Fans of the original Star Wars series no doubt remember the end of The Empire Strikes Back where Han Solo was encased in carbonite. Now you can own your own mini-version of yourself in Carbon-Freeze condition. Disney’s Hollywood Studios guests can experience the “Carbon-Freeze Me”… Read More »Get the Han Solo Treatment in Star Wars Weekends Carbon Freeze Me Collectible
One of the new merchandise features coming to Star Wars Weekends in 2012 is the Droid Factory where you can build your very own Droid figure. The Droid Factory is open now and will run at least through the Star Wars Weekends festival. Similar to… Read More »Build a Droid Factory at Star Wars Weekends
Disney has announced what looks to be a nearly full roster of Star Wars Celebrity guests for the 2012 Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It’s going to be hard to beat last year’s event, when they re-opened Star Tours, here’s the scheduled celebrity… Read More »Star Wars Weekends 2012 Celebrity Guests Announced
What happens when you plan a Star Wars art show to coincide with Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and then they move the dates on you. Well, you keep the show going any way because the name “A Disturbance on the Fourth” is… Read More »Star Wars themed art show coming to Downtown Disney
Update: Star Wars Weekends Celebrity Guests Announced. Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are fast approaching their May and June dates and Disney has just released the names of the event celebrity hosts. 2012 sees the the return of Ashley Eckstein and James Arnold… Read More »Star Wars Weekend Hosts Revealed
There are fan tributes and there are fan tributes. This amazing video celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Star Tours better than any other tribute I’ve seen, which is saying a lot. “Star Tours Origins (ST-45 Project)” is not an exact recreation of that ride, but… Read More »Amazing Fan Tribute to Star Tours
Star Wars Weekends returns to Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 18-June 10, 2012, as fans gather to celebrates the Star Wars film saga and the hit animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.… Read More »Star Wars Weekends Returns for 2012 Galactic Fun
Disney theme park fans know one word when it comes to finding a piece of theme park history to take home with them. That word is MouseSurplus. With a new location in Kissimmee, MouseSurplus is full of costumes, props, signs, and attraction vehicles that will make the Disney fans heart skip a few beats.
Now they get to share that passion with the audience of A&E series “Shipping Wars” on a episode airing February 7, 2012 at 9pm ET. The show will feature a a move of a Star Wars AT-AT Walker and and X-Wing Fighter from MouseSurplus along 192 in Kissimmee all the way to Orem, Utah.
The props were originally part of the F.A.O. Schwartz store in Las Vegas that closed in 2004. I remember them fondly.
The full press release is below the jump:
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