J.J. Abrams a executive of ‘Lost,’ ‘Fringe,’ ‘Mission Impossible III’, and many extraordinary action-filled scholarship novella shows/films, has non-stop his mouth about a arriving new part of Star Wars, “Star Wars Episode VII“.

Saturday, during a discussion for film producers in L.A., mentioned difference that drew adult a little glance of a new Star Wars episode.

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Without going into many details, a famed author gave out a date and a plcae of a filming, that are Jan and London.

Abrams maintains that Disney is “honoring” a tradition from prior 6 Star Wars Episodes.

“We are, many likely, if all goes as planned, going to be relocating to London during a finish of a year for a ‘Star Wars‘ movie.”

Star Wars “is so large and so critical to people,” pronounced Abrams as he confessed his adore for a Star Wars universe.

Disney has motionless to respect a franchise’s prior plots, though will not be revering what came before. Rumors are present who a subsequent protagonist will be in Star Wars Episode VII.

The stream expel in IMDB is all formed on rumors. It appears that a strange casts will still remain: Harrison Ford will be Han Solo, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as Leia Solo, Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, and Anthony Daniels will be C-3PO, in a new Star Wars Episode VII.

Bryan Burk and Kathleen Kennedy will join J.J. Abrams in producing “Star Wars Episode VII,” with Kathleen Kennedy, a boss of Lucasfilm, as a executive producer.

The initial film of a Star Wars supplement trilogy is a third trilogy in a film array combined by George Lucas. Episode VII has been rumored to be due for recover in 2015, while Episode VIII and IX will be expelled in 2017 and 2019.

Previously George Lucas had mentioned that a new Star Wars trilogy would not be made, however, on a merger by Disney, Star Wars Episode VII has been put into production.

(Photo: Getty/LucasFilm)“The Clone Wars” might be over, yet “Star Wars” fans can rest easy – they’ll be means to get a unchanging sip of charcterised Jedi movement again starting subsequent year.

Disney has announced that a new charcterised “Star Wars” series, “Star Wars Rebels,” will be premiering in a tumble of 2014. The array will flog off with a two-hour film debuting on a Disney Channel, and a following episodes will be aired on Disney XD.

“Star Wars Rebels” will try a formerly vacant section in a “Star Wars” timeline, holding place during a decades that apart “Episode III: Revenge of a Sith” and a strange “Stars Wars” (aka “Episode IV: A New Hope”). According to a press recover from Disney, a story takes place “in a time where a Empire is securing a hold on a star and sport down a final of a Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion opposite a Empire is holding shape.” Seth Green’s charcterised array “Star Wars: Detours,” now in limbo, was to take place in a same time frame, yet with a humorous slant, while this is approaching to be a some-more normal sci-fi adventure.

Simon Kinberg, who penned a screenplays for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Sherlock Holmes,” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” will write a commander film and will offer as executive writer for a series. (Kinberg will also write a book for one of a stand-alone “Star Wars” adventures Disney will produce, featuring characters from a “Star Wars” star yet existent outward a ongoing storyline of a 9 episodes.) Dave Filoni, who was supervising executive for “The Clone Wars,” will also be an executive writer on a series, as will be Greg Weisman, who constructed a charcterised shows “The Spectacular Spider-Man” and “Young Justice.”

The proclamation of “Rebels” follows news in Mar that “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” a renouned Cartoon Network series, was entrance to a tighten during a finish of a fifth season. As Lucasfilm has been gearing adult for a accumulation of new projects after being bought out by Disney, giving Disney’s TV outlets an charcterised array of their possess is presumably partial of their new corporate strategy.

Gary Marsh, a boss and arch artistic officer for Disney Channels Worldwide, says he’s vehement to be removing into a “Star Wars” business. “The whole group during Lucasfilm has supposing unusual creativity and creation for over 3 decades, and we’re anxious to be bringing a expanded and talented star of Star Wars to Disney XD’s viewers,” Marsh pronounced in a statement.

Meanwhile, there’s also news in a live movement “Star Wars” universe.

