Speaking of Star Wars, my buddy Chris Z. and I were discussing Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince and he mentioned thinking it would be a good idea if, after book seven, JK Rowling went back and wrote a prequel series about Dumbledore and Voldemort, ending with Voldemort’s attempt on Harry’s life.

And I was like, “WTF, did you not see the same Star Wars prequel trilogy I did? Did you not learn anything from that?”

I mean, granted, JK Rowling’s probably a better writer than George Lucas, sometimes the backstory is better left a bit mysterious and vague, y’know?

Via Rebelscum …

In the exhibition guests will encounter props, artwork, models and film clips from all six Star Wars films. The purpose of this one of a kind tribute to the films will be to explore the science behind the technologies of today and tomorrow.

Okay. Y’know, let’s just take a step here and consider something, right? You’ve seen a Star Wars film at some point in your life, right? Remember when it says “A long time ago …“? The Star Wars technology is the technology of yesterday! I mean, okay, a fictional civilization’s yesterday, but yesterday none the less. Star Wars isn’t a vision of the future.

If it’s future technology you want, run a Star Trek exhibit and display Captain Kirk’s flip-top communicator with a flip-top cell phone and say, “Look! They predicted modern technology in a show forty years ago!”

Really, it sounds like someone wanted a “legitimate” reason to have a Star Wars exhibit. Y’know, the films are a “cultural phenomena”, that could probably be reason enough.