There are many things George Lucas might need assistance with, but I wouldn’t have thought that making money was one of them. Someone, however, apparently believes that the the federal government should be in the business of providing him with even more publicity for his mighty Star Wars empire.
If the reports are to be believed,
The original prop of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from the first Star Wars movie will be sent into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October to commemorate the film franchise’s 30th anniversary, according to a joint announcement from Lucasfilm, the Space Center Houston and Southwest Airlines on Aug. 27.
This is complete with all sorts of palaver, including someone in a Chewbacca suit handing the thing over to the astronaut, and an honor guard of storm troopers and a caravan of gas guzzling monsters.
Thanks to Ar’alani for the photo, and Sub-Evil Boy for the pointer (via G4’s The Feed).
