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NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:06 AM Jun 2015

Star Wars ships crashing into real tourist sites

some pretty cool images here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3131320/Move-JJ-Abrams-Fantasy-meets-reality-stunning-images-Star-Wars-ships-crashing-tourist-sites.html

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Star Wars ships crashing into real tourist sites (Original Post) NewJeffCT Jun 2015 OP

Very cool edhopper Jun 2015 #1

Is the Millennium Falcon *that* big? Bosonic Jun 2015 #2

Way out of scale. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2015 #4

No, it's definitely not that big NewJeffCT Jun 2015 #5

The scales are way off in some pictures... Archae Jun 2015 #3

For size comparisons: kentauros Jun 2015 #6

edhopper

(33,575 posts)

1. Very cool

Reply to NewJeffCT (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:27 AM

Jun 2015

thanks

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)

2. Is the Millennium Falcon *that* big?

Reply to NewJeffCT (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 01:06 PM

Jun 2015

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,326 posts)

4. Way out of scale.

Reply to Bosonic (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 02:09 PM

Jun 2015

It would take 12 parsecs just to find the bathroom.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

5. No, it's definitely not that big

Reply to Bosonic (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:25 PM

Jun 2015

more appropriate would be it on a wide avenue - like Broadway or something, or maybe in Times Square?

According to Wookipedia, it's 34.37m long and 25.61m wide. (112' 9 5/32" long and 84' 0 17/64" wide)

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Millennium_Falcon