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Sketches Released of New Star Wars Museum

An anonymous reader writes Chicago has some great museums, but none have architecture that excite me as much as the renderings (read "storyboards, not blueprints," but they're also called "plans," which I hope means they're pretty accurate) of George Lucas's Star Wars museum. Technically, it's the "George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art," but we know what he means, and these pictures only make the point clearer. Says the Associated Press story, "The Beijing-based principal designer, Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, released the first sketches Tuesday. The seven-story museum will be located between Soldier Field and McCormick Place on Lake Michigan. It's expected to cost about $400 million. Ma has said it's the most important project of his career to date."

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  1. Re:Futuristic? by NotDrWho · · Score: 4, Funny

    That style of swoopy curvy blob may have looked "futuristic" back in the 50's and 60's when it first debuted... now it just looks old, tired, derivative, and lame.

    Then it's the perfect look for the George Lucas Museum.

    He sets 'em up and I bat 'em out, folks. We'll be here all week.

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  2. Re:George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art by jdschulteis · · Score: 3, Funny

    George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

    I bet I'll be the only person in the "More American Graffiti" and "Willow" section.

    Yes, but I'll be nearby in the "Howard the Duck" wing.

  3. Re:architecture by oodaloop · · Score: 1, Funny

    Jesus, how big are the womp rats where you come from?

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