Luke's Lightsaber / Star Wars Exhibit at Ripley's Believe It Or Not

0:04 on more than one occasion I have walked

0:04 past this building staring up at Buster

0:08 the dinosaur as he makes his way through

0:11 the roof but today for the first time

0:14 ever here off Hollywood Boulevard I'm

0:18 going inside Ripley's Believe It or Not

0:21 auditorium spelled odd Oh DD not a you

0:26 just a clever play on words

0:28 welcome everyone Adam the whoo here

0:32 and the reason it is pulling the end

0:34 with its tractor beam if you will

0:36 because there is a Star Wars item Luke's

0:40 lightsaber supposedly is right behind

0:43 those doors

0:44 and according to the paraphernalia in

0:46 the windows it's true limited time only

0:50 see Luke Skywalker's original lightsaber

0:55 alright a little more info it's the one

0:58 from Empire Strikes Back upon entry

1:02 greeted by the world's tallest man mr.

1:05 Robert Wadlow standing eight feet 11

1:09 inches he could have played Chewbacca

1:11 Peter Mayhew the actor inside the suit

1:14 he's very tall as well but Robert here

1:18 he could have easily filled Chewbacca

1:22 shoes look at the size

1:28 look at the size of his feets you're

1:28 tired buddy take a seat take a load off

1:32 yeah she was standing there awhile he's

1:36 tuckered out behind this glass casing

1:39 appears to be what they refer to as a

1:40 death mask it doesn't state so on the

1:44 info card but that's Alfred Hitchcock

1:47 and he's also signed to check down below

1:52 and that medallion this is director

1:57 guild metal looking upward there is a

2:01 shark over my head made of playing cards

2:04 and the Queen Mary the boat similar to

2:09 the model of the Titanic this should be

2:11 interesting something called musical

2:14 stairs

2:35 you have to imagine what it would be

2:35 like as a shepherd tending your flock

2:39 and walking up to one of the herd and

2:43 realizing it's a cyclops it only has one

2:47 I like looking deep deep deep into your

2:53 souls scaring the people of Ghana Africa

3:03 often ordered designer fantasy coffins

3:07 like this big Nike shoe size 36 to be

3:13 their final resting place according to

3:16 that side it's the truth believe it even

3:25 a shooting gallery in here and take a

3:29 look at the Easter egg up on the wall

3:32 it's a Star Wars poster there's Yoda and

3:34 Luke this is a lovely room of death

3:39 take care of them bye-bye now

3:43 whoo there's a little bit of a scrap

3:47 going on here a little fight and it

3:50 added an ignition button should i oh

3:55 it's going it's going it's making this

3:58 squid looking octopus thing oh I gotta

4:02 keep holding it down

4:03 you have to continue holding it down you

4:06 press your hand down don't take it off

4:09 and that octopus mechanical squid

4:12 sculpture continues to operate what a

4:18 ferocious dog can be pretty terrifying

4:20 when it's on the attack but look at this

4:23 guy he's wearing a suit of armor because

4:26 back in the day the great Mastiffs in

4:29 medieval warfare they would have a flame

4:34 igniting the path they were on burning

4:37 down trees and taking out the enemy with

4:40 a huge knife mounted to its back the

4:43 Brown Derby was a famous eating

4:45 establishment here in Hollywood to the

4:48 stars it has since been bulldozed these

4:51 are some of the famous photos characters

4:54 of some of the actors and actresses that

4:58 used to visit the establishment little

5:01 pieces of history against the wall this

5:03 check this California bank check was

5:05 signed by Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball

5:10 right down there

5:11 and even Sean Connery yeah shadow art

5:18 portrait works when you press the button

5:21 below and step a couple feet back so

5:24 let's press the button and go back over

5:27 here that's a man's face we are staring

5:30 at but be very patient patient and now

5:33 it turns converts to a woman's face and

5:38 I think it I think if you just hold wait

5:40 well let's come back

5:41 back to the man's face it's made out of

5:43 little pieces of plastic which you can

5:45 see behind the frame and the lights

5:48 located outside shifts just enough to

5:51 give you the illusion of switching back

5:54 and forth between poles each face and

6:06 striking the hub strike a pose don't

6:08 look into the plan all right I won't

6:10 five four three two one now check your

6:17 shadow on the wall

6:19 there I am can you see me faintly

6:27 faintly my shadow lingers

6:30 I left a remnant but now I've been

6:34 erased from existence it looks as if

6:37 I've made it onto the red carpet thank

6:40 you thank you thank you please no photos

6:44 now okay go ahead just one just okay -

6:46 no way is this what I think it is hold

6:49 on I won't know till it completely turns

6:52 around yeah I could tell from the back

6:56 look at this it's the most bizarre

6:58 Terminator I've ever seen that's right

7:02 come on look into my eyes see what's

7:05 going on oh my goodness what what is his

7:08 jacket is made out of a bunch of pop

