Star Wars Exhibitiion

I checked out the Star Wars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum at Darling Harbour here in Sydney yesterday. What a fantastic exhibition! A great mix of movie models, costumes and informative “behind the scenes” video presentations and lots of *hands on* experimental stuff for the kids. I had more than my fair share on the practical hovercraft demonstration ride. It was facinating looking at the detail in the spacecraft models, particularly the original ones before CGI became all the rage. The time and talent that must have been involved in creating them is astounding. There was a lot of information on robotics in particular with many practical displays and extraordinary full size models from the films. There were hilarious out takes from the films where R2-D2 would fall over at the wrong moment in a scene. Several actual experimental research robots were also on display. Many of the original props from the films were on display and it illustrates what can be achieved with a big bucket of money. It's worth checking out before it closes at the end of April.