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The moment Star Wars fans have been anticipating for months has arrived. The R2-D2 Ana Jet made its first flight last weekend and now fans from around the world will be able to catch a ride on the Star Wars themed jet.
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All Nippon Airways is the mastermind behind the Star Wars jet and it took passengers on the first flight from Haneda, Japan to Vancouver, Canada. The 787-9 Dreamliner even took a select few fans on a fan appreciation flight a day before the jet liner took its first international flight. Hundreds of fans were there dressed in their favorite characters and were able to experience the jet before anyone else for a short flight across Haneda. In attendance for the fan flight were Storm Troopers, Chewbacca, a handful of C-3PO’s and padawana.
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Just like the name entails, the outside of the jet has a R2-D2 theme and so does the inside with seatbacks that have coverings of the character and also napkins and cups with the famous character. The website says it chose the droid R2-D2 as the main theme character and its face of the jet because R2-D2 is known to “never fail to complete his mission and surprise us with his clever solutions.”
For the next month, the main route of the R2-D2 Ana Jet will be from Narita, Japan to San Jose, California. The flight paths will start to expand in December when the jet starts to head from Haneda to Seattle, Sydney, Jakarta, Beijing, Munich and Paris.
