Jump to Lightspeed in the Millennium Falcon

Visitors can jump to lightspeed in a life-size replica of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit.

In this simulated ride to the edge of the universe, a multimedia presentation explores what we know about our galaxy. A 3-D Bose sound system brings to life the Millennium Falcon’s beeping cockpit instruments and the roar of passing spaceships.

The five-minute show is narrated by Anthony Daniels, who portrayed C-3PO in the films.

Millennium Falcon capacity is four people. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Anticipate a line.

Other interactive displays include:

• Robot Object Theatre: In this immersive video experience, visitors enter a large-scale model of a Jawa sandcrawler’s rusted, steel interior and meet C-3PO and real-world MIT robotics engineer Cynthia Breazeal. The droid and the roboticist debate the merits of R2-D2, and discuss the challenges of duplicating human traits such as mobility, perception, and cognition. A Robot Object Theatre session lasts about 15 minutes. Each session is capped at 24 visitors.
• Building Communities: This unique virtual reality simulation lets visitors design three different communities on the Skywalker home planet of Tatooine, which has a harsh climate and scarce resources. Visitors learn if they have what it takes to survive by designing a spaceport, a moisture farm and a Jawa camp.
• Maglev Engineering Design Lab: Visitors can experiment with magnetic levitation propulsion, creating floating vehicles and testing them on a magnetic track.
• Robot Engineering Design Lab: Visitors become robot designers by choosing components and sensors for a mini robot, and then programming it to accomplish a task.