Star Wars: Power of Costume

Mirrors and storm trooper helmets

At Discovery Times Square they have a few exhibitions running, and one of the current ones is about the costumes and personal props that played a part in the first 6 Star Wars movies (with a little bit about the 7th tacked on the end)

I found a discount voucher online to save 20%, so the cost was reasonable enough and I went there after lunch at Virgil's.

Leia's disguise - and slave outfit

Han Solo, in carbonite

The exhibition area is extraordinarily large, I suppose mostly because it's pretty much all below ground.  You are only allowed in in batches every 15 minutes, as it starts with a short intro video, but then you are free to walk around at your leisure and take photographs provided you don't use the flash.

They had a huge amount of exhibits, with write-ups from the designers and a handful of interactive bits.

The Imperial Stormtrooper helmet display had lots of mirrors which made an effective display.

The most impressive was the very last part.  They had three large screens that you had to stand in front of, and you saw yourself to start with, but then you changed into an Imperial Stormtrooper.  You could wave,  fire your laser, or with the right gesture turn yourself in Darth Vader, and wave a lightsabre about, or gesture again to turn into C-3PO, and the character's movements mirrored your own.  My video is less than a minute long, and not very good at the start, but you get the idea.

All in all, I spent a couple of hours there, getting my money's worth!