Guests during Disney’s Hollywood Studios can have their likenesses remade into a stormtrooper figurine, poise for photographs with Jabba a Hutt‘s pet and hear a brief story from a male who was an Ewok during this year’s book of Star Wars Weekends. The eventuality will be hold via a thesis park on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, currently by Jun 9.

In a D-Tech Me experience, a 3-D face scanner helps emanate a 7-inch-high personalized stormtrooper figurine. Picture yourself in their heading white uniform, finish with helmet tucked underneath your arm.

The singular commemoration takes 10 mins during a eventuality though 7 or 8 weeks to be shipped. The cost is $99.95. Disney wants folks to make allege reservations by job 407-939-8324.

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“Having a 3-D figure of yourself dressed as a stormtrooper in full tone is flattering cool,” says Disney World orator Gary Buchanan. “Who doesn’t wish to be a stormtrooper?”

That knowledge follows on a heels of final year’s Carbon-Freeze Me souvenir, in that guest were “trapped” in a tiny wall of carbonite a la Han Solo in a pivotal theatre in “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back.” The Carbon-Freeze Me offer ($99.95) is accessible again this year.

Both Carbon-Freeze and stormtroopers activities will be in Darth’s Mall, a vast sell area nearby Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster during Star Wars Weekends. That’s also where fans can confront a 17-foot-long illustration of a rancor, Jabba’s pet beast.

It was combined by “Star Wars” fans, and it has done a rounds during “Star Wars” events.

“It’s literally been around a world,” Buchanan says. Rancor is creation a initial revisit to Star Wars Weekends. It is such a print eventuality that “Star Wars” designer George Lucas and actor Mark Hamill have acted with it.

Other activities, including meet-and-greets, will be set adult during a sell area, a diversion for a hordes station in line

“We wish to offer them some party in there,” Buchanan says. There are also food options, including a Darth Vader-inspired chocolate cupcake.

One-man shows also are incorporated into a event. Back are James Arnold Taylor, who shows off his outspoken operation in “Obi-Wan Beyond,” and Ray Park in “Visit to a Maul,” that facilities martial humanities and assembly communication during a initial dual weekends of a event.

“In a past he’s gotten kids on theatre and shown them moves.” Buchanan says. “And he gets a double lightsaber out and spins that around.”

Warrick Davis earnings to Star Wars Weekends after a few years’ absence. On a second and third weekends, he’ll benefaction “An Ewok’s Tale — my brief story.”

“He’s such a good storyteller, and he really brings a opposite viewpoint to a cinema and what happened behind a scenes,” Buchanan says. “He’s such a good presenter and so friendly with a fans.”

Popular activities sojourn in a eventuality lineup, including a Legend of a Force motorcade, that includes Disney characters in “Star Wars” drag, and a “Hyperspace Hoopla,” a theatre uncover that presents “Star Wars” characters in surprising settings.

It’s a initial Star Wars Weekends given Walt Disney Co. bought LucasFilm, a prolongation association for “Star Wars,” nonetheless formulation for a Studios eventuality was good underway before that was announced in late 2012.

“We’ve had such a good relationship,” Buchanan says. “We’re really looking brazen to operative closes with a partners.”

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Members of a “Star Wars” star are set to make appearances during Star Wars Weekends during Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Here’s who to expect.

Idea No. 1: How many fans would spin divided a possibility to watch a 3-D remastered chronicle of Return of a Jedi in a Muppet*Vision 3D theater? Not many, we presume. 

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Walt Disney World’s Star Wars Weekends during Hollywood Studios is adequate to make any Star Wars fan feel like they only pennyless Tatooine’s womp rodent bulls-eye record.

But this isn’t any unchanging year for another Star Wars spectacular in Orlando. No, this year outlines a 30th anniversary of a 1983 recover of a final Star Wars film — Return of a Jedi.

As such, it would make clarity for Disney — now a owners of Star Wars interjection to their 2012 LucasFilm acquisition — to make this Star Wars Weekend filled with all new practice for guest wrapped around Return of a Jedi.

I’m certain they have already put together good ideas, and wouldn’t need any that come from my crazy mind …

But heck, we know we can’t assistance pity my crazy ideas, so check my slideshow above of what we consider Disney should move to Star Wars Weekends this year.

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CREDIT:

Disney isn’t going to let a small thing like shutting down LucasArts stop them from putting out new Star Wars video games. Today, Walt Disney Company announced around press recover that they have sealed an disdainful understanding with EA to rise and tell new games from a Star Wars universe.

