Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Light sabers in orbit

Taxpayers who are fans of “Star Wars” were thrilled when NASA announced that the original lightsaber prop from 1983’s “Return of the Jedi” is on-board the space shuttle Discovery.  The Discovery is currently in orbit, on a mission to build and repair sections of the International Space Station.  Discovery’s busy crew is not expected to handle the lightsaber, which is packed in an inaccessible compartment, but they must be aware that it’s on-board.  With George Lucas, Chewbacca, and Jedi knights all present at the Discovery launch, the crew must have known that something was up.

When the shuttle lands, “Space Center Houston” will display the well-traveled light saber as part of an exhibit on Star Wars’ 30th anniversary.  It’s not known if any other movie memorabilia is scheduled to take orbit, although I think it would very appropriate for NASA to fly with a prop from the chick-flick, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 10/30 at 01:20 AM
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