May The Force Be With You!

It has been a cold cold week, with continuous rainstorms every day. Despite that, K and I still went to the Star Wars exhibition yesterday. We got to see the actual costumes and sets used in the movies, as well as a guide bringing us into a room and showed us how to make the sound effects of the scenes.

If you remember one of my earlier posts on being a bona fide Star Wars geek, now I can add one more - attending a Star Wars exhibition despite the cold weather and heavy rain!

After the exhibition, we went to the Science Centre itself and saw all the new things. The place has really changed ever since the last time I went there, but then, it has been a long time since I went there.

There is now an interesting Einstein exhibition, where his Theory of Relativity was explained, and Water Works where Physics was used in explaining the force of water. There is also a marine biology and life science section on where do the animals come from as well as their feeding and mating habits.

Meanwhile, hope you enjoy the photos of the exhibition.

Special treat - The Chair of Director George Lucas

The Imperial Star Destroyer

The Death Star .....

A Droid

The Millenium Falcon

The Original R2D2

The Original Chewbacca

The Original Poster for Episode VI

Incidentally, this poster was never used during the actual movie screening, as the producers realised that Jedis do not seek revenge, hence changed the name to "Return Of The Jedi" from the original "Revenge Of The Jedi".

Jabba The Hutt
(still the biggest, ugliest, slimiest worm I have ever seen)

The Majestic-looking Palpatine

The Original C3PO
(the silver one, not the gold one - unfortunately not in the exhibit)

Anakin's Speeder

Padme Amidala's Fighting Costume

The costume was actually fitted to Natalie Portman's frame. Apparently she is about my size. Her Queen Amidala's costume (unfortunately not in the exhibit) constricted her so much that her waist shrank to twenty-two inches.

Hmmm.... seems like I can fit into the costume too, but for the waistline. The costume could have fitted me to a glove, if I had not piled on all these extra pounds!

The Original Darth Vader (circa 1977)

Anakin Skywalker's costume
(flanked by the Emperor Palpatine in the background)

Obi-Wan Kenobi's Costume

Notice that Anakin's Jedi costume is actually darker? It seems to be the significance of him going towards the Dark Side.

Anakin's Surgery Table

Padme's Birthing Table

Incidentally, the two tables were displayed side by side. Significant symbolism, the death of Anakin and birth of Darth Vader, and the death of Padme and the birth of the twins.

The Royal Guard

The Senate Guard

The infamous lightsaber

Yoda Yoda!
(A pity I only found a portrait of Yoda, not the actual one)

There are a few things which I wanted to see, like the Queen Amidala's costume, Princess Leia's costume (and perhaps how their hair was done), and also the original Yoda! A pity a lot of characters were not there. The exhibit shows mainly costumes and a few of the ships and sets.

Overall, it is not too bad an exhibition, but could be better, especially for more die-hard Star Wars fans who would like to see more of the things used in the shows.

Enjoy this I hope you will. Fare thee well I shall. Train well, padawan, you will. To my own Galactic Empire, I must go. May the Force Be With You!