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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Star Wars cosplayers making their way down the escalator to B4 and introducing themselves to fans in the queue.
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More characters making their way down the escalator to B4.
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Another 50 fans waiting to be despatched to B4.
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A Luke Skywalker impersonator in discussion with a scaled-down Chewbacca outside ION Orchard.
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Star Wars cosplayers gathering outside ION Orchard for a group shot on Aug 31, 2017.
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Battery-operated BB-8.
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Star Wars T-shirts.
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Lego BB-8.
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Lego Star Wars.
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Black Series action figures.
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Star Wars tsum tsum.
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Star Wars bobbleheads.
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Star Wars figurines.
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Star Wars fans ploughing through toys, collectibles, books, apparel and more from the upcoming movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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Husband and wife pair of Remy Fabian, and Fenny Meirissa Putri from Indonesia came specifically for Force Friday.
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Sreedharan s/o G Radhakrishnan attempts to lug all the merchandise to the cashier at ION Orchard on Sept 1.