Ever heard of musical Tesla Coils? Did you see them used by Jay Baruchel in The Sorceror's Apprentice? Check out these most impressive renditions of Darth Vader's Theme as played with some seriously arcing electricity.
The first is by Arc Attack who later went on to impress the judges at America's Got Talent.
Here's a bit about how it's all done.
And this one, by The Masters of Lightning plays the entire theme.
Many more renditions can be found on Youtube.
News, Notes, and Knick Knacks from the Star Wars Generation
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Star Wars Vinylmation- finally!
We've seen the designs for over a year. We even got exclusive Celebration V pins in the image of them. Now, tonight at midnight, Disney's popular Vinylmation line of figures is being premiered at D-Street in Downtown Disney's West Side. Including a signing by Disney Design Group artist Mike Sullivan, the store will be open from midnight to 2am to release the 12 new designs.
They'll roll out a few days later at Disneyland. Check out all the details at the DisneyParks blog.
Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Star Tours Opened 24 Years Ago
Just down the road from most of us is a boarded off ride area in Disney's Hollywood Studios. Early this Summer, most likely May 17th at Star Wars Weekends 2011, it will emerge as Star Tours II. Twenty four years ago today, the original Star Tours opened to the public in Anaheim.
The Disney collaboration began when George Lucas and Disney produced the 3-D space-fantasy featurette Captain EO starring Michael Jackson, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Walt Disney Imagineering's concept designer Tony Baxter said in a 2004 interview with Lucasfilm's Bonnie Burton, "Star Tours evolved from the first presentation we gave to George of a possible ride that was a little more complicated than our average attraction -- you could go every which way and choose the direction," Baxter recalls. "George said, 'Well that's great, but what can we do to get something going right now?' So we looked around and found this fantastic device that was being used at the Air Force and the government to simulate excursions into space. We thought it was a natural fit. We combined the space of fantasy that George had created with real world technology, and we ended up with an attraction that would give the general public a brand new experience."
The Disney collaboration began when George Lucas and Disney produced the 3-D space-fantasy featurette Captain EO starring Michael Jackson, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Walt Disney Imagineering's concept designer Tony Baxter said in a 2004 interview with Lucasfilm's Bonnie Burton, "Star Tours evolved from the first presentation we gave to George of a possible ride that was a little more complicated than our average attraction -- you could go every which way and choose the direction," Baxter recalls. "George said, 'Well that's great, but what can we do to get something going right now?' So we looked around and found this fantastic device that was being used at the Air Force and the government to simulate excursions into space. We thought it was a natural fit. We combined the space of fantasy that George had created with real world technology, and we ended up with an attraction that would give the general public a brand new experience."This led to the development of a state of the art simulator in Tomorrowland- the original Star Tours. After an opening that lasted 60 hours (10am January 9 to 10pm January 11, 1987) the ride became one of the biggest attractions at Disneyland, eventually being reproduced at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida, Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland.
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