The updated EMP!
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Stuff: A friend I met via Twitter came to Seattle today, and we decided to meet up at the EMP to hang out and spend a few hours in meatspace. It was good timing since the museum had revamped quite a bit of its content since the last time I had been there. I took a few pictures...
So, as youll be able to tell from most of these images, the high point was the new Star Wars exhibit.
A rough Yoda model used for rehearsals.
Amidala, of course.
Palpatines creepy guy robe, pre-Emperorization.
The actual costumes. Not shown are diagrams that gave an idea of how the actors were strapped into these things. It looked really, really uncomfortable.
Leias Boushh costume. I still love that mask.
Im sure pretty much everybody in the Western world knows what this is.
Female and male Tusken Raider costumes. I dont recall seeing the female used in the films.
That vest is still sharp.
This picture doesnt really convey the scale of the costume, but it was frickin huge.
The signage said that 56 of these were made for the movies. That didnt seem like a lot to me...
Im sorry, I didnt mean to use the flash on my phone! It was an accid... ::GACKKK::
At this point, we transitioned into the rest of the museum. The Sci-Fi part on the bottom floor has been totally redesigned, and almost all of the displays were new.
The T-800 endoskeleton.
The shuttle that Ripley escapes in from the first Alien film.
Sarris from Galaxy Quest.
One of the smaller bugs from Starship Troopers.
They had a whole wall of firearms taken from various TV shows and films.
One of the O-O-O-O-G Dungeons & Dragons materials from the early 70s.
What, you thought Id finish without an appearance from Boba Fett?
COME ON.
Overall, it was a great day and Even though we were there for several hours, I felt like we breezed through it pretty quickly without absorbing as much as we wanted to. Im definitely going to head back on the next rainy day and spend a few more hours...
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