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Star Wars

Family

Portraits

Global photographers in
saga-inspired collaboration

worldwide collaboration
A between Lucasfi lm, eBay,
and the British Journal of
Photography has resulted
in a magical online exhibition that
explores the lives of Star Wars-loving
families from around the world.
Launched to commemorate the
release of Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker in December 2019, Star Wars
Families was an ambitious undertaking
that involved 10 internationally
renowned photographers visually
documenting their subject’s daily lives
around the theme of a family portrait.
The project was envisaged as a slice
of family life across the globe as they
looked ahead to the release of the fi nal
chapter in the Skywalker saga, refl ecting
on the impact the movies have had on
their lives while paying tribute to the
universal and intergenerational nature
of Star Wars fandom.
The resulting images and stories of
the family involved can be found at
starwarsfamilies.com.

eBay Speeder

Challenge

Luke’s X-34 toy goes extra large

aving previously constructed a
H giant AT-ACT walker model and
recreated Kylo Ren’s TIE silencer,
inventor Colin Furze again joined
forces with eBay to build a new creation,
this time celebrating the arrival of Star Wars:
The Rise of Skywalker.
His life-size recreation of a toy landspeeder,
built around an electric golf buggy chassis,
was even fitted with jet engines. The fi nished

speeder was later sold on eBay on behalf of
U.K. charity Children in Need for $65,500!

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