\n\tThe indoor Star Wars Miniland Experience recreates scenes from the Star Wars films and animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, using around 1.5 million Lego bricks. The new attraction at Legoland Windsor, just outside London, opened earlier this year.
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\n\tHere in Lego is the Millennium Falcon – the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs – one of the most iconic Star Wars spaceships.
\n\tThe Legoland attraction features about 2,000 Lego models in 1:20 scale from the planets Naboo, Geonosis, Kashyyyk, Mustafar, Tatooine, Hoth, Endor and Christophsis. Some 55 million Lego bricks are used across the whole park. Here’s a close-up of Chewbacca and Han Solo in the cockpit.
\n\tHere are some Tusken Raiders – Sand People – with their bantha. Easily startled, according to old Ben Kenobi.
\n\tThe cantina at Mos Eisley, or as Obi Wan described it: “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” Over in the right-hand corner, Greedo pulls a gun on Han Solo.
\n\tStormtroopers on the prowl in the Lego Mos Eisley.
\n\tLuke Skywalker captured by a Wampa ice creature, as seen in The Empire Strikes Back.
\n\tHan Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 watch Luke Skywalker recovering from his injuries.
\n\tImperial AT-ATs attack the rebels on ice planet Hoth in this rendition of The Empire Strikes Back in Lego.
\n\tEwoks in the forest moon of Endor, from The Return of the Jedi.
\n\tHan Solo, Princess Leia and the Ewoks prepare to break into the force-field generator.
\n\tA scene from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, with a Naboo N-1 Starfighter in the foreground.
\n\tThe Gungan army awaits an attack
\n\tPadm\u00e9 Amidala in the Geonosis execution arena from Attack of the Clones – unlike much of the rest of the exhibit which is at a 1:20 scale this is built at 1:180 scale – otherwise it would have been 29 feet high.
\n\tThe Battle of Kashyyyk scene features the Clone Turbo Tank, which is made of 10,180 pieces of Lego and took 168 hours to build.
\n\tNot all the models are mini though – here’s a life-size C-3PO.
\n\tR2-D2 also makes an appearance.
\n\tDarth Vader swings his lightsaber.
\n\tAnd Chewbacca is striking in Lego.
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