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LEGOLAND Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort

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LEGOLAND Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort

UPDATE (More info on the zones within the attraction)

LEGO Star Wars™ Miniland Experience

Guests can enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star War™s movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Guests will be further immersed into the Star Wars™ experience with the chance to pose with life-size LEGO models of Chewbacca, R2-D2 and Darth Vader. Following a chronological path through the Star Wars™ timeline, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort guests can retrace the major events of the beloved Saga. Some of the 2,000 LEGO models will be more than 6-feet-tall. Interactive buttons will allow children to activate animations throughout the scenes.

Episode I: Naboo

Naboo is one of the most geographically varied planets in the Star Wars galaxy. This scene depicts the Battle of Naboo and the capital Theed – both the Royal Palace and the hangar can be seen here. In this battle scene, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn encounter and fight the Sith apprentice, Darth Maul. Look closely at the details of this scene, but not so close that you may be pulled to the dark side!

Episode II: Geonosis

In this scene, visitors have a fantastic view of the Geonosis arena, in which Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker battle ferocious creatures. Witness the clash between Count Dooku’s droid army and the Grand Army of the Republic.

Episode III: Kashyyyk and Mustafar

In this scene, two planets are revealed: Kashyyyk and Mustafar. On one side, you'll be placed right into the Battle of Kashyyyk – the home of Chewbacca and the Wookiees. Here you'll discover fantastic vehicles modeled from LEGO bricks, such as the massive Clone Turbo Tank. On the other side, catch a glimpse of the fateful duel on Mustafar between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

Episode IV: Tatooine

Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO and R2-D2 can be spotted in this desert planet...introducing Tatooine. Here you'll discover Uncle Owen’s moisture farm, where Luke Skywalker lived as a child; peek inside the Cantina where the animated Cantina Band plays and stand above the spaceport where the largest LEGO model of Han Solo's famous starship, the Millennium Falcon, sits ready for take-off.

Episode V: Hoth

The Rebels take refuge on this icy planet, but the Empire tracks them down and the Rebels are forced to flee. Introducing... Hoth. This scene features LEGO models of the Imperial AT-ATs, Rebel snowspeeders and Luke Skywalker’s X-wing starfighter. Look closely and you'll see Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia.

Episode VI: Endor

Next we travel to a forest moon and home of the Ewoks, who fight against the Imperial Forces alongside the Rebels...Endor. The Endor system plays a key role in Return of the Jedi as the site of the Battle of Endor, fought to prevent construction of the second Death Star. This scene presents the final victory of the Rebel Alliance over the Empire. Here you can view a large-scale model of an Imperial shuttle on its landing platform, delivering a fearsome passenger - the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader.

The Clone Wars: Christophsis

The seventh area brings us to a scene from the animated series The Clone Wars on the planet Christophsis. Chronologically, the series takes place between Episode II and Episode III and focuses on the adventures of Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The LEGO scene depicts part of the planet’s surface, with the largest of all LEGO Star Wars models: an approximately 8-foot tall building from the Crystal City. You will also a scene showing a battle between Separatist battle droids and Republic clone troopers.

How the LEGO models are created

Roughly 2,000 LEGO Star Wars™ models in 1:20 scale are being developed and developed by a team of dozens of model designers and builders, landscapers, animation electricians and technicians. The minifigure models are being created by our sister resort LEGOLAND Deutschland in Günzburg, Germany. It is up to the team to bring the scenes to life to ensure the LEGO models appear as realistic as possible with special effects, authentic Star Wars™ audio, actions and lighting effects.

The individual film scenes were selected after careful consultation with Lucasfilm Ltd. Pictures and drawings of the figures, spacecraft, vehicles, landscapes, etc. were taken as the basis for the detailed construction blueprints. The model designers used a special LEGO drawing paper for this, on which one square is equivalent to one LEGO knob. In the next step, they calculated how many bricks and which colours and forms would be needed for the models. For particularly difficult model parts, prototypes are first built, before the model is constructed brick by brick. To help the LEGO models last longer, all of the bricks are glued together and then sprayed with a special UV coating.

Authentic Star Wars™ sounds, actions and lighting effects help to make the models even more lifelike. For all models, only commercially available LEGO pieces are used.

