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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/star ... light.htmlAll Nippon Airlines (ANA) has unveiled a new ‘Star Wars’ livery on its latest Boeing 787-9 that marks the start of a five-year tie-up with The Walt Disney Company (Japan).
Painted with the iconic R2-D2 character, the plane’s design was unveiled to fans of the popular science fiction franchise in the United States on 16 April 2015.
ANA says the ‘Star Wars’ painted aircraft will take to the skies in the third quarter of 2015, but the routes it will operate on have not yet been determined.
In the run up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens this Christmas, Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has unveiled a new plane which is painted to look like the famous droid R2-D2.
The side of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is emblazoned with "Star Wars" in the font used in title sequences to the films,
while the cockpit and fuselage are decorated with blue panels and stripes to mimic the helpful robot's white and blue colour scheme.
It helps that ANA's colour scheme also incorporates blue.
Minor details of R2-D2's look are also replicated on the jet's paint job.
On the right side of the cockpit there is a red circle from which the droid would fire a laser beam,
along with a representation of the extending lense which he uses to see.
Above the cockpit windows there is a version of the black dome from which R2-D2 projected a hologram of Obi-Wan Kenobi.