Star Wars Exhibit - Part Last

Props and models !

I kind of loved all the round, organic, vaguely art-nouveau shapes of the weapons from the last three movies...

Such interesting round shapes - warm tones - kinda steampunky.

And then there were the models! So many! especially of the various ships (the Millennium Falcon model was nearly 5 feet wide!). Lots and lots of surface detailing - mock 'damage', and hand painting...

These walkers (which I always loved!) were about 2 feet tall. Why don't I have this job???

And here was a *full size* hovercraft! (with background video talking about making and filming it). It was like being inside the movies (wish we could have been inside the hovercraft!)... Fun, fun exhibit. Thanks for tagging along. :-)

Star Wars Exhibit - Part IV

This entry is for robots -

It was very fun to be able to examine these up-close. Lots of detailing (some of which is only decorative, it couldn't possibly serve a function!). We did have a time trying to figure out how the actor was able to get inside of this carapace. 

(and here's the 'early version' of C3PO - all his fabulous innards!)

Handsome devil, isn't he?

And here's a close-up of the little droid critter that he's standing next to. It always reminded me of a combination of a spider (all those black eyes!) and a jelly-fish.

And here is the 'interrogation droid' thingy from the first movie. Gave my 13 year old self nightmares upon my first viewings! Someone obviously raided a medical bay to adorn it with (forceps? syringes?)

And, they had life-size battle-droids behind glass! Wondered if they'd really roll up into a ball like in the movie? Wouldn't this be a fun job? Kit-bashing and building this kind of thing?

Star Wars Exhibit - Part III

They had a number of costumes on display - especially from the original three movies -

Han Solo, in all his glory. It was fun to see all the detailing - there were metal boxes on his belt - what they heck were they supposed to be for? they don't open. Lots of pockets (also not used) in the vest. Riding gloves, scuffed boots, embroidered stripe down the side of the pants - fun.

The Princess Leia mannikin and outfit was *tiny* (as I'm sure Carrie Fisher was at that point). It was also amazingly simple - so credos to Fisher for how well she wore it! R2 was awesome.

The iconic Vader outfit! There were pictures of Samurai warrior outfits, which were the inspiration for the flared helmet and cape and some of the detailing. (There were also inexplicable parts - they look cool on screen I guess...?)

Yoda and Obi Wan (and the testing droid). The incredible details on Yoda were lifelike and convincing.

Probably my favorite costumes though were from these nearly incidental characters from the very first movie. At the time, they were so incredibly novel (shadowed monk hoods? glowy eyes??)-

-and reading about the decision making behind the Sand People outfits (they couldn't decide what they should actually look like, and in covering them completely, your imagination can come up with something way better than they could really show on screen) was fun. All those metal thingys on their head-pieces - eerie and memorable for sure!

Music Monday - more Star Wars (music + exhibit)

This one is my son's favorite piece of music from the series -

(And yet another great french horn solo in the beginning).

We had initially planned to go to this exhibit with my son, but long story short - he was not able to come, so these pictures over the next few days are for him -

 One of my favorite elements of the exhibit were the maquettes -this clay one of General Grevious' head -

 Clay maquette of Watto. About a foot tall.

 Full body for General Grevious.Surprisingly detailed.

And here's a tiny version of Luke on his Tauntaun (again - tiny and detailed!)

 And here is a near life-sized Wampa! (aka - the Abominable Snowman! heh). Wicked claws.

And full-sized Wookies! They were impressively statuesque. Each one with its own individual details. Twas really fun seeing it all in person.

More costumes tomorrow! :-)