The cocktail enlightenment website Latino Review is stating that Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been expel for a vital purpose in “Star Wars: Episode VII,” a arriving array reboot to be destined by J.J. Abrams. Meyers is best famous for his purpose as King Henry VIII on a strike wire array “The Tudors,” and he’s also starred in a cinema “Albert Nobbs,” “Match Point,” and “Bend It Like Beckham.” Meyers played a King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in a 2005 made-for-TV film “Elvis,” and only as importantly, he has a operative attribute with Abrams, carrying played travel male Declan Gormley in Abrams’ “Mission: Impossible III.”

No word has flush nonetheless on who Meyer will be personification in “Episode VII,” that is approaching to collect adult a account where “Return of a Jedi” left off. Since Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill have all been trustworthy a project, it seems a protected gamble Meyer will be personification a new impression and a returning stars will play some-more mature versions of their determined roles, yet clearly anything is probable during this point. Early word also has it that “Episode VII” will be created by Michael Arndt; his prior credits embody “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Toy Story III,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” and best of all, a arriving “Phineas and Herb” movie.

With a re-launch of a Star Wars tale sketch closer with any flitting day, we during Canada.com suspicion it competence be fun to inspect a Star Wars star had it been saved by Disney from a beginning, and what a unavoidable animation spinoff competence have looked like.

Of course, this resulted in thriving debates via a Twitterverse as to that classical Disney characters would play some of a many barbarous and dear Star Wars characters via a galaxy.

I benefaction to we Disney Star Wars, starring a miscellany expel of misfits, outlaws, furry, and scaly creatures as you’ve never suspicion of them before.

Han Solo

Han and Animal

Han Solo, a strange space cowboy — who we trust had an critical change on Nathan Fillion’s description of Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly — was played by a conceited and scabby Harrison Ford. Ford had been operative as a carpenter on a set of Star Wars when an event came adult for him to review for a partial of Han Solo. If Han Solo had to be played by a Disney character, he’d be played by Animal from a Muppets.

Han has this stone star celebrity that draws anyone around him into his circle. He’s got a pointy tongue and, like Animal, substantially could have benefitted from a integrate of imperative annoy government classes. If he had, maybe he wouldn’t have been solidified in carbonite, wouldn’t have had to go adult opposite Jabba a Hutt, and substantially could have enjoyed during slightest one review though scornful Chewbacca. Animal, like Han, also would have shot first.

Luke Skywalker

Luke and Simba

Luke Skywalker became one of a biggest film protagonists ever for many reasons, though zero as absolute as a ideal volume of consolation we have for him and his inner struggles. He learns about his authority of a Force during such a late age, watches all of his mentors die and, oh yeah, has to understanding with a unsound father who is out for his life. Helping to lead a rebellion on a side? No pressure, Luke. It’s kind of tough being a selected one, or during least, a son of a selected one. Without a doubt, Luke would have been Simba from a Lion King.

Simba wants to get out and consult a lands, infer to his father and a rest of his house he’s done of something. Sure, Luke might have been a semi-orphan and hated his father, though both were these young, far-reaching eyed, brave souls who wanted zero some-more than to be someone important. Also (spoiler alert) both their dads died to save them. Crazy, right?

Leia Skywalker

Leia and Mulan

Leia Skywalker, Luke’s twin sister and initial regretful seductiveness (we try not to consider about it too much), is a bit of a insurgent anomaly. When she initial appears in partial four, we see her withdrawal a holographic summary with R2-D2 to be played for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Of course, as we all know, R2-D2 and C-3PO are prisoner and bought by Luke’s Uncle Ben and a failure that is a Star Wars authorization begins. Throughout a whole trilogy, however, Leia stays a loyal heroine, a soldier and critical partial of a rebellion’s leadership. For that, Leia is Mulan.

Mulan and Leia share so many qualities it’s tough not to design them as one another if a universes had been flipped. Mulan is unfortunate to strengthen her family and her people and will censor her loyal temperament to assistance a altogether cause, training to be a soldier in a process. Leia, innate into a insurgent family and lerned from a immature age, has a somewhat opposite start story. But her ability with a blaster, and after authority of a Force, infer she’s no softy. Mulan saves a Emperor, Leia creates it her idea to kill a Emperor.

