Mos Eisley

Sir Alec Guinness got it wrong, but then he spoke before 3 of the 4 worst Presidents ever, had a chance to work their villany.  (That would be Jimmuh, Billy Jeff, and Obama-lama-ding-dong.  LBJ would be #4 IMHO.)

Nah, Mos Eisley was a Boy Scout Camp compared to what I'm viewing now.  (Actually, I had been looking at the building I had worked (slaved) in 20+ years ago. The five sided Federal Penitentiary for Wayward Fighter Pilots. )  Hadn't quite scanned to the current equivalent of the Mos Eisley cantina, yet.  That would be just off my right shoulder.  I think Mr Schiff would fit right in with all the bug-eyed beings in the original.

But....I digress.

As usual.

Last weekend we had made the trek to DC to rendezvous with Little Juvat.  He's back from the sandbox for some training, so we thought we'd go and visit him and rendezvous with some old friends to get caught up.  Unfortunately, our friends had a last minute family issue crop up so had to back out. 

Which was unfortunate, but we did get to spend time with Little Juvat.

I'm going to go a little out of sequence here, as Friday night is worth a post of its own. 

Saturday would be spent visiting a Museum, Mrs J and I hadn't visited yet, so we decided to rectify that.  Arrived at about 9:30 to this view.

An empty parking lot for the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum?  Are you kidding me? 

The next thought....Is it open?  Well...yes....At 10.  But, the doors are open and you can go onto the mezzanine and get a chance to scope out the situation.

Which we did.

A lot of goodness therein.

And the plane pictures are coming, just not today.

Nope.  Today is Star Wars.  Or, more appropriately it's Air and Scare day at the Udvar-Hazy Annex to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

While the Museum opened at 10, the Air and Scare program didn't start until noon.  Which turned out to be great for us.  We had no idea what the program was, only that the security guard advised us to see what we wanted to see quickly as things would get hectic shortly.

So we did, lot's of pictures of planes coming soon.  But as we're walking around looking at neat stuff, I'd heard about, but only seen in pictures, I noticed that there were a bunch of people very strangely dressed.

I initially wrote it off as DC Weirdness, but somethings you just can't dismiss.

One of the Docents was dressed like this.

Another couple were also dressed up.

Pretty soon, we were starting to pick up a theme.

Finally, the Storm Troopers "fell in" for Inspection and assignments.

The Droids were even in attendance.

There was even a droid repair facility.

These were actually remote controlled vehicles, the "driver" would be nearby and controlling the droid's actions and sound.  I didn't see it, but Mrs J relates seeing a kid of about 2 walking up to one by itself in the middle of the floor.  He walks up and looks at it, then give it a pat.  At that point, the droid lets out an electronic purring sound and lights up, and swivels to look at the kid.  Kid was astonished.  Parents were filming and thrilled. 

I suspect, somewhere on YouTube....

Even Princess Leia made an appearance.

As did Mrs. Pelosi.

A young Chewbacca.

And her sister, Baby Shark.  (You'd be advised not to click the link, Beans)

So, We've gone round the ground floor and moved up the the Mezzanine.  I'm over by the Enola Gay talking to a regularly dressed docent.  The museum is getting hard to navigate with people now.  He advised us that in a very short while, the trick or treating would begin and there were candy stations throughout the museum. 

Ok, juvat doesn't do crowds well on a good day, crowds of kids on a sugar high, I'm pretty sure that would be hell on earth.  So, discretion being the better part of valor, we bid adieu to the melee and continued on our tour of Mos Eisley DC's attractions.

Next Week:  Mos Eisley-The Cantina