Star Wars The Exhibition - County Hall till September 2007

The exhibition opened on 5th May at County Hall, London (Nearest tube stations are Westminster and Waterloo), the exhibition has been put together by a team from the Lucasfilm archives and is part of the star wars 30th anniversary celebrations

Most of the exhibits were in Glass cabinets making photography difficult (loads of reflections).
Taking pictures of your kids next to the cabinets was also problematic, due to the lighting, the stormtrooper costume camne out ok though.

One of the star attractions was the full size podracer used by young Anakin in Episode 1, the other 'super exhibit' was the full scale Naboo starfighter.

There were a fair number of starship models, although many of the classics were missing, of the classic rebel fighters for example there were no X-Wing or Y-Wing models, there were however a B-Wing and an A-Wing.

Some favourites in the costume department were R2-D2 and C-3P0, The Fetts (Jango & Boba) and a nice display on Darth Vader, including both a full costume and a case containing the secondary mask.

Something a little special was the collection of original concept drawings hanging from the walls around the exhibition, some were just pencil sketches, others were full colour scenes, all were dated some years beofre the relevant movies.

For the kids there was a green screen section where they can fight a jedi against a movie backdrop and a Jedi School where they are shown a few moves before being pitted against Darth Vader and the Emperor.

All in all a great exhibition, well worth the entry fee (£16.50 for adults and £12.50 for children).

Official merchandise is available from a van behind coounty hall, accessible to all (whether they paid to go into the exhibition or not).