The first Force Friday event in 2015 was celebrated by Star Wars fans around the globe. This year Disney and Lucasfilm are taking the event into a new dimension – augmented reality. Find the Force, a global augmented reality (AR) event rolling out on Force Friday II (September 1) will…
Disney just announced that it will bring back its Force Friday Star Wars themed merchandise event to both Disneyland and Walt Disney World starting at 12:01 am on September 1, 2017. Participants in the event will be among the first to purchase new Star Wars and Star Wars: The Last…
That galaxy far, far away is drawing a lot closer as Disneyland construction crews and Imagineers held a topping-off ceremony to install at the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansion. The ceremony was held yesterday as construction teams installed the highest steel beam in the much-anticipated Star Wars-themed land. This milestone…
Proof that Lucasfilm listens to its fans, The Hollywood Reporter just broke the news that a Star Wars stand-alone film centered on Obi-Wan Kenobi is in the works. The movie would focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn, in Star Wars: Phantom Menace who fans followed through…
Did you know that Walt Disney World has plans for a new luxury resort? It’s not the rumored new hotel on the monorail loop to and from EPCOT, instead it’s a Star Wars-themed hotel built around the ambitious plan of immersing guests in a 360-degree fully-realized environment that places guests…
Things are getting serious over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We take a peek over the walls at Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge construction. Plus a look at the remaining Streets of American buildings, now called Grand Avenue. Even Muppetvision theater has a new name “Grand Arts Theater”…
Starting November 11, 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida, will host Star Wars and the Power of Costume traveling exhibition tour. The exhibit closely examines the process of designing the costumes for the first seven films of the Star Wars series. It focuses on the creative…
While Bob Iger has said he doubts the 360 VR goggle experience will ever come to Disney’s theme parks, that doesn’t exclude it from it’s shopping and entertainment complexes. Both Disney Springs in Orlando and Downtown Disney in Anaheim will welcome a new Star Wars VR experience from The VOID…
