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Photos From The Star Wars Exhibit

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Was in Boston checking out the new Star Wars exhibit at the Museum of Science.

Here is the quick rundown:

·    Darth Vadar's suit looks oddly low tech. Our Mom made a more realistic looking Darth Vadar costume for us many Halloween's ago. It is really the chest part of the costume that is disappointing, the helmet is killer. The Lucas folks did a great job making the Vadar costume come to life on film.

·   The Hoth Imperial Storm Trooper costume holds up the worst.  It just doesn't look right--especially that neck warmer part.

·   The regular Storm Trooper, Yoda Puppet, and Jawa get up, were some of our favorites.

·   The original land speeder was great. If you owned the original Kenner land speeder (the one with the decals) you will appreciate the fact that the real landspeeder looks like a giant version of the toy, with the decals. It is impossible to look at the landspeeder and not wave your hand and say to the freak next to you, "These aren't the droids your looking for."

While for us the highlight of this exhibit was definitely the movie props and costumes, the younger crew on hand really seemed to enjoy the interactive displays. You can drive a hover craft, build and program a small R2D2, and make a robot walk.

The Museum charges an extra $5 for access to the Star Wars exhibit, and you can only enter by appointment (every 15 minutes), though you can stay as long as you want.

Many Star Wars exhibit photos after the click.

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Boston's Star Wars Science Lesson

If you're a Star Wars junkie, head to Boston on Thursday for the opening of the Museum of Science's latest-"Star Wars-Where Science Meets Imagination." It sounds like an excuse to get all things Star Wars in one place under the guise of education.

Luke's "Landspeeder" will be on hand to demonstrate lessons in gravity and androids and Anakin's prosthetic right hand from Episode III will be there to display advances in robotics. There will also be over 80 props there from all the films. Might be time for a "field trip"....

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