A permanent exhibition is to open later this year explaining how the Millennium Falcon that appeared in the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back came to be constructed from wood and steel by engineers in Pembroke Dock, in south-west Wales.
Mark Williams, a local Star Wars expert who will oversee the project, said: “George Lucas set a new standard in both storytelling and film-making with Star Wars, and the story of the Millennium Falcon being built in Pembroke Dock was big news at the time.
The Millennium Falcon isn’t Pembrokeshire’s only connection to Star Wars.
After it was built in Wales, the Falcon was split into pieces and driven to the film set in Hertfordshire.