Month: December, 2005

Bantha Tracks Star