Star
Wars: The Magic Of MythBrooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art Website
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SFRevu Star Wars Special: Star Wars II: The Clone Wars / Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (novelization) / Games: Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast / Star Wars: The Magic Of Myth at the Brooklyn Museum of Art |
From April 5th to July 7th, the Smithsonian's traveling Star Wars exhibit will be in the NYC area at the Brooklyn Museum. It's much cooler than I expected, with room after room of props, video displays and posters relating the mythic elements of the saga to classic mythology. If you're in the NY area, I highly recommend it.
If you can't get to the museum, you can still enjoy
the tour online at the National Air and Space Museum website:
http://www.nasm.si.edu/StarWars/guide.htm
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| The museum is best approached by subway from Manhatten. A short film just inside the exhibit takes you through the creation of the saga, and the exhibition itself takes up two floors. |
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| You can get as close as you want to the props, and they encourage picture taking, rare in an art museum, in fact it's restricted to this exhibit. |
  
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| I really enjoyed getting up close to some of those figures you only see whiz by on the screen. |
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| Some of the characters you might like to know better...some not as well. |
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| After the exhibit there's a room where you can try on costumes, and the digital audio tour features James Earl Jones. |