Darth Vader

Darth Scar

Darth Vader. The second in line to a bench of a dim side, is utterly presumably a many renouned Star Wars authorization character. In fact, until episodes 7-9 were announced, people usually pronounced Star Wars is a story of Darth Vader. Full stop. Even non Star Wars fans (if there are any) know that raspy respirating and a infamous, “Luke, we am your father.” Darth Vader is deliciously immorality but, if we inspect his past, he was usually this immature child drawn into a star he didn’t utterly understand. Darth Vader would be Scar.

Scar had a lot going for him in a Lion King before Mufasa took a spotlight. He grew energy inspired and began to approximate himself with a garland of foolish drones who were unfortunate to greatfully him and equivocate his wrath. He eventually killed his brother, a one who mentored him, and done it his idea to kill a flourishing heir, usually during a final impulse proposing they order together. Sound familiar?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan and Bambi

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Captain America of a Star Wars universe, though don’t worry, that’s not my comparison. All I’m implying is his impression is noble, strong, and believes in a energy of good. He can’t be convinced from his beliefs and he’ll quarrel immorality to a death. In many ways, he would fit into a Marvel/Disney star intensely well. One could roughly broadcast he is a superhero of a Star Wars franchise. Or he’s usually adorably naive. So we went with Bambi.

Bambi is trusting and pure, dancing about roughly like he’s in a ballet. Obi-Wan “I’ll collect a child adult on a dried world and sight him to quarrel a fight in a week” Kenobi also has a bent to rush into things a small too quickly, overhanging around his “elegant arms for a some-more courteous age.” Bambi is correct and learns quickly, many like Kenobi. But mostly they both usually get frightened and tumble detached when confronted with something wholly new, either it’s a solidified pool or a Death Star helmed by an aged student.

Emperor Palpatine

Emperor Mickey

Emperor Palpatine is, though a doubt, a many immorality male in a whole series. A male who soared by a domestic hierarchy to turn czar of a galaxy, Palpatine is both hated in a strange trilogy and a prequels. At a same time, Palpatine has also remained one of a many renouned characters and turn a tack for a Star Wars community. In my common opinion, a usually chairman from a Disney star that could lift off being Emperor Palpatine is a conduct of Disney himself, Mickey Mouse.

Now hear me out. Mickey Mouse might not be quite evil, though he is a face of Disney and a conduct honcho of a whole Disney universe.  Truth be told, one of a categorical reasons we consider Mickey Mouse would be ideal as a czar is due to a fact we am anticipating for an epic conflict stage in a newest Star Wars between Yoda and Mickey Mouse. The retrograde abbreviation and small squeaks from Mickey alone would make it a pierce of a decade. And we usually know that Mickey personally has it in for a newer Disney celebrities like Simba and Mulan, right?

R2-D2 and C-3PO

The twins.

Last are a loveable robotic twin that stole everyone’s hearts when a strange trilogy aired. R2-D2 and C-3PO’s loyalty rivaled that of Han and Chewie’s, that usually done them that many some-more endearing. R2-D2 and C-3PO are clearly Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were embellished as a cavalier and foolish twins from Alice in Wonderland. But, in truth, a dual were a best of friends and frequency seen though a other. C-3PO and R2-D2 are precisely that. Can we suppose if 3PO had been purchased and R2 was left behind like Uncle Ben creatively wanted? You can’t, it’s impossible. And, usually like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, R2 and 3PO are a ideal multiple of view and comic service a authorization needed.

Until Jar Jar Binks came along, though that’s a whole other discussion.

Stay tuned for a second partial to a array where we inspect a prequel trilogy and their characters while perplexing not to lambaste George Lucas in my head.

The force stays clever in executive Florida, where Disney’s annual “Star Wars Weekend” lets middle-age fanatics channel their middle Skywalkers and Leias.

The renouned event, that runs by this weekend, is hold during Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

When we went final month, we determined my galactic domicile in walking stretch from a park opening during Disney’s Yacht Club Resort.

