Weird news: This Dad Built A Giant Death Star That Would Make Darth Vader Proud

Thursday 4 August 2016

This Dad Built A Giant Death Star That Would Make Darth Vader Proud

This homemade Death Star is so cool, even Luke Skywalker wouldn’t destroy it.

Colby Powell, who lives in Lafayette, California, is a huge "Star Wars" fan and so are his kids. So for Halloween and in honor of the upcoming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" movie, the fan took his love for the series to new heights. He built a giant light-up Death Star and plopped it on top of his house for the holiday.

The mind-blowing creation, which he documented in a YouTube video, ended up being 23 feet in diameter, and about 400 pounds of pure awesomeness, according to the clip.

A video posted by Paul (@pthor) on Oct 28, 2015 at 8:51am PDT

Powell, who works for a contractor, told Make that the project started out as a family affair with his kids, but quickly escalated as the decoration became so large. About two dozen kind people offered to lend him a hand and helped create the "deadly" space station.

The project used a plethora of materials to put together, including a whopping 2,000 feet of PVC pipe and 18 cans of paint, the video noted.

Of course, for the finishing touch, the Death Star was lifted onto the house with a crane. Yes, a crane.

The Death Star is expected to stay up until sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, according to Make.

After that, we can only hope Powell builds a giant Millennium Falcon.

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