With the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter Studio Tours across the world there’s barely a raised eyebrow at the announcement of a new movie tie-in experience. Studios are increasingly keen to prolong the cinematic experience and a ‘walk-in’ attraction appears to be the next big thing.
It is with great fanfare then that Madame Tussauds, the century and a half old London waxworks, is teaming up with Disney and Lucasfilm to build and populate almost a dozen recreated sets from all the Star Wars films so far in a major new exhibition.
With hype for The Force Awakens already gaining serious traction the mid-May launch date for this exhibition will serve as the perfect pre-Episode VII experience for fans of George Lucas’s films.
Here is the full list of the eleven walk-in sets which comprise the experience:
- Cross the Trade Federation Bridge (Episode I) into Star Wars
- The dramatic lightsaberduel (Episode I) between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul
- The fiery lava landscape of Mustafar (Episode III) featuring Anakin Skywalker as he lifts his lightsaber in his fateful duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi
- In the cantina bar (Episode IV) with Han Solo
- Tatooine landscape (Episode IV) featuring C-3PO and R2-D2
- The flight deck of the Millennium Falcon (Episode IV) with Chewbacca
- The Death Star protected by two Stormtroopers (Episode IV)
- The swamps of Dagobah (Episode V) featuring Yoda
- ‘I am Your Father’ scene (Episode V) with Darth Vader
- Jabba’s Throne Room (Episode VI) featuring Princess Leia, Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb (and Han Solo frozen in carbon)
- Death Star Throne Room (Episode VI) featuring Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader locked in battle as evil Emperor Palpatine looks on
Here’s the introduction video which features the process of making and sculpting the incredibly detailed figure of Yoda,
Find out more here: http://www.madametussauds.com/london/
