Celebrate Star Wars Day at ArtScience Museum with an exuberant programme of activities lined up over the weekend of 1 - 2 May!
Catch a special presentation of film screenings, fan art demonstrations, toy displays, and more.
In addition, don't miss two special online videos on 29 April and 4 May of avid Star Wars toy collectors Derek Ho and Phelan Kuek's collections of Star Wars-themed LEGO sets, vintage prototypes, and rare sample artworks!
1 May, Saturday
Digital Fan Art Projection
- 10am – 9pm | Curiosity Gallery Wall, L4
- Free admission with a pre-booked slot to any Star Wars Day activity
Featuring digital projections of artworks by Jon Chan and photography group, Plastic Singapore.
Star Wars Toys Display
- 10am – 1pm, 3pm - 6pm, 7pm - 8.40pm | Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required. Each slot allows entry for 15 minutes.
Don’t miss this chance to check out displays of Star Wars toys produced from 1977 – present! Presented by Singapore Vintage Star Wars Collecting Fan Club and Suhaimi’s Gulliver’s Chronicles.
Film Screening – Season of the Force
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
- 151 min, PG
- 10.30am - 1.30pm | Expression Gallery, Level 4
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required.
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy documents the making of the original Star Wars trilogy: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983), and their impact on popular culture.
Photo Opportunity with Star Wars characters
- 11am - 11.45am, 12.30pm - 1.15pm, 4pm – 4.45pm, 5.30pm – 6.15pm | Oculus, Level 1
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required. Each slot allows entry for 15 minutes. This session will be cancelled in the event of wet weather.
Have your photo taken with your favourite Star Wars characters! Supported by the 501st Legion Singapore Garrison, Cathar Base Singapura - Rebel Legion & Kranak Clan - Mandalorian Mercs Singapore
Film Screening – Season of the Force
- Elstree 1976 (2015) by Jon Spira
- 97 minutes, PG
- 1.30pm – 3.15pm | Expression Gallery, Level 4
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required.
In 1976, during the hottest summer on record, Star Wars: A New Hope was shot in suburban North London. Nobody involved had any idea how big the film would become. Yet, for the extras and actors who played aliens, storm troopers, rebels and even Darth Vader – faces hidden beneath rubber masks, plastic helmets or heavy prosthetics – these seemingly insignificant jobs would go on to change their lives forever.
Demonstration – Toy Photography by Sunny Ang
- 4pm – 5pm | Expression Gallery, Level 4
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required.
Learn to take photos of your favourite Star Wars toys in everyday surroundings with prolific toy photographer Sunny Ang!
Film Screening – Season of the Force
- THX 1138 (Director's Cut) by George Lucas
- 88 minutes, M18 (Sexual Scenes and Nudity)
- 7pm – 8.45pm | Expression Gallery, Level 4
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required.
Pre-recorded, pre-screening introduction by Jedd Jong
A chilling exploration of the future is also a compelling examination of the present in George Lucas’ THX 1138, starring Robert Duvall as a man whose mind and body are controlled by the government. THX makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime. Developed from his student film Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, Lucas' directorial debut has been cited as a key to understanding Star Wars and explores themes and motifs that seem almost universal to his work.
2 May, Sunday
Digital Fan Art Projection
- 10am – 7pm | Curiosity Gallery Wall, L4
- Free admission with a pre-booked slot to any Star Wars Day activity
Featuring digital projections of artworks by Jon Chan and photography group, Plastic Singapore.
Star Wars Toys Display
- 10am – 1pm, 3pm - 6pm | Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required. Each slot allows entry for 15 minutes.
Don’t miss this chance to check out displays of Star Wars toys produced from 1977 – present! Presented by Singapore Vintage Star Wars Collecting Fan Club and Suhaimi’s Gulliver’s Chronicles.
Film Screening – Season of the Force
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
- 10.30am – 12.30pm | Expression Gallery, Level 4
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required.
After the fall of the Old Republic, Princess Leia, leader of the Rebel Alliance, is taken prisoner and held hostage by Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker, a boy longing to join the rebellion, joins forces with starship pilot Hans Solo, Jedi Knight Ben Kenobi, Wookiee Chewbacca and the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to embark on a rescue mission and save the galaxy from the evil Empire.
Photo Opportunity with Star Wars characters
- 11am - 11.45am, 12.30pm - 1.15pm, 4pm – 4.45pm, 5.30pm – 6.15pm | Oculus, Level 1
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required. Each slot allows entry for 15 minutes. This session will be cancelled in the event of wet weather.
Have your photo taken with your favourite Star Wars characters! Supported by the 501st Legion Singapore Garrison, Cathar Base Singapura - Rebel Legion & Kranak Clan - Mandalorian Mercs Singapore
Demonstration – Digital Art by Jon Chan
- 1.30pm – 3pm | Expression Gallery, Level 4
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required.
Artist and illustrator Jon Chan takes participants on a journey of creating digital art using digital drawing tools.
Film Screening – Season of the Force
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) by Akira Kurosawa
- 139 minutes, PG
- 4pm – 6.30pm | Expression Gallery, Level 4
- Free admission. Online pre-booking is required.
Pre-recorded, pre-screening introduction by Jedd Jong
Acknowledged as a primary influence on George Lucas’ Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress sheds light on the roots of Star Wars’ cinematic vocabulary. A grand-scale adventure that only venerated director Akira Kurosawa could create, the film stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with guarding his defeated clan’s princess (a fierce Misa Uehara), as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory accompanied by two bumbling, conniving peasants.
Online
Collector's Tours
Let avid Star Wars toy collectors Derek Ho and Phelan Kuek take you on a virtual tour of their vast and special collections of Star Wars-themed LEGO sets, vintage prototypes, and rare sample artworks!
- Collector’s Tour with Derek Ho
- Launch date: 29 April
A rare inside look into what goes behind making a Star Wars toy by Derek Ho, who developed a strong interest in the toy manufacturing process and enjoys collecting prototypes and sample artworks from the various stages of toy production.
- Collector’s Tour with Phelan Kuek
- Launch date: 4 April
A self-professed “typical” engineer, Phelan Kuek is anything but! Sit back and let Phelan take you through his immaculate displays and vast collection of LEGO Star Wars toys.
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