As Star Wars celebrates its 30th Anniversary, Luke Skywalker’s original Jedi lightsaber will head into space with NASA astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery in October. Chewbacca will officially hand the lightsaber over to NASA’s Space Center Houston during a ceremony at the Oakland International Airport, Aug. 28, 2007.
The ceremony will include characters from a galaxy far, far away including Boba Fett, Jango Fett and X-Wing pilots, Jedi and stormtroopers. This will be followed by a spectacular departure aboard a Southwest Airlines flight as Chewbacca and his galactic friends help push back the airplane on the tarmac.
Stay tuned to the Official Star Wars Blog for more on the special event.
August 27, 2007 at 7:08 pm
So cool! Can’t wait to see some video, pics, and whatever!
BTW – Isn’t the ceremony and stuff tomorrow on the 28th?? I hope so, since the 27th is almost over!
August 28, 2007 at 3:19 am
Wierd, I’ve just prepared a piece about that to upload tomorrow! Guess everyone will kow about it by then! Oh well!
It looks amazingly cool, hope the blog is there to cover it.
August 28, 2007 at 6:03 am
I haven’t seen anything about this on the local Houston news. It would have been cool to check out.
August 28, 2007 at 11:16 am
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August 28, 2007 at 12:20 pm
[...] del 30º Aniversario de obiamente Star Wars se va al espacio. Todo esto fue confirmado por el blog oficial de Star Wars. Tomado de Engadget: Aparentemente, Chewbacca hará los honores de ceder el sable a [...]
August 28, 2007 at 1:40 pm
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August 28, 2007 at 2:17 pm
This story is obviously a fraud since everyone saw Luke’s lightsaber fall into space during the Bespin duel.
August 28, 2007 at 2:28 pm
cool. but whats with the weird spanish stuff.
August 30, 2007 at 4:37 am
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August 31, 2007 at 5:46 am
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September 1, 2007 at 2:27 pm
This is way cool. I’m checking this out right away! Star Wars history is made yet once again!