Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

We just got the following news release announcing that Billy Dee Williams will help reveal the arrival of Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination in San Jose, California. The traveling exhibit will officially open in October, but Williams and a supporting cast of Star Wars characters will kick off the excitement at an event on Thursday.

SAN JOSE, CA – A band of dastardly Stormtroopers challenge the noble Jedi in an epic face-off outside The Tech, where actor Billy Dee Williams, who starred as Lando Calrissian in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, “Obi-Shawn” and other costumed characters reveal the Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibition arrival in October.

Grab a front row seat and join a cast of larger-than-life characters and a few of-this-world guests to unleash the Force of the blockbuster traveling exhibition that is ending its 20-venue worldwide tour at The Tech.

WHO: Billy Dee Williams, Jedi, Stormtroopers, “Obi-Shawn” and others, along with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who stars as himself, and museum Board Chair Chris DiGiorgio of Accenture acclaim

WHAT: A theatrical face-to-face confrontation between good and evil in the form of Jedi and a small army of Stormtroopers, complete with Lightsabers, a musical backdrop, and custom Star Wars-themed vehicles

WHERE: In a galaxy far, far away…at the intersection of South Market Street and Park Avenue, San Jose, CA. (201 S. Market St., to be exact)

WHEN: 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, presented by Bose Corporation®, was developed by Boston’s Museum of Science and Lucasfilm Ltd.

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This material is based upon work supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0307875. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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