Phil attends the opening day of the STAR WARS EXHIBIT at the Tech Museum in Downtown San Jose-October 19, 2013

So I have been waiting patiently for the past 8 months for the day to come! And now it's here! Yes folks this past Saturday my friends and I attended the opening of the STAR WARS: THE EXHIBITION at The Tech Museum of Innovation in the heart of Downtown San Jose! The museum was jammed packed with STAR WARS fans young and old. There were original models, props, and costumes to see and yours truly was in heaven! I took an enormous amount of pictures of the exhibit, but here are some of my favorites.

Standing outside of the entrance to The Tech Museum.

The Empire came out in full force! Actually these are cosplayers.

Just hanging out with some old friends of mine. Have you met them yet?

And now, I'm home!!

An original X-Wing Fighter model from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV.

An original Tie Fighter model from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV.

The Millennium Falcon model from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV.

The Hoth Creature and the Imperial Snow Trooper costume from STAR WARS: EPISODE V.

Luke Skywalker's Land Speeder from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV.

A Jawa costume and the Jawa Sand Crawler model from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV.

Yes, this is the actual Darth Vader costume from STAR WARS: EPISODE V.

Stormtrooper costume from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV.

Yoda puppet from STAR WARS: EPISODE V and Mace Windu's costume from STAR WARS: EPISODE I.

Tarfful and Chewbacca costumes from STAR WARS: EPISODE III.

R2-D2 costume from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV.

AT-ST and AT-AT models from STAR WARS: EPISODE V.

These pictures I took were only a small part of the exhibit! For all you STAR WARS fans out there, this is a dream come true: to see film history before your very eyes! To be able to see these amazing artifacts that helped transform a film series into a pop culture phenomenon was amazing. There is so much to see that it does require multiple visits, so rest assure that I'll be back at the museum again very soon to see this extraordinary, out of this world exhibit!

STAR WARS: THE EXHIBITION is currently on display for the genral public from October 19, 2013 through February 23, 2014. To purchase tickets, business hours and such, visit the Tech Museum's official website at www.thetech.org.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy the show!