HUNTSVILLE, AL – At 7:30 a.m., Heather Finley and her son, 10-year-old son Grayson Finley, waited outside the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The Finleys, from Bentonville, Ark., drove 10 hours to see “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination.”

“We planned our whole vacation around the opening of the ‘Star Wars’ exhibition,” Finley said. “We are really big ‘Star Wars’ fans.”

Following a year of planning and a month-long installation process, the space center opened the much-anticipated “Star Wars” exhibit on Friday morning. The countdown sign facing Interstate 565 reads “Now Open.” more…

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The premiere summer event in North Alabama is just over two months away, and the clock is running! The world famous Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit opens Friday, June 25th, and tickets are already selling briskly.

Produced by the Museum of Science, Boston and Lucasfilm Ltd., and presented by Bose Corporation, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination features approximately 80 actual costumes, props and models more…