While that does not expected meant a games LucasArts was operative on will see a light of day, it does meant new Star Wars games are on a way, and presumably earlier than we competence design (see: before 2015’s Star Wars Episode VII). EA, in a corner announcement, specifed that they’ll have games travelling “consoles, PCs, tablets, mobile and more,” and emitted that in-house developers DICE and Visceral will rise new games in a Star Wars universe regulating a Frostbite 3 engine, in further to BioWare, who will continue their work there (following adult on Knights of a Old Republic and a Old Republic MMO).

“This agreement demonstrates a joining to formulating peculiarity diversion practice that expostulate a recognition of a Star Wars authorization for years to come,” pronounced John Pleasants, Co-President of Disney Interactive in a press release. “Collaborating with one of a world’s premier diversion developers will concede us to move an extraordinary portfolio of new Star Wars titles to a fans around a world.”

Electronic Arts announced that it has cumulative a multi-year, multi-title chartering agreement with Disney to emanate mixed Star Wars games. Financial terms of a understanding were not disclosed, nor were any of a games that EA skeleton on making. The proclamation was done by President of EA Labels Frank Gibeau on EA’s central blog.

“While we don’t have any sum to share currently on specific titles, a growth teams are already packed with pattern ideas. The EA Studios that will rise these games are some of a many innovative and renouned artistic teams in a world, and embody DICE and Visceral, in further to a BioWare team, that is already building for a Star Wars franchise,” pronounced Gibeau. “These talented teams will make games that might steal from films, though a games will be wholly strange with all new stories. Powering it all will be a Frostbite 3 growth engine – guaranteeing implausible striking fidelity, environments and characters.”

You can review a full matter here. Basically Disney killed LucasArts to spin over a Star Wars authorization to EA – all in a name of slicing costs…

Star Wars’ annuity hunter Boba Fett, among other characters, will be on stage for this year’s Star Wars Weekends during Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

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Orlando will be a core of a geek star starting this weekend.

That’s since everybody this side of Dagobah is hopping in their minivans, airplanes and intergalactic cruisers to accommodate for Walt Disney World’s Star Wars Weekends during Hollywood Studios from May 17 by Jun 9.

As usual, Star Wars characters will be roaming a parks for guest cinema and celebrities from a film franchises such as Ray Park (Darth Maul), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) will be on site signing autographs.

Disney tends to lift out all a stops on anything Star Wars by incorporating it into all forms of shows, dance parties and interactive guest experiences. If we are a Star Wars fan that needs to dance, acquire home.

The best partial of it all is that Star Wars Weekends doesn’t cost we anything additional than a normal Disney thesis park admission.

Hope to see we there.

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Walt Disney Co. has sealed a understanding with Electronic Arts Inc. to rise and tell video games formed on “Star Wars” characters and storylines.

The pierce by a Burbank media and party firm comes a month after it sealed down San Francisco-based LucasArts, a long-time developer of “Star Wars”-related video games.

Financial terms of a understanding between Disney and Electronic Arts, formed in a Redwood City in northern California, were not disclosed.

Electronic Arts will rise “Star Wars” diversion titles for a core gaming assembly on consoles, while Disney has rights to make new titles for mobile, tablet, online and amicable media distribution.

“This agreement demonstrates a joining to formulating peculiarity diversion practice that expostulate a recognition of a “Star Wars” authorization for years to come,” pronounced John Pleasants, co-president of Disney Interactive, in a prepared statement.

In midday trading, shares of Disney were adult 25 cents or reduction than 1 percent to $65.33 on a New York Stock Exchange.

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 13th, 2013 – The Force is behind during Disney’s Hollywood Studios thesis park as Star Wars Weekends earnings May 17th by Jun 9th. Fans from all over a universe come to share their adore of all things Star Wars and Disney during this special event. Returning for a fifth year in a quarrel is singer Ashley Eckstein, a voice of Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and owner of a renouned sci-fi sell line for fangirls, Her Universe™. As with prior years, Eckstein will be bringing an all-new, singular operation of Star Wars by Her Universe designs to a month-long eventuality during Disney’s Hollywood Studios including conform tops, tunics, tanks and dresses located in Darth’s Mall. Eckstein will be assembly fans and signing autographs any day during a eventuality and she will also be returning as horde for Behind a Force: Star Wars Voices any weekend.

