Yesterday we got a chance to visit the hallowed halls of Industrial Light and Magic, the legendary special effects house founded by Star Wars guru George Lucas. While the bulk of the day was devoted to a behind-the-scenes look at the visual effects of Transformers (look for a detailed report next week), the ILM folks were kind enough to treat us to a tour of the facility, which houses an amazing collection of props and memorabilia from hundreds of ILM releases, dating all the way back to the original Star Wars: A New Hope.
One of the more interesting items housed there is a life-sized Jar-Jar Binks frozen in carbonite (pictured left; click here for a larger version). An ignominious fate for the former senator from Naboo, to be sure, but certainly a much kinder one than most of us would have hoped.