Tour a full-size Millennium Falcon model at The Battery this weekend
If you see what looks like a Corellian YT-1300 flight freighter around Cobb County, no, it isn’t some Jedi mind trick.
A model of the cockpit and lounge area of the Millennium Falcon will be in town for folks to tour this weekend as part of promotions for “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which is the Han Solo solo film.
The fabled Falcon will be on the green at The Battery Atlanta.
Alden Ehrenreich will play Solo in the movie and Stone Mountain's Donald Glover will be the smooth-talking Socorro-born Lando Calrissian.
Suzi Kutcher, a Disney representative, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the partial model of the Falcon was made from three shipping containers in six weeks. It is 40 feet by 50 feet.
She said that The Battery was a great spot to be on Friday, as it is coincides with the Braves' Star Wars Day/May The 4th Be With You Day game. If you don't get the play on words, then you probably haven't understood most of this article. Ask your nerdy friend.
And if you “have a bad feeling about this” when it comes to parking at SunTrust Park/The Battery, you’re right.
Beth Marshall, Braves spokeswoman, said about noon Friday that “due to strong sales” parking was going to be bad. And if the Braves are saying parking is going to be bad that means it'll be like getting eaten by a Sarlacc, in that "in his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years."
So, pre-pay for parking.
Lucasfilm used the original molds to create elements of the Falcon’s lounge area, such as the holochess table and the bar.
Those who want to go inside the Falcon should go to the Braves ticket counter, where they’ll be given a ticket with a tour time.
Kutcher said 25 people can go inside at the same time.
She said the Falcon travels in pieces on a flatbed and takes a day each to break down and set up.
It has already been in Cincinnati and after Atlanta will head to a secret location, Salt Lake City and then Denver for the promo tour.
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When The AJC asked what would happen to the Falcon after the tour, Kutcher said it would probably be broken down for different promotions around the Lucasfilm studio. So, no, you can’t win it at the Cloud City Sabacc Tournament on Bespin.
May the 4th be with y’all.
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