Bringing R2-D2 from the screen to real life with Pacific Northwest Droid Builders
May the Fourth Be With you, because today is Star Wars Day!
For nearly 50 years, the Star Wars franchise has captured the hearts of SO MANY sci-fi and fantasy fans. And for a lot of people, it’s all about the droids… R2-D2 and C-3PO, to be precise.
This past weekend, that love of droids was on full display at both the Museum of Flight, and at Barnes & Noble in Northgate, where we caught up with James Adams of the Pacific Northwest R2 Builders Club.
He and his fellow club members build and demonstrate life-sized replicas of the beloved droids. Some of them can be driven around…
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