Yesterday my boyfriend and I finally visited the Stars Wars Identities Exhibit that is currently being hosted in the Kleine Olympiahalle (small Olympia hall) in Munich. We are both major Star Wars fans and I've been meaning to visit the exhibition ever since it arrived here in Munich in May (2016) but we just never had the time. So I was more than thrilled that we finally got to visit this epic Star Wars universe.
Once we got inside, we were each given a rubber wristband with a chip inside and a small audio guide that had both languages german and english.
HOW IT ALL WORKS
The rubber WRISTBAND enables you to participate in an interactive journey to build your own identity in the Star Wars universe. Throughout the exhibit there are 10 stations where you can hold your wristband to one of several connecting points in order to choose which species your character is, which planet you come from, what your personality trades are, your occupation (jedi, farmer, fighter pilot, bounty hunter and many more) and you also choose a person from the Star Wars universe that you look up to or that your personality resembles most.
With the AUDIO GUIDE you can listen in to the audio of several short clips playing on Screens throughout the exhibit. Your audio guide receives the audio as soon as you step into the marked circles in front of the screens. The audio will be gone once you step out of the marked areas. Pretty cool concept if you ask me!
The exhibit is divided into the various stages that create or shape our identities and are explained on the basis of our beloved Star Wars characters. For example how come Anakin Skywalker chose the dark side in the end, while Luke, confronted with the same situation, chose to fight for good. Their journey through life is being analysed by comparing their personality trades, their upbringing, their surroundings. What shaped their identities? Why do they act the way they do? Star Wars has a lot of very complex characters and I never thought it would be so much fun learning about their different identities.
The exhibit definitely has a very interesting psychological and social science aspect. But at the same time it is not as abstract as it may sound right now. Children are very well able to understand and enjoy the exhibit too. And they will have a lot of fun creating their own Star Wars identity.
Apart from the informative clips on the screens and the different stages of building your own character, the exhibit shows a loooooot of original customes worn by the actors. They have all the droids (even BB8 can be found in there), stormtroopers, the original Darth Vader costume and many many more! Right at the beginning of the exhibit you can marvel at an original sized pod-racer with which Anakin Skywalker flew races as a kid on Tatooine.
At the end of the exhibit you can once again touch your wristband to one of many connection points underneath huge screens and they will show you the character / identity you created along the way. It's really fun seeing who you created and who other people created.
So... this is us!
| JULES |
Species: TWI'LEK (female)
Homeplanet: NABOO
Mentor: OBI-WAN KENOBI
Most important personality trade: CREATIVE
Occupation: JEDI KNIGHT
The Force in me is: VERY STRONG
Which side am I on: GOOD SIDE
Check out my whole Star Wars Profile here!
Species: EWOK (male)
Homeplanet: ENDOR
Mentor: YODA
Most important personality trade: EXCELLENCE DESERVES RECOGNITION AND RESPECT
Occupation: BOUNTY HUNTER
The Force in me is: STRONG
Which side am I on: DARK SIDE
OPENING TIMES
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm
PRICES
Monday - Friday
Adults - 21,95€
Children - 15,95€
Families - 17,95€ per Person
Saturday & Sunday
Adults - 24,95€
Children - 17,95€
Families - 19,50€ per Person
The exhibit will be in Munich until 17th of October! If you are a fan of the Star Wars Universe I can only recommend visiting it. It is unlike anything I have ever been to before and it's a whole lot of fun ;)
For more information check out the official websites:
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