Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

It's the day in 1977 that Star Wars first showed in movie theaters. Props and costumes from the Star Wars movies have shown up in museums, and a few have had stranger afterlives, including an original model of the Death Star. Plus: a statue first put up in the old Soviet Union was repurposed in more recent times to join the Star Wars universe.  SAVING THE DEATH STAR: HOW THE ORIGINAL MODEL WAS LOST AND FOUND (StarWars.com via Archive.org) How the Death Star from Star Wars ended up as a Missouri trash can (FOX 2) Darth Vader Statue (Atlas Obscura) May the Force be with our Patreon backers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support