Park sheet in hand, we headed out during 7 a.m., after all we was on a mission. we wanted to land a FASTPASS sheet to accommodate my favorite actor, Ray Park, a double lightsaber-wielding Darth Maul.

Little did we know that a FASTPASS placement had started outward of a categorical opening during 6:30 a.m. and that even some-more revolutionary fans had been camping out in a parking lot of The Studios given 4 in a morning to waylay a sheet for a event with their favorite character.

I staid on a a FASTPASS to accommodate with Ashley Eckstein, a voice behind Ahsoka Tano from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

About half of Disney’s Hollywood Studios is set adult as a thesis park. The other half is off-limits solely for a not to be missed behind-the-scenes-tour called a Studio Backlot Tour.

There are of march a iconic rides such as Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, a Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Staring Aerosmith, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue and a park’s hottest ticket, Toy Story Mania!

And while good shows such as Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!; Lights, Motor, Action! Extreme Stunt; a Beauty and a Beast — Live on Stage!, and a night uncover Fantasmic! are contingency see for first-time visitors, many guests, like me, were here for a special Star Wars events.

Premiere Theater is home to shows divulgence a fascinating universe of voice acting, special effects and a life and movie-making adventures of Star Wars celebrities.

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Young Jedis in training take on an majestic walker.

Different shows are shown over a march of a 4 weekends and a weekly special Star Wars Weekend park map is accessible on entering a park, inventory all shows, special events as good as a impression meet-and-greet locations.

And so we set out to revisit with Darth Maul, Darth Vader, a friendly Chewbacca, Princess Amidala, Boba Fett, a operation of Jedis and Clone Wars characters, and even Jedi Mickey.

There is also some critical selling inside a aptly named Darth’s Mall, where we can batch adult on themed merchandise, specialty drinks and Darth Vader cupcakes.

And while we did not get my correspondence on a three-dimensional figurine, we could not conflict a Lightsaber umbrella.

Free of assign is a revisit to Roxy, a 17-foot-long illustration of a rancor. The fan-made pet of Jabba a Hut has done a rounds around a universe though it is creation a initial revisit to Star War Weekends.

It is such a fanciful print event that even George Lucas has acted with it.

At a impression meet-and-greet we assimilated a prolonged line of fans wanting to shake hands with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, R2D2 and C-3PO.

When a summer interns go on family vacation, we can’t send them off though an
assignment. So a proprietor Star
Wars buff, Kenneth, gave us a outline of Star
Wars Weekend during Disney World.

At a age when many children began examination Aladdin, Hercules and Beauty and the
Beast, we was mislaid in a star far, distant away. From those days on, my
obsession has usually grown. So, as we can imagine, we went to Disney World’s Star Wars Weekends years ago before
Disney bought a franchise. People have uttered their opinions, that range
from: “They’re ruining a series!” to “They’ll make it too kid-ish!” The list
goes on. Opinions on that aside, Disney has been doing Star Wars Weekends for a while, given 1997. From what we remembered
as a kid, Disney did a good pursuit — we know we had fun.

Coming behind after all of these years, with knowledge
and knowledge of a array I’d acquired over a years in mind, we walked into
Hollywood Studios half defunct from removing to a park so early. Needless to
say, it was distant some-more than we could’ve ever imagined. Disney has always been
known for a climax and they unequivocally came by for this year’s
festivities.

Disney had an all-star lineup of characters from the
films and charcterised series, and fans could get autographs and watch them in
different shows via a day. Just to name a few: Ray Park (Darth Maul),
James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan in a charcterised series) Jeremy Bulloch (Boba
Fett), Warwick Davis (Wicket) and Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano from the
animated series). The park also had dozens of other characters guest could
take cinema with during a day. It was roughly guaranteed that around every
corner, someone would run into a impression from a universe. Whether it was
Darth Vader hidden in Storm Troopers or Tusken Raiders, it was always a
treat.

The celebration carries on by 4 shows daily
Friday-Sunday and change somewhat any weekend (this year, a eventuality runs every
weekend May 17-June 9).

