Slide Show: Last Week to See Star Wars Exhibit
Have you hugged your Chewbacca today?
First thing you see when you walk into the Star Wars exhibit: Luke Skywalker’s landspeeder from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which helped him get around Tatooine and pick up chicks. The full-scale prop was actually a working car with wheels hidden beneath its frame.
Fun facts: Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie got his inspiration for C-3PO ("Threepio," far right) from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. And R2-D2 (center) was created using a combination of remote control units and a standing unit, with actor Kenny Baker inside the standing unit. Baker gave R2-D2 some personality.
A picture of Albert Einstein was on the wall behind the Yoda sculptures during development, and the wrinkles around Einstein’s eyes got worked into the Yoda design.
Models of the M400 Skycar (center) and Virgin Galactic spaceship (right).
