Saturday, January 19, 2008

I've Got a Good Feeling About This

Ever want to ride the Millenium Falcon? See Darth Vader's helmet or Luke's landspeeder up close. Well, if you're in Philadelphia you can. Running from February 9 through May 4, "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" will be exhibited at the Franklin Institute, and man does it sound cool.

Props from the movie will be on display, including not only the life-size landspeeder, but scale models of X-wings, y-wings and TIE fighters -- not to mention an actual Yoda puppet. The coolest part is that you can simulate a ride in the Millenium Falcon:


Experience a full-size cockpit replica of Episode IV's Millennium Falcon! Visitors watch a multimedia presentation featuring imagery from the Hubble space telescope that explores what we know about our own galaxy in a breathtaking journey to the edge of the Universe. Featuring a proprietary sound system from Bose Corporation, the recreated cockpit debuts the technologies of 3Space™ audio systems, providing visitors with a realistic three-dimensional audio experience.

Of course, it's a science museum, so it's not just entertainment. Visitors can see the history of real-life robots (and meet C3PO and R2D2) and transportation, and build a moisture farm and spaceport.

Ticket prices are $20.50 for adults, $15.50 for kids up to 11, and $16.50 for seniors.

I definitely need to see this.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We have to go to this. I sent the link to Mike M, as well.

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lucko said...

In.