approved the 300,000 sq ft museum site in October.
A judge on Thursday ruled the Friends of the Parks legal challenge could go forward, almost certainly delaying the build.
Chicago aggressively pursued the project - beating San Francisco, which is not far from Lucas' sprawling Skywalker Ranch.
The filmmaker said he chose Chicago because the California city was "doodling around".
The 71-year-old is no stranger to construction wrangles.
Lucas angered his wealthy California neighbours last year when he filed plans to build low-income housing on his Marin County property.
He previously engaged in a bitter dispute with neighbours over plans to build a new movie studio on the estate, which he later scrapped.
Construction on the 224-unit affordable housing complex is expected to break ground in 2018.
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