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January 10, 2007
star wars @ omsi: easter eggs!
by sven at 8:00 am
More about the recent Star Wars exhibit at OMSI...
While at the exhibit, it occurred to me to check on a couple of things that I've always wondered about...
What's on Darth Vader's chest plate? Looks like Hebrew to me!
1/10 Update: I've run this by a Jewish friend who confirms it's Hebrew, and who's passing the photo on to folks who may be able to translate it for us!!
This was the helmet used in Revenge of the Sith...
I spit on the floor! We speak of it no more!
...Ahem. Even so, I was curious to see the insides up close.
How did the sand speeder hover?
The speeder was built on the frame of an English 3-wheeled car. In the actual film there's a mirror set at a 45 degree angle toward the ground that covered all this up.
Lore has it that when the model makers at ILM built the Rebel Blockade Runner, they put a miniature poster of a "pin-up girl" in the control room. You can't see it on film...
And you couldn't see it in the exhibit, either, given how the model was lit.
...But I had a thought: when my camera focuses in a dark room, it projects a little beam of light in order to gauge distances. I tried it out -- and sure enough! So I shot this photo with a flash.
Notice, also, on the left-hand wall a tiny Star Wars poster.
And, just because -- if you're like me -- you've always wondered... Here it is in close-up: the Rebel Blockade Runner "pin-up girl".
This concludes our virtual tour of the OMSI Star Wars exhibit. Thank you -- and please come again!
posted by sven | January 10, 2007 8:00 AM | comments (3) | categories: exhibits & events
Comments
Ha! fun stuff, thanks for posting more. I seem to remember seeing some behind the scene stuff with the sand speeder supported with a large pole from behind? I guess for the scene when they get in and it kind of bounces up and down with the additional weight. Cool to see the some of the tricks they used. The pin up girl and starwars poster is kind of funny too - nice detective work Sherlock Sven!
Posted by: mark F. at January 11, 2007 4:53 AM
The first line of Hebrew seems to be random letters.
The second line is also obscure or random, and also upside down. I can't decode it as words.
Both of first lines may involve fragments of words...
The third line might be translated "until he merits" or "until he earns/wins"... "ad sh'zcah"
Curious.
My son and I enjoyed the exhibit too.
Posted by: Miles at January 14, 2007 4:17 PM
The first line of Hebrew seems to be random letters.
The second line is also obscure or random, and also upside down. I can't decode it as words.
Both of first lines may involve fragments of words...
The third line might be translated "until he merits" or "until he earns/wins"... "ad sh'zcah"
Curious.
My son and I enjoyed the exhibit too.
Posted by: Miles at January 14, 2007 4:17 PM