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Helsinki and Toledo Snapshots
August 17, 2001

Star Wars museum tours are traveling around the world, and now fans in Finland and Ohio can get a first-hand look at the artistry involved in bringing these movies onto the screen.

On August 15, The Art of Star Wars exhibit opened in Helsinki, Finland in the Helsinki City Art Museum.

[ Helsinki and Toledo Snapshots ]
Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), ILM model-maker Lorne Peterson, and concept artist Iain McCaig stand before a sweeping Ralph McQuarrie-painted landscape

[ Helsinki and Toledo Snapshots ]
Björn Weckström, one of the most famous jewelry designers in Finland, crafted the necklace worn by Princess Leia in A New Hope
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Finnish fans examine droids under glass

On August 5, the Smithsonian's Magic of Myth exhibit opened in Toledo, Ohio.

[ Helsinki and Toledo Snapshots ]
Fans file into the Toledo Museum of Art

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Imperial law was enforced by several costumed fan attendants
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A young Princess gets her Art of Episode I book signed by design director Doug Chiang

The Art of Star Wars runs until January 13, 2002 before moving to the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland opening March 23, 2002. Magic of Myth stays in Toledo until January 5, 2002 before moving to the Brooklyn Museum of Art opening April 5, 2002.

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