This German Professor Repainted His Observatory into R2-D2

In
a galaxy far far away (Germany) Hubert Zitt, professor at the Zweibrücken
University of Applied Sciences and known for Star Trek and Star
Wars lectures, along with a small team, transformed the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural
Science Association into a giant R2-D2 – and it is out of this world.

The
sci-fi professor completed the project in September 2018, aided by his
father-in-law Horst Helle, the master painter Klaus Ruffing and several helping
students and it has caught the eyes of Star Wars fans everywhere. The most
notable fan of the re-design was Star Wars actor Mark Hamill who
tweeted about it, “R2-D2 Observatory Transformed Germans Into Giant
Nerds.”

While
spectacular, Zitt and his team aren’t the first fans to complete a Star Wars
design challenge. Goodsell
Observatory at Carleton College in Minnesota was also transformed into
an R2-D2 back in 2010.

Dr.
Hubert Zitt may be known now for his Star Wars and Star Trek expertise, but he
got his start in electrotechnology. He received a doctorate from Saarland
University in the field of systems theory of electrotechnology and is now a
tenured professor in the field at the University of Applied Sciences,
Kaiserslautern, Zweibrücken. When he’s not teaching electrotechnology he is
spreading information about his favorite sci-fi pop culture.