Posted May 9, 20177 yr Deep in the bowels of a Star Tours spaceport; G2-9T works on repairing a broken R5 series astromech, constantly distracted by passing spacefaring tourists... This is a small vignette I made out of spare parts the other day. Sector 2 from the original Star Tours ride has remained one of my favorite moments of Star Wars. Growing up it was a ton of fun entering the ride in Disneyland and walking through the dimly lit and dirty Sector 2 seeing dozens of droids sitting in disrepair and abused states while two Goose Droids slowly worked on repairs. While the current Star Tours ride is technically superior and far more repeatable of a ride; I have always felt the trim and polished Sector 2 with the two droids handling TSA duties feels less Star Wars-y than the original madcap world of ill repaired droids the original presented. For reference to those of you who weren't familiar with the scene: The vignette is the result of combining spare pieces from my Lego parts bin together. This is probably the third time I have attempted to recreate the feel of Sector 2 in Lego. Admittedly it seems hard to create a pile of random junk in Lego while maintaining focus on the core aspects of a scene! I admit its not perfect, but its a fun litte vignette to display in my Lego collection. C3P0 on the observation platform. I also redesigned my Goose Droid using a plethora of new parts which weren't available when I first built the figure many years ago. I know the mix of new and old gray in the fig might be an eyesore for some of you, but for the dingy droids used in the actual attraction, it seems fitting . Hope you enjoyed my quick vignette, until next time! Star Tours history: In Canon Star Tours is a space transportation company which was active during The Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War. One of their old ships, a Starspeeder 1000 was seen in the same junkyard on Jakku where Unkar Plutt stored the Millennium Falcon during the events of The Force Awakens. It is highly likely the company operated the Gurrel-Lothal Shuttle seen in several episodes of Star Wars Rebels. In Legends Star Tours was an ill fated space tourism operation which shut down shortly after the Battle of Endor, due to several accidents including a faulty RX series pilot droid flying a ship load of tourists into a battle between the New Republic and Imperial Remnant over control of the alleged "Third Death Star." Most of the left over Star Tours droids were sold at firesale prices, and several former Star Tours Goose Droids ended up in the service of smuggler Talon Karrde. Edited May 9, 20177 yr by xboxtravis7992
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