Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

On August 4th, 2013, we visited the Indiana State Museum to see the traveling exhibition, "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination."  This is the 19th stop out of 20 on its ten year international tour.  The exhibition consists of costumes, props, scale models and interactive displays, with special consideration given to the science and technology seen throughout the saga.  For a passionate Star Wars fan, seeing this exhibition is a must - but at $19.50 for an adult ticket, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to a budget-conscious, casual fan.  One bit of added value for young and old fans alike is that local costumers show up (even on Sunday afternoons) to walk around the display areas and take photographs with the patrons.  Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and an Imperial Guard were among the ten or more we saw.  The exhibition will remain at the Indiana State Museum through September 2nd before moving on to its final stop in San Jose, California.  For more information, see this link 

Imperial Stormtrooper

Various blaster rifle props

Tatooine Landspeeder

Rebel Y-Wing and Blockade Runner

A display featuring hypothetical future modes of space travel

Pod racer

FX-7 and 2-1B Medical Droids

Vader's Interrogation Droid and General Grievous models

An area for kids to imagine they're hovering in a landspeeder

Trade Federation AAT

X-Wing

Millennium Falcon

Republic and Imperial walkers

No, not Star Wars

Droideka

Battle Droid and Pit Droid

Incomplete C-3PO and Imperial Probe Droid

Jedi costumes

Wampa Ice Creature and Imperial Snowtrooper

Wookiee Bowcaster

More Wookiee weaponry

Life-size Wookiees

Yoda

More Hoth stuff

Princess Leia costume, R2-D2, C-3PO

Tusken Raiders

Tatooine: Young Anakin and Jawa stuff

Darth Vader's costume and mask

Han Solo costume and Chewbacca

Interactive display on robot vision

One of my favorite Star Wars ships - the Naboo Royal Starship

Rebel Blockade Runner, rear view

X-Wing

C-3PO, complete and incomplete

This little junk droid was one of the volunteer costumers

Imperial TIE Fighter and Star Destroyer

General Grievous' Starfighter

A funny display where you can manipulate facial expressions

Mildly horrifying result #1

Extremely horrifying result #2

A couple of the volunteer costumers - Darth Vader and an Imperial Guard.  Vader was fully tricked out with a voice modulator, and you could hear his characteristic breathing as you walked around the museum.