A contractor has claimed George Lucas’ hotly anticipated $1 billion museum used its private status to skirt California’s public works rules while enjoying a sweetheart deal to build on state-owned land for just $30 a year.

Electrical contractor J.E. Snyder Electric filed a $1.9 million lawsuit against the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, alleging it was not paid for work on the sprawling Exposition Park project, according to the LA Times.

At the center of the dispute is the museum’s unusual deal for the publicly owned land beneath it — a 99-year lease that costs just $30 a year.

The contractor claims that arrangement effectively makes the museum…

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