From World War to Star Wars: The Meteor

10/21/2015

What do IG-88, Obi-Wan’s lightsaber, the Lars family speeder, the Mos Eisley cantina, the Death Star turbo-laser, and the Millennium Falcon all have in common? Sure, they are some of the coolest-looking pieces from a galaxy far, far away. But eagle-eyed fans will know that they were all built using pieces of a scrap aircraft designed to fight World War II. This month, I’m looking at how pieces of the Gloster Meteor jet fighter became one of the most important props in the Star Wars universe!