“As a lifelong Disney fan, it’s a dream come loyal for me to lapse to Disney’s Star Wars Weekends and entrance my new Her Universe merchandise,” pronounced Eckstein. “It’s been an respect to work with Disney to emanate designs for this event. We have an collection of new equipment for womanlike fans of all ages, including a new disdainful Return of a Jedi necklace in respect of a 30th Anniversary!”

Her Universe has usually done 1,250 necklaces to applaud a 30th Anniversary of this dear movie. This intensely singular book square will come with an autographed certificate by Eckstein and will usually be sole during name Her Universe events debuting during Star Wars Weekends. Only 500 necklaces will be accessible for sale during Disney starting on May 17th. They are accessible on a first-come-first-serve basis. Also debuting during a eventuality will be will a rarely expected Rogue Squadron dress and X-Wing Pilot tank top. Other equipment premiering will be relating girl and adult R2-D2 tunic tops, an darling girl Princess Leia tunic top, retro women’s conform tops and a singular book Asajj Ventress dress top.

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Special events are entrance — and going — this week during Orlando-area thesis parks and attractions.

+ It’s final call all week for a Epcot International Flower Garden Festival. This year’s eventuality has been a initial to underline food-and-drink marketplaces and special night lighting for many of a gardens and topiaries. The Flower Power unison array concludes with Starship on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and a HGTV orator will be David Bromstad of “Design Star” and “Color Splash” celebrity on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival, that wraps adult Sunday, is enclosed in unchanging Epcot admission. More info: DisneyWorld.com/flower.

+ Star Wars Weekends kicks off Friday during Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The eventuality runs during a park for 4 uninterrupted Friday-Saturday-Sunday weekends and includes behind-the-scenes shows, impression print opportunities and loads of special merchandise. Special guest from a “Star Wars” star this weekend embody Ray Park (Darth Maul), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) and Dee Bradley Baker, a voice of Captain Rex in a charcterised TV array “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” Star Wars Weekends are embody in unchanging acknowledgment to Hollywood Studios. More info: DisneyWorld.com/starwars.

+ A new theatre uncover “Madagascar Live! Operation: Vacation” debuts Friday during Busch Gardens in Tampa. The uncover is during a renovated Stanleyville Theater. More info: BuschGardens.com/BGT.

+ It’s final call all week for a Epcot International Flower Garden Festival. This year’s eventuality has been a initial to underline food-and-drink marketplaces and special night lighting for many of a gardens and topiaries. The Flower Power unison array concludes with Starship on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and a HGTV orator will be David Bromstad of “Design Star” and “Color Splash” celebrity on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival, that wraps adult Sunday, is enclosed in unchanging Epcot admission. More info: DisneyWorld.com/flower.

+ Star Wars Weekends kicks off Friday during Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The eventuality runs during a park for 4 uninterrupted Friday-Saturday-Sunday weekends and includes behind-the-scenes shows, impression print opportunities and loads of special merchandise. Special guest from a “Star Wars” star this weekend embody Ray Park (Darth Maul), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) and Dee Bradley Baker, a voice of Captain Rex in a charcterised TV array “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” Star Wars Weekends are embody in unchanging acknowledgment to Hollywood Studios. More info: DisneyWorld.com/starwars.

+ A new theatre uncover “Madagascar Live! Operation: Vacation” debuts Friday during Busch Gardens in Tampa. The uncover is during a renovated Stanleyville Theater. More info: BuschGardens.com/BGT.

Now that Disney has “Star Wars” in a clutches, design a force to brief over into a thesis parks and radio ventures.

“In further to a ‘Star Wars’ underline films that we’ve already talked about, we’re also operative on opportunities for radio and a parks,” CEO Bob Iger pronounced Tuesday, according to MSN. “It’s still really early in a process. We’ll announce sum as these developments evolve.”

This will be some-more than value it if they can somehow build an captivate pitting Snow White’s dwarves opposite a container of wild jawas in a blade fight.

There’s conjecture over how large Disney competence go, from adding a few some-more attractions to all-out, code new “Star Wars” thesis parks.

If that’s a case, they should build a hulk Darth Vader helmet and call it “Sith Mountain.”

The association has reportedly begun gauging intensity patron response to a idea. Gawker’s Ken Layne tweeted an picture from a Disney consult that asked respondents this question: “How meddlesome would we be in visiting a ‘Star Wars’ themed land during a Disneyland Resort?”

IWOULDIWOULDIWOULDIWOULD!!

Sorry.

Disney’s thesis park business is already booming, MSN says. The association on Tuesday reported a parks and resorts shred rose 73 percent in a initial 3 months of a year to $383 million, and sales were adult 14 percent.

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