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
For the last few years Star Wars Weekends has been advertising the event with a series of witty posters that set characters from the Star Wars Universe in odd situations at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Here are a bunch from this year.
Okay. Some of those are from previous years too. But they’re still funny. A couple of the preview videos from Star Wars Weekends below the jump:
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It’s the same television ad every year, but it’s still cool. Plus this year there’s a #SWW2012 hashtag we can all join in. Of course, I’m also a bit partial to the ad I filmed for last year’s grand opening of Star Tours 3D. Previously:… Read More »Star Wars Weekends TV Spot
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
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
Here is the great Michael Giacchino on scoring and recording the music for Star Tours – The Adventures Continue queue. I don’t know if you caught it. But there were a couple scenes in there that are not in the final product. Starting at 0:45… Read More »Scoring Star Tours
The first commercial for Star Tours – The Adventures Continue has been showing lately. The ride opens this Friday in Orlando and June 5th in Anaheim. Here is the Disney’s Hollywood Studios version: Are you excited now or what Previously: Star Tours Grand Opening to… Read More »Star Tours 2.0 Commercial