Architectural mysteries come in all shapes and sizes, including enormous versions of beloved characters from Star Wars. The likeness of this hilltop university observatory to R2-D2 isn’t a coincidence – the 2018 renovation of the already-existing observatory was led by Dr. Hubert Zitt, a huge fan of the franchise. Zitt enlisted his students to help with this sensational sci-fi creation, which reportedly, took 120 hours to paint.

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