STAR WARS - FAVREAU GIVEN TOUR OF LUCAS' SECRET PROPS TREASURE TROVE

FAVREAU GIVEN TOUR OF LUCAS' SECRET PROPS TREASURE TROVE

STAR WARS creator GEORGE LUCAS keeps props from his blockbusters at a secret warehouse location on his Skywalker Ranch estate in Marin County, California.
Few people have been admitted to the movie treasure trove, but actor/director Jon Favreau was given a rare guided tour while he was editing Iron Man in Lucas' state-of-the-art film suites.
The Swingers star says, "I'd heard rumours about (it). George Lucas has always kept all the props and everything from all his movies - Raiders of The Lost Ark, all the Star Wars films and I kept hinting for the two weeks I was there to be able to see the stuff and finally I got the nod, the secret invitation.
"The warehouse (is) hidden away in this big piece of property, and you're walking around and, like, R2-D2's there and C-3PO... and the actual Ark of the Covenant with the Ten Commandments in it - the idol from Indiana Jones.
"You're just running around, smacking your ass. You're just like a kid in a candy store.
"They have real museum curators there and I don't think when they're studying art and museum curating..., they're picturing a bunch of fanboys coming in (and) drooling all over props from movies."