Tag: Smithsonian
How Adam Savage’s R2D2 Was Prepared for Display at Smithsonian
Curator Matt Shindell gets the story behind R2's multiyear build, started when Adam Savage was working at ILM and had access to the original Kenny Baker model, and explains just how he and his team prepared R2 for its long-term display!
Adam Savage’s R2-D2 on Display at National Air and Space Museum’s Newly Reopened Galleries
The newly reopened halls at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum present some of the grandest artifacts in aeronautics and space travel, including a reproduction of the astromech R2-D2 built and loaned by Adam Savage.
Star Wars X-wing Drone Lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
One of the two Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicles dressed up as X-wings and used for Rise of the Resistance dedication ceremony at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Dec. 2019, is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Virginia.
Star Wars X-wing: From Screen-Used Prop to the National Air and Space Museum
This fall, a spacecraft from a galaxy far, far, away will go on display at the National Air and Space Museum in DC, a full-sized T-70 X-wing Starfighter as flown by Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Adam Savage Asks Why There’s an X-Wing in the Smithsonian
Adam Savage, Star Wars fanatic and Mythbuster, asks why there's a T70 X-wing at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in DC.
Full-Size X-wing form Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Lands at Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Virginia has been lent a full-size X-wing from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Lucasfilm, and it will be on display for visitors to see soon.