Visit to the Star Wars Exhibit – Where Science Meets Imagination

When I found out that there was going to be a Star Wars exhibit coming to the Bay Area, specifically the San Jose Tech Museum, I knew I was going to have to check it out ASAP. And while reading up on it, I was even more excited to find out that there was going to be a full sized Millennium Falcon set there – something called the “Millennium Falcon experience”. I had no idea what that would entail, but the prospect of me being able to take a few awesome photos inside a Millennium Falcon was motivating enough to decide to make a somewhat new cosplay just to wear to the exhibit. Having already made the ANH Han Solo a couple years back, I had always wanted to re-do the holster/belt properly with my new found leather crafting skills. So with that began my latest cosplay quest to make the Empire Strikes Back version of Han Solo. The second time around was definitely easier (write up coming soon!), but making that holster was still very challenging. In fact, I’ve heard from most Han cosplayers that that holster is quite a pain in the Wookie. Anyhow, if you can’t make it out to this exhibit, I pretty much captured the whole thing on camera. More pics after the jump!

I was super lucky to be able to get a few pics inside the sold out Millennium Falcon experience. Although I didn’t do the simulation, being inside the cockpit and tunnel leading up to it was pretty amazing. Just like being on a real set!

Characters

There weren’t as many creatures and characters as I had hoped, but seeing some of the newer costumes that I haven’t seen before was definitely neat.

Vehicles

This is now my 3rd Star Wars exhibit (the first being a long long time ago before the new trilogy came out in a galaxy far far away) and I’m still just as in awe of the models as I was the first time I saw them.