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There’s always a uncover with a special guest of the
week like Warwick Davis or Jeremy Bulloch — a talks were only engaging to
sit in on. The master of ceremonies and horde of any uncover was James Arnold
Taylor, voice actor extraordinaire. He even demonstrated 200 opposite voices
he could do. Impressive, we know. Taylor hosted a speak uncover as well, where he
interviewed a visiting star and Ray Park any day. This could operation from
being waggish to utterly moving depending on a guest. Trust me on that,
hearing a story of how Boba Fett messed adult his lines on his initial day is
something to behold.

If a ambience for stunts and movement are adult your alley,
Ray Park had his possess martial humanities uncover where he went by opposite fighting
styles with an array of weapons. This was also where we schooled to disgust the
children who got a possibility to go on theatre and do pierce sets with a master
himself. I’m still working from that.

Special sell could be found during a one stop
Star Wars emporium nearby a behind of a park: a Darth Mall (clever pretension if I
don’t contend so myself). Collectibles, helmets, toys, Disney characters in Star
Wars outfits — it was all there. Guests could truly remove themselves in a place
like that. If you’re an unashamed fan like myself, we can’t assistance though spend
oodles of income there. we went in wanting something tiny and spent some-more than
$90. Needless to say, it was whinny unfit to leave though some form of
paraphernalia in hand.

Now, to deflect, again, a opinions we might have about
Disney shopping Star Wars. we have to say, Star
Wars Weekends are on standard with some conventions I’ve listened of. When Disney
gets a reason of something, they’ll flourish it and make it something everybody can
enjoy. These weekends are allied to a dedicated entertainment for fans of the
series. To see people who suffer these cinema as most as we do carrying as most fun
as me was sublime. The appetite there was roughly tangible, generally during
Memorial Day weekend. The park’s race swelled so much, it roughly reached
capacity. This weekend was full of characters, large name actors, festivities,
themes snacks, souvenirs and ways to douse fans in a star itself.
Guests could make themselves Storm Troopers — it was awesome. we digress, these
weekends were zero reduction than enchanting for me and, from what we could tell,
those around me. Where else during this time could we see Boba Fett dance with
Princess Leia in her worker outfit?

For this Star
Wars fan, Disney did a good pursuit environment a atmosphere of my favorite
series. The whole park was flooded with Star Wars song until a park closed.
The employees where all nice, a characters glorious and actors incredible, I
couldn’t have asked for a improved time. The fireworks uncover was impressive, too — Disney literally finished a festivities with utterly a bang.

Never blink a energy of a Force.

Disney has announced a multi-year understanding with Electronic Arts that grants a video diversion publisher rights to rise and tell video games formed on a classical science-fiction authorization Star Wars. Financial terms were not disclosed.

EA would have rights to rise Star Wars titles for a “core gaming audience” opposite all interactive platforms, says a corner matter from both companies. Disney would keep a right to emanate certain games for mobile, social, inscription and online.

“Every developer dreams of formulating games for a Star Wars universe,” says Frank Gibeau, boss of EA Labels, in a statement.

Gibeau says studios DICE (Battlefield), Visceral Games (Dead Space) and BioWare (Mass Effect) will all rise Star Wars titles. BioWare already has knowledge with a Star Wars star by massively multiplayer online titles such as Knights of a Old Republic and The Old Republic.

“The new practice we emanate might steal from films, though a games will be wholly strange with all new stories and gameplay,” says Gibeau.

The proclamation comes one month after Disney close down longtime studio LucasArts in preference of a chartering indication involving Star Wars and other properties.

Several projects, including a movement pretension Star Wars 1313, had been halted, according to a LucasFilm representative.

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Star Trek is removing a own thesis park in Jordan, so isn’t it time that Star Wars did as well? And did doesn’t assistance that it’s now owned by a creator of a thesis park in a initial place, Disney.

The association that bought a authorization final year for $4 billion is reportedly on a approach to doing only that.

In a new gain call for Disney, a company’s arch executive officer Bob Iger pronounced that “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. It’s still really early in a process. We’ll announce sum as these developments evolve.”

