Transit Maps: May the Fourth

Photo: Star Wars/Vancouver Skytrain Map for “May the Fourth”

May 4, 2019

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Photo taken by Aaron Robinson at Vancouver’s Metrotown station and shared with Transit Maps via Twitter. It’s not the first Star Wars themed adaptation of an official transit map I’ve seen (there’s also this one from Milan in 2015), but it’s executed nicely. I particularly like the “light saber” glow to the route lines. “VCC-3PO” adds a nice little bit of local flavour as well. The Star Wars-y font used does look a bit like […]

Fantasy Map: Italian “Star Wars Day” Metro Map

May 4, 2016

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May the Fourth be with you, and all that. Of course there’s a Star Wars-related subway map out there. This map was created by Invasione Creativa, an advertising agency in Milan, as guerrilla marketing for Disney last year. It’s a pretty simple concept, basically replacing stations in the official Milan Metro map (March 2012, 3.5 stars) with planets from that galaxy far, far away. Jakku takes centre stage, replacing Milan’s Garibaldi FS station. (As a side […]