LEGOLAND Deutschland and LEGOLAND Billund opened new but outdoor LEGO Star Wars™ Miniland displays in 2011.

Star Wars™ and all characters, names and related indicia are © 2011 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

Background notes

  • The LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort is a unique family theme park where children aged 2-12 can take to the road, soar through the skies and sail the seas in complete safety. It has over 55 interactive rides, attractions, live shows, building workshops and driving schools, not to mention a staggering 55 million LEGObricks, all set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland.
  • The LEGOLAND Windsor Resort opens from 16 March – 5 November 2012. It is closed on selected midweek days in May, September, October and November. The hotel opens to guests on Saturday 17 March 2012.
  • There are four other LEGOLAND® parks in the world – LEGOLAND® Billund in Denmark, LEGOLAND California and LEGOLAND Florida in the U.S.A and LEGOLAND® Deutschland in Germany.

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Press Release via Brickset.com:

If you've been to one of the mainland European or US LEGOLAND parks recently you've probably seen the Star Wars themed areas in miniland. Now, this year, we're getting one at Windsor. We've been sent this image and a press release to whet your appetite:

March 2012 will see the opening of LEGOLAND Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort.

The new indoor fully themed Star Wars Miniland Experience will painstakingly recreate seven of the most famous scenes – six from the beloved Star Wars films and one from the smash hit animated series: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, using around 1.5 million LEGO bricks.

Planned in close consultation with Lucasfilm Ltd, Star Wars Miniland Experience will follow a chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and feature around 2,000 LEGO models in 1:20 scale from the planets Naboo, Geonosis, Kashyyk, Mustafar, Tatooine, Hoth, Endor and Christophsis. Created by dozens of model designers and builders, landscapers, animation electricians and technicians, the area will also feature authentic Star Wars sounds, actions and lighting effects further immersing visitors into the Star Wars saga and bringing the experience to life.

Sue Kemp, Divisional Director of LEGOLAND Windsor Resort commented, “We are delighted to have Star Wars as a permanent part of LEGOLAND, having successfully tested the water with our extremely popular Star Wars events. The Saga’s universal story about the battle between good and evil has transfixed adults and children over many decades and we expect it to be phenomenally popular with our visitors of all ages.”

LEGOLAND Star Wars Miniland Experience will be located in the centre of the Resort, which is set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland. The park features 55+ interactive rides, live shows, building workshops, driving schools and attractions and a LEGOLAND themed hotel which is opening in March 2012.

Find out more at www.legoland.co.uk.

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This is awesome news for me as I only live about 5 miles away from Lego Windsor... the article mentions that they are planning to use 1.5 million bricks for the seven themes, I wonder how that compares with the previous Lego theme parks SW displays ?

Being indoors sounds interesting as well, I suppose that is to make sense with the planned lights and sounds, I wonder if it will involve a sort of moving ride that takes you through it or perhaps with only seven sets that might not be big enougth to do that sort of thing.

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Being indoors sounds interesting as well, I suppose that is to make sense with the planned lights and sounds, I wonder if it will involve a sort of moving ride that takes you through it or perhaps with only seven sets that might not be big enougth to do that sort of thing.

Or just to stop it getting wet :grin:.

Here is a gallery of some of the promo event and such.

Thanks for the gallery.

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*huh* If that promo pic is anything like what it will be, that will be quite epic. As for the gallery, you have to love the stormtroopers on the Tower Bridge.

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I wish I could go to it. :hmpf_bad: But why is Leia wearing Luke's torso? :wacko:

Why, indeed? And why does Obi-Wan have a green lightsaber? And Vader a blue one? The person who built these must not be a SW fan.

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Why, indeed? And why does Obi-Wan have a green lightsaber? And Vader a blue one? The person who built these must not be a SW fan.

Or a simple mistake hmm :wink:.

I might try go see these this time.

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I'm going! Just looking at so many stormies in one place would be worth it! :laugh:

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Can't wait. Live around the corner and as we have young kids we have annual passes. Day 1 :D

Just a shame their lego store doesn't have as good a range of sets as other official lego stores. More touristy I guess.

update: Just found this page on legoland's website - don't know if those pics are from the new display or from existing displays elsewhere?

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Edited by mrklaw

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Hello!

Those are really nice photos. Thank you for these first impressions. :classic:

Cheers,

~ Christopher

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