That doesn’t indispensably meant that Star Wars: The Theme Park is opening soon. However, it could meant stretched opportunities for Star Wars in existent Disney thesis parks where it already has rides. It also could yield some foe in Orlando for Universal Studios’ Harry Potter thesis area, that has been pulling people divided from Disney’s Hollywood Studios in a Florida location.

Even a designed Star Trek park in Jordan is partial of an altogether park, and not approaching to attract tourists in by itself. Yet, rumors continue to disseminate that Disney competence be formulation an whole park around Star Wars. Some trust Iger combined to that in an emailed matter to a Huffington Post that pronounced a association skeleton to “combine mythological Disney storytelling and creation with a iconic characters of a Star Wars authorization to ride guest of all ages to a universe far, distant away. We’re vehement to try new ways to move these stories to life.”

Florence Welch a frontwoman of Florence and a Machine has been sloping for a vital purpose in J.J Abrams’s Star Wars: Episode VII.

According to The Sun, a prolongation insider said “We consider Florence has a accurate character we are looking for.

She has finished some behaving though it was her singing on theatre that primarily held a eye.
Almost each singer in Hollywood wants a purpose in a new cinema though we are penetrating to expel people who are unexpected.

Florence is being deliberate for a vital partial that would spin her into an A-list singer overnight.”

Disney’s Star Wars: Episode VII will film in a UK and flog start a code new trilogy in a intergalactic saga. It is slated to arrive in cinemas in 2015 and Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are approaching to lapse to their particular roles.

LAKE BUENA VISTA — 

Only dual weekends left to knowledge Star Wars Weekends during Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We spent a morning there Friday to range out a highlights and assistance we with your diversion plan.

We went true to a celebrities for their suggestions.

“My favorite this year has got to be Chip n’ Dale as Ewoks,” pronounced actor Warwick Davis (“Star Wars Episode VI,” “Harry Potter”).”‘Chipwalks’ we consider they’re famous as.”

Voice Actor James Arnold Taylor (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars”) is psyched about his uncover “Obi-Wan Beyond.”

“It is my life as a voice actor,” he explained to us. “I take we behind a scenes of what it’s like to be a voice actor in a small padded room. we do, like, 200 opposite voices in it.” (Showtime during 6:30 p.m. during Premiere Theater).

Davis also has his possess show.

“[It’s called] “An Ewok’s Tale: My Short Story” created generally for a event. It debuted final weekend and it was really renouned with fans, so I’m doing a second run of it this weekend. You can see that each day. ” (Showtime Sat. during 5 p.m. and Sunday during 1:45 p.m. during Premiere Theater).

Check out a web-exclusive, untouched interviews with Taylor and Davis in a video territory on a right.

Here’s where/when we can find them during designation sessions:

Warwick Davis (Wicket a Ewok from “Return of a Jedi”)

    Echo Lake

    Saturday 9:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

    Sunday: 9:45 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

James Arnold Taylor (Voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi Plo Koon in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”)

    Echo Lake

    9:45 a.m.

Ashley Eckstein (Voice behind Ahsoka Tano in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”)

    Saturday: 4:30 5:45 p.m.

    Sunday 1:30 5:45 p.m.

Sam Witwer (Voice behind Darth Maul from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”)

    Echo Lake

    Saturday: 3:00 4:30 p.m.

    Sunday: 9:45 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m.

Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar from “Return of a Jedi”)

    Echo Lake

    Sat and Sun: 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:45 p.m.

Meanwhile, another prominence is a Legends of a Force Motorcade and Celebrity Welcome during 11 a.m. The march facilities a universe of your favorite Star Wars characters and 5 Star Wars celebrities. The motorcade starts during a front of a park and travels to a Star Wars Weekends Event Stage.

Then, scarcely each half hour all day long, we can put your kids (under 12) by Jedi Training Academy. They can file their Lightsaber skills until they’re “interrupted” by Darth Vader and Darth Maul, when your small Jedi gets to quarrel back.

Also extravagantly renouned are a Star Wars Character Encounters in several locations via Studio Backlot Tour. Guests can correlate with a many scandalous characters from a dim side of a Star Wars saga.

For other ‘things to know before we go,’ check out Star Wars Weekends’ central page.