Robotics

Of course, Star Wars would not be Star Wars without robots, and the exhibition has no shortage of them, including hands on ways to build and control them.

"We have a robot theatre found in a Jawa Sandcrawler," Connell said. "They go around fixing all types of junk, which in the movie included R2-D2 and C3-PO."

The exhibition also features a discussion between C3-PO and Dr Synthia Breazeal from MIT in a small theatre. Dr Breazeal is one of the "roboticists" at the media lab at MIT. She has developed a few robots and has a special interest in how robots relate to humans.

"C3-PO and R2-D2 are actually extremely advanced in their ability to understand humans and respond to human needs," Connell said. "Most robots today don't understand humans, but there is a huge amount of research into that. How does R2-D2 get around so well when he's on wheels? That's what I want to know."