It depends on the era. Lucasfilm was definitely a startup during its halcyon days(not just in film, but in FX (special and CGI), editing, and sound design). But

It depends on the era. Lucasfilm was definitely a startup during its halcyon days(not just in film, but in FX (special and CGI), editing, and sound design). But most of the prolific movies of the era before Lucasfilm were products of the studio system (or what remained of it) whose operating principles mirrored that of IBM.