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Lego: From Star Wars to Revenge of the Sith in 1.5 million bricks - Pictures

By // July 11, 2012, 12:27 AM PST // steveranger

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  • A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, made of very small Lego bricks...

    The 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.

    Here 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.

  • Millennium Falcon cockpit

    The 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.

  • Sand People - Tusken Raiders in Lego

    Here are some Tusken Raiders - Sand People - with their bantha. Easily startled, according to old Ben Kenobi.

  • Mos Eisely in Lego

    The 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.

  • Stormtrooper in Mos Eisley

    Stormtroopers on the prowl in the Lego Mos Eisley.

  • Luke Skywalker's Wampa attack

    Luke Skywalker captured by a Wampa ice creature, as seen in The Empire Strikes Back.

  • Luke Skywalker recovers on Hoth

    Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 watch Luke Skywalker recovering from his injuries.

  • AT-ATs attack on Hoth

    Imperial AT-ATs attack the rebels on ice planet Hoth in this rendition of The Empire Strikes Back in Lego.

  • Ewoks on Endor

    Ewoks in the forest moon of Endor, from The Return of the Jedi.

  • Han Solo, Princess Leia on Endor in Lego

    Han Solo, Princess Leia and the Ewoks prepare to break into the force-field generator.

  • Naboo Starfighter from The Phantom Menace, in Lego

    A scene from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, with a Naboo N-1 Starfighter in the foreground.

  • The Gungan Army, in Lego

    The Gungan army awaits an attack

  • Padmé in the Geonosis execution arena

    Padmé 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.

  • The Battle of Kashyyyk

    The Battle of Kashyyyk scene features the Clone Turbo Tank, which is made of 10,180 pieces of Lego and took 168 hours to build.

  • C-3PO in Lego

    Not all the models are mini though - here's a life-size C-3PO.

  • R2-D2 in Lego

    R2-D2 also makes an appearance.

  • Darth Vader in Lego

    Darth Vader swings his lightsaber.

  • Chewbacca in Lego

    And Chewbacca is striking in Lego.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, made of very small Lego bricks...

The 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.

Here 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.

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