Check out SoHo’s
Star Wars exhibit
BY ALEX MITCHELL
At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi.
As fans across the galaxy await the concluding
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Dolby’s
SoHo headquarters is celebrating the 42 years it’s
worked with Star Wars and George Lucas through a
massive interactive exhibition which opened Dec. 6.
It starts out with a walk through a hallway fi lled
with each episode’s original movie poster, including
the very fi rst one from the 1977 “Star Wars” before
it was retitled “A New Hope” (a surprise to be sure,
but a welcome one).
Then you reach the fi rst room—the “Experience
Room” of Star Wars footage being projected on
all four walls with moving sound coming from 31
separate channels of Dolby’s intergalactic surround
sound.
That’s just a warmup for what comes next. A chandelier
of both red and blue lightsabers help guide you
to the studio space’s living room, which is decorated
in detail as the ultimate fan cave for Star Wars fans,
while looping each fi lm throughout the day.
A closer look also shows exquisite detail to the
placement of fi gurines and movie props that give
nods to both the resistance and fi rst order, along with
some more classic ones as well.
Then it’s time to head downstairs — that’s where
theatrical screening rooms await in addition to another
audio lab projecting the many scores that John
Williams has done for the lengthy saga. That aural
sector of the exhibition is set in the dark where you
can sit on a beanbag and envision traveling through
hyperspace as you look up at the unique and stellar
lighting overhead.
After taking a relaxing mediation that even Master
Yoda would envy, then behold specially crafted, wall
sized artwork and set photos along with fully sized,
red storm troopers that appear so lifelike you think
they’re going to ask to see your identifi cation. Don’t
worry, you can move along.
Absent from the artwork: The Star Wars Holiday
Special.
After heading back upstairs to the studio’s cafe section,
which also features a Keith Haring-eqsue mural
of the Star Wars cast, then enter into the “Virtual Forest.”
That’s where 18 epic lightsaber duels of the fate
are shown on mirroring panels tilted in each visible
direction.
The Star Wars exhibition at Dolby SoHo is open to
the public for free through Sunday, Jan. 5. It’s open
Wednesdays through Sundays (except Christmas and
New Years Day) from 1 to 8 p.m.
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