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February 11th, 2008
Posted by Eric.Smith
tagged as   Family  Museums


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First Stormtroopers invaded Rittenhouse Square… now we’ve got lightsaber battles on the steps of the Franklin Institute? What’s going on?!?

This past weekend, The Franklin Institute opened their new exhibit, Star Wars: When Science Meets Imagination. Hundreds of people gathered in front of the museum to watch Pennsylvania’s chapter of the 501st Garrison reenact a scene from Episode III, and then walked inside for an afternoon of sci-fi wonder.

Check out some coverage of the event on Jaunted, Crunchgear, and We Jet Set. I had the awesome opportunity to meet writers from each of those blogs, and they were some seriously cool people. Jaunted is loaded with information on the touring Star Wars exhibit, and they even feature an R2D2 Mailbox Map (we had one here).


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Darth Vader inspects his troops!

The guys at Crunch have several fun articles up, giving you a look inside Darth Vader’s helmet, some photos of the 501st Stormtrooper Legion, a video of kids building a spaceport, and some fantastic images of the lightsaber battle between Anakin and Obiwan.

Go check it out for yourself! We’ll have some photos up from the event later on.

Star Wars: Where Science Meet Imagination @ The Franklin Institute
Now Through May 4th, 2008

Franklin Institute
222 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 448-1200

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Hi! I'm Eric. I'm a Springsteen-loving, Bon-Jovi singing Jersey boy who recently up and left, relocating to the awesome city of Philadelphia. I'm a full time graduate student at Arcadia University and work for GPTMC, causing my coworkers to wonder if I have any kind of life. I don't. I enjoy photography, writing, reading, and playing Halo III. I spend a lot of time fussing over my chinchilla, Mittens. He's adorable, and you'll love him.


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(2 Responses)
February 11th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Brennen Says:

I would not give any back-talk to a storm trooper. Those dudes look like they mean business.

March 20th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Brian Says:

Attention to all Star Wars fans in the Philadelphia area:

The Philadelphia 76ers are hosting a Sci-Fi/Star Wars dress up contest on April 22nd against the New Jersey Nets. They will select the best dressed fan and that fan will receive a $500 prize. The first 10,000 fans be given glo sticks. Storm Troopers, Ewoks and Jawas will be roaming the concourse during the game. For additional information and tickets go to sixers.com or comcasttix.com.

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