A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
The St Paul Science Museum was one of the lucky stops on the Star Wars circuit. Of course we picked the muggiest day of the year to attend. See the haze?
Where Science Meets Imagination...all for an $8.00 entrance fee and lining up with all the Star Wars geeks. "I've a bad feeling about this."
It's much bigger than the toy I had as a kid.
Okay, that totally spoiled it for me! I thought a landspeeder really hovered!
"But I was going to Tashi Station to pick up some power converters!" (True Star Wars geeks will know what I mean)
Han Solo's actual costume and Chewbacca. I don't remember Han ever standing like that.
Jason hanging with his Mos Eisley peeps (Heather, how do you put up with that scruffy-looking Nerfherder?)
A model of Sebulba, the famous Boonta Eve cheating podracer. Remember kids, cheaters are Bantha Pudu.
A T.I.E. Fighter and Imperial Star Destroyer.
In the background, General Grievous' Starfighter and another starship.
The card reads that they added a lot of detail to make the Star Destroyer look bigger. They would double the size for the Super Star Destroyer in 'The Empire Strikes Back'.
The backside of the Star Destroyer. See the girls in the background? They weren't even born when Star Wars was originally released!
I had trouble getting a good picture of the X-Wing Fighter. Sorry about the glare.
"They're coming in! Three marks at 2-10!"
"My scope's negative. I don't see anything."
"Red Leader...I'm going in!"
"Let go, Luke. Trust your feelings, Luke."
"I'm hit but not bad. Artoo, see what you can do with it. Hang on back there!"
That bar is like training wheels for the X-Wing.
I love the Rebel Blockade Runner. The card will tell you that it is one of the larger models they built, and is in fact larger than the Star Destroyer that chases it in the opening sequence of Episode IV.
A close up of the Tantive IV.
Next to the Rebel Blockade Runner was a model of a Y-Wing and the Naboo Royal Starship.
The Millennium Falcon: this larger model was one of the more popular models in the exhibit. They also had a smaller version.
"Hello. I am C-3P0, Human-Cyborg Relations. And this is my counter-part, R2-D2."
Here's proof that the Star Wars geek left work early to go to the exhibit and posed with his favorite character.
I love the Droidikas.
For those of you who don't know, a Droidika is a battle droid. Duh!
Anakin and Obi-Wan's outfits. Hayden Christensen must wear a size 12 shoe. He's tall, too!
Young Anakin's outfit a Jawa. Notice how small the Sandcrawler is in the background!
The card reads a "Naked C-3PO" (Since Anakin didn't get to finish him before Qui-Gon Jinn took him away to be a Jedi) and an Imperial Probe Droid.
A Pit Droid and a Trade Federation Battle Droid. Roger! Roger!
Oh my! R2! Where's your body?
All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) and All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) Walkers. You can just see the All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE) Walker in the background. Have you had AT?
"And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!" Equipment used by Echo 3 and Echo 7, also known as Luke and Han.
"What is thy bidding, my Master?"
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"I sense something; a presence I've not felt since..."
The inside of Vader's mask.
A shot without the flash.
Luke's hand replacement at the end of Episode V. You remember, he tries it out on Leia before knowing she's his sister.
2-1B, along with FX-7, are both Medical Droids. To the right of Luke's arm is Lobot's Borg Construct Aj^6. (How much more proof do you need that I am in desperate need of a life?)
The Interrogator Droid. "And now, your Highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden Rebel base..."
A maquette and model of General Grievous.
A close-up of the General Grievous maquette. Pretty cool, huh?
Question: "The mighty Jabba asks why he must pay fifty thousand." Answer: "Because Boushh is holding a thermal detonator!"
Yoda, Obi-Wan and the Jedi Training Remote. "Stretch out with your feelings."
Some Sandpeople. Wait. I know that guy with his son.
Close up of a male Tusken Raider. And me trying to get a picture of him so I can confirm with one of our sales people at work that we know him. (The guy with the kid, not the Tusken Raider)
Yep. He's a business associate of ours. See, you should never talk work gossip out in public. You never know who's around. And you have to be careful how you take pictures of people without them finding out!
Inside the movie about droids and robots.
Tarfful and Salporin: two Wookies.
The model they used for the "And we just float away...with the rest of the garbage" sequence in 'The Empire Strikes Back'. The dust on the plexi looks like asteroids.
"What a piece of junk!" (Not really, but we all know who said that)
"It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs."
So many fond memories of that cockpit. Like when Han hits his head on the dice, which are a tribute to 'American Graffiti'.
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope!"
"Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease."
"I'm going to regret this!"
They had these two cool posters that I was trying to find an accidental way of them "falling" into my bag, but they had some snot-nosed kid who was sitting right next to them.
Here is the other (or counterpart). Get it?
"Lord Vader... can you hear me?"
“Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.” That's how we feel about our software at work.
A miniature Clone Trooper.
"Someone was in the pod. The tracks go off in this direction." "Look sir! Droids!"
"Stormtroopers! Here? We're in danger!"
"R2-D2! You know better than to trust a strange computer!" (And all the freaks taking pictures of us!)
