ICONIC LANDSPEEDER FROM AXEL BRAUN’S ‘STAR WARS XXX’ LANDS AT EROTIC HERITAGE MUSEUM IN LAS VEGAS
Axel Braun Productions and Vivid Entertainment Also Loan Parody Characters’ Costumes to Stand Guard at New Exhibit
LOS ANGELES – 
(June 5, 2012) –The anti-gravity Landspeeder from Axel Braun’s blockbuster movie “Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody,” along with a sexy female Sand Trooper and Sand Person, has landed in a prime location at The Erotic Heritage Museum (EHM) in Las Vegas. Located at 3275 Industrial Road, the exhibit is open to the public starting today, and the museum will hold a special celebration for the display on September 1st when it commemorates its fourth anniversary.
Leading adult studio Vivid Entertainment and legendary director Axel Braun loaned the futuristic vehicle and costumes to the museum. “This epic parody was a landmark movie for the adult industry and we wanted the museum to have a great display from it,” said Steven Hirsch, founder/co-chairman of the studio. “We incorporated an incredible array of special effects into this movie and it was by far the most expensive and elaborate production we’ve done. Fan response from the movie has been terrific, and this exhibit will provide yet another dimension for them to enjoy our parody.”
Known for his extreme attention to detail, Braun had a production design team led by porn legend Kylie Ireland and her husband Andy Appleton build the dazzling prop entirely by hand. Weighing at over 450 pounds, the Landspeeder was used in the parody’s sex scene with Tom Byron as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jennifer Dark as a Tusken Raider.
“Our spoof of what many regard as the greatest sci-fi movie of all time mimics the original,” said Braun. “We’ve poked fun at it and added the sex scenes that adult movie fans have imagined for years. We wanted the adult entertainment fan to have nothing short of a geek-gasmic fanboy wet dream! We think that visitors to this exhibit will get a little sample of the excitement that the movie has created. They can get another teaser by visiting www.vivid.com.”
Sand Trooper image courtesy of vivid.com
According to Veronica Hart, EHM’s Director of New Media, “Seldom do you have such an incredibly visual exhibit that bridges an iconic moment from the past with the most lavish state-of-the-art present adult industry. Thanks to Axel Braun Productions, Vivid Entertainment, and the creative team of Kylie Ireland and Andy Appleton for this amazing exhibit!”
The 17,000 square foot EHM was founded by Rev. Ted McIlvenna and Harry Mohney in 2008 as a permanent venue to preserve wonders of human sexuality. Visitors have described the museum as “graphic, sexy, explicit, classy entertainment, educational and definitely for the open minded.” The EHM is open from 11am-4pm Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday and from 12pm-10pm Friday and Saturday. It is closed on Mondays. Tickets can be purchased directly at the museum, or at http://www.eroticheritagemuseumlasvegas.com/#!tickets.
DISCLAIMER: ‘Star Wars XXX A Porn Parody’ is a parody movie. Star Wars®, Darth Vader®, Luke Skywalker®, Chewbacca®, and Obi-Wan Kenobi® are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd or Lucasfilm Ltd. The video is not sponsored, endorsed by or affiliated with Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., Lucasfilm Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries or affiliated companies and/or third-party licensors.
About Axel Braun: The son of legendary porn-pioneer Lasse Braun and grandson of a diplomat, Axel Braun was born and raised in Italy, where he received a privileged upper-class upbringing. Fluent in five languages, a member of MENSA, a film-school graduate, and the bearer of a Ph.D. in psychology, Axel has a unique cultural background that definitely sets him apart from the many other directors in the adult industry. A second-generation AVN Hall-of-Famer, over the span of his career he has won awards all over the world for Directing, Producing, Screenwriting, and Editing. For more information visit www.axelbraun.net.
About Vivid: Founded in 1984, Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment and has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and the www.vivid.com website, an innovative marketing and a licensing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing and a range of other products. Co-founder and CEO Steven Hirsch was honored in 2012 with the first AVN Visionary Award as a leader who “has propelled innovation and taken his company and the business as a whole to new heights.” In addition to its Vivid-Celeb imprint famous for celebrity sex tapes, the company is known for its Vivid SuperXXXHeroes parodies and award-winning feature films. Vivid has the industry’s largest archive of adult films. For more on Vivid visit Twitter.com/VividCorp or Facebook.com/vividgirls.
