Thursday, April 16, 2015

There is now an R2-D2 airplane


If you thought the new teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the most exciting Star Wars thing to happen today, you were dearly mistaken. Hang on to your hat, because there is now a jumbo jet designed to look like lovable droid R2-D2. Today, All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced the new project, which is actually just a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that's been given its droid wrappings.


The design is not too much of a stretch, as both the Dreamliner and fictional R2-D2 share the confines of a tube enclosure. However one thing you will not get with this airplane are witty tonal retorts. At least not from what we can tell.


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