MoS, the Museum of Science in Boston is having a Star Wars themed/related exhibit: "LukeÂ's original Landspeeder from Episode IV is on public exhibit for the first time"
Pretty interesting for fans of the epic saga, but also seems like a great exhibit for getting kids involved in technology; "including two large Engineering Design Labs, where visitors build and test speeders and robots."
No specific information on how long the exhibit will be open, but tickets are available until the end of April 2006.
Now, how to find a valid reason to pop over to the US and Boston in specific...