7:12 culture stuff Rocky for Shrek

7:21 avatar down there on the back of his leg

7:21 and even he even has himself look he

7:25 even has the Terminator and Jack

7:28 Torrence from The Shining and Indiana

7:31 Jones near his crotch you are one very

7:34 very bizarre arnold statue that's right

7:39 come on and while we're on the subject

7:42 of epic movie props for the 1933 film

7:46 King Kong this is a tribal torch right

7:50 there on display and there's a photo of

7:55 the scene that it was used in the movie

7:57 wow that's neat oh my goodness there it

8:01 is in big bold letters on that banner

8:04 mark hamill used

8:09 this lightsaber that is right down here

8:12 look at this

8:21 my hero held that the hero of the

8:21 original trilogy the Star Wars way

8:25 before was called a new hope and in the

8:28 sequel Empire and then the third one

8:30 Return of the Jedi all featured Luke

8:36 Skywalker he was the man who was gonna

8:40 save the galaxy the greatest Jedi

8:44 believed

8:45 well there's obi-wan and Yoda but he was

8:48 my favorite Luke Skywalker it's being

8:51 protected by the darkside that's very

8:54 unusual but there is a beacon of light

8:57 in the middle Princess Leia made out of

9:00 computer case did you know the word II

9:02 walk was not verbally referenced in any

9:05 of the movies did you know that Vader

9:07 the only reason I did is because it's

9:10 stated there on that side here's a

9:12 close-up of the computer keys that make

9:15 up lay his head hidden if you pan over a

9:18 little bit you can see her eyes don't

9:19 worry about these guys though someone's

9:22 got the drop on them watching from afar

9:26 up there is creepy Yoda looking down

9:30 actor Anthony Daniels wore a heavy and

9:33 uncomfortable fiberglass Threepio head

9:35 in the first film for Empire Strikes

9:37 Back he approved a new design an

9:40 injected molded plastic head like the

9:43 one seen here but over time it's shrunk

9:47 and they could only use it for close-up

9:49 shots

9:50 and special effect

9:53 let's go in for one last quick look the

10:00 only reason I'm whistling this much

10:01 because there's copyrighted music in the

10:02 background Peter Mayhew his handprints

10:05 are located next to it there's only a

10:08 very brief moment interlude between the

10:12 songs I'm taking this this moment to get

10:16 a moment of quality let's look at this

10:17 holy cow yes I am sitting next to an

10:22 artifact of one of the greatest Star

10:25 Wars films ever made you served him well

10:29 you've served

10:32 usurped him well the footprints on the

10:34 wall worse in Drummonds personal copy of

10:37 Marilyn Monroe's famous footprints I was

10:49 fairly certain the bridge was gonna fall

10:52 but not before pressing this so what

10:57 does the button do that answers my

11:03 question in West Africa medicine men

11:06 would drive the spikes into these wooden

11:09 figures a form of Voodoo to try to

11:13 inflict pain upon their enemies

11:17 it's like a hundred nails in that guy's

11:19 chest

11:30 Pandora's box whatever you do do not

11:30 open the lid to this box all right I'm

11:34 gonna obey the you know what tonight no

11:37 I'm gonna I'm gonna obey the rules yeah

11:38 but my curiosity is getting the best of

11:42 me but it says whatever you do Jafar

11:44 don't oh heck it I'm glad I got to see

11:53 that Thank You c-3po and r2d2 or at

11:57 least some very accurate recreation sir

12:00 for letting me look upon that with my

12:03 own eyes there are a lot of things to do

12:06 on the Boulevard and the encompassing

12:09 Hollywood area and Greater Los Angeles

12:11 area and I had never done that before

12:19 well worth it I wouldn't rank that in my

12:19 all-time favorite Ripley's Believe It or

12:21 Not auditoriums but nonetheless worth

12:25 check it out

12:26 how many of them have a dinosaur busting

12:29 through the roof with wings

12:35 not very many if you feel so inclined

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12:59 out of the woo thank you for joining me

13:02 in looking at Luke's

13:10 seems only appropriate to show Robert

13:10 Starr right yeah the ripley's company

13:13 takes their exhibits and shuffles them

13:16 to all their location so the lightsaber

13:19 will not be there forever only for a few

13:21 months and then it's going to be shipped

13:23 off to a different area the one in

13:25 Orlando that I went recently to had

13:27 Marilyn Monroe's dress that she's saying

13:30 the happy birthday mr. president and and

13:32 they were saying here in Hollywood

13:34 they're trying to get that and ship the

13:35 light soap saber over to Orlando so

13:38 maybe you'll see the lightsaber if

13:40 you're on the East Coast

13:41 and here on the west coast we're seeing

13:44 the Star Wars memorabilia now but later

13:47 we're gonna see some authentic Marilyn

13:50 props oh that's cool if you enjoy this

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Luke's Lightsaber / Star Wars Exhibit at Ripley's Believe It Or Not

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