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At Legoland, 'Star Wars' heats up summer (photos)

Road Trip 2011: Just in time for 'Star Wars' days at Legoland Billund, CNET stops by and gets a first-hand look.

Daniel Terdiman
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Millennium Falcon

BILLUND, Denmark--This weekend, it's "Star Wars" days at Legoland in California, as well as at the flagship park here in this western Denmark town, adjacent to Lego Systems' world headquarters.

At each of these parks, a new miniland has opened featuring scenes from many of the "Star Wars" films. All told, the models, which were done in 1:20 scale, took 1.5 million Lego bricks, and there are more than 2,000 total models from "Star Wars" locales like Tatooine, Hoth, Endor, Naboo, Geonosis, Kashyyk, Mustafar, and Christophsis. Each of the six films, plus "Clone Wars" is represented.

This is the Millennium Falcon from the Tatooine section, representing the original "Star Wars" film.

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Cantina

This is the cantina scene from the Tatooine section, from the original "Star Wars."
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Tatooine wide

This is a picture showing the whole Tatooine section, from the original "Star Wars."
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Hoth

This is a scene from Hoth, from "The Empire Strikes Back."
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Walker down

This is an Imperial Walker, brought down by the rebels in the Hoth scene, from "The Empire Strikes Back."
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Endor 1

This is a scene from Endor, from "The Return of the Jedi."
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Endor 2

This is another scene from Endor, from "Return of the Jedi," seen at Legoland in Billund, Denmark.
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Naboo 1

This is a scene from Naboo, from "Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
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Naboo 2

This is another scene from Naboo, as seen at Legoland in Billund, Denmark.
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Naboo 3

This is another Naboo scene.
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Attack of the Clones

This is a scene from Geonosis, from "Episode II: Attack of the Clones."
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Attack of the Clones 2

This is another scene from Geonosis, from "Episode II: Attack of the Clones."
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Attack of the Clones 3

This is one more scene from "Episode II: Attack of the Clones."
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Revenge of the Sith

This is a scene from "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," from Legoland in Billund, Denmark.
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Clone Wars

This is a scene from Christophsis, from "The Clone Wars."
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Revenge of the Sith

This is another scene from "Revenge of the Sith."
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Chewbacca at CNET

Earlier this year, representatives from Legoland California came to CNET to show some of the models that are now in the "Star Wars" miniland at Legoland. This is Chewbacca.

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