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Designing droids

By Marco Santana
Alvarez turned his daughter’s bedroom into a science fiction shrine with his homemade R2-D2 as its centrepiece. He belongs to a regional group of R2 builders who have made a hobby out of the movie mega-franchise. — Orlando Sentinel/TNS

R2-D2 gets a new lease of life at the hands of die-hard fans of the space western film franchise.

Gary Alvarez’s science-fiction shrine – a daughter’s bedroom repurposed when she left for college – has a familiar centrepiece.

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