A galaxy far, far away just got a little closer.

Exploring the technologies of science and science fiction, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination makes its West Coast debut at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland on Oct. 11. The exhibit will run through Jan. 1, 2007.

Developed by the Boston Museum of Science in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd., the 10,000-square-foot exhibit is the first to combine costumes and props from all six Star Wars movies with real-world technologies, 21 interactive exhibits and 17 video interviews with filmmakers, scientists and engineers, according to a press release. Original film artifacts include the Millennium Falcon model, Lukes landspeeder model and vehicle, a Rebel Blockade Runner Tantive IV model, numerous costumes, Yoda and Lukes prosthetic hand prop.

The exhibit is organized around two technology themes: Getting Around and Robots and People. Visitors can experience how a floating vehicle handles, testing out a personal hovercraft and personal magnetic levitation train. Jump to Lightspeed Experience provides a realistic three-dimensional audio experience as visitors explore our own galaxy in a full-size replica of the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon. The exhibition also features robots that navigate, sense and understand the world around them. The exhibit culminates in two multistation Engineering Design Labs where visitors design, build and test solutions to challenges.

The Star Wars saga has created a sense of awe and wonder for generations of moviegoers, said museum president Nancy Stueber in a press release. It is that same sense of awe and wonder we strive to create here at OMSI, opening peoples minds to the exciting world of science and discovery.

Star Wars will have a specially priced time-ticketed admission cost of $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and youth and $3 for members. Admission to the Jump to Lightspeed Experience is an additional $5 and includes a collectors pin.

Tickets are currently available online as well as by phone at the museum.