In Pictures: Star Wars festival at Orchard Road

Orchard Road was hit with Star Wars mania on Sept 1, as the 10-day Star Wars: Experience The Force festival kicked off in celebration of all things related to the fantasy epic movie franchise.

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Sep 01, 2017, 03:38 PM

Vihaan Chopra (centre), 7, and younger brother Vinayak Chopra (centre right, blue t-shirt), 4, take part in a 30-min Padawan training, on Sept 1, 2017, the first day of 10-day Star Wars festival outside Ion Orchard shopping mall. ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG

Lyn Cheng, 7, tries a BB-8 VR game on Sept 1, 2017, the first day of 10-day Star Wars festival at Ion Orchard shopping mall. ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG

Ms Euodias Lee, 21-year-old cafe trainee, taking a photo of a cosplayer dressed as a Star Wars Tie Fighter Pilot. Ms Lee is the first in the line, having queued since 5pm. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

A queue of about 50 at ION Station B4. The basement can only hold a certain number of people. The rest are on level 1. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Star Wars cosplayers making their way down the escalator to B4 and introducing themselves to fans in the queue. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

More characters making their way down the escalator to B4. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Another 50 fans waiting to be despatched to B4. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

A Luke Skywalker impersonator in discussion with a scaled-down Chewbacca outside ION Orchard. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Star Wars cosplayers gathering outside ION Orchard for a group shot on Aug 31, 2017. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Battery-operated BB-8. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Star Wars T-shirts. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Lego BB-8. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Lego Star Wars. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Black Series action figures. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Star Wars tsum tsum. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Star Wars bobbleheads. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Star Wars figurines. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Star Wars fans ploughing through toys, collectibles, books, apparel and more from the upcoming movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Husband and wife pair of Remy Fabian, and Fenny Meirissa Putri from Indonesia came specifically for Force Friday. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Sreedharan s/o G Radhakrishnan attempts to lug all the merchandise to the cashier at ION Orchard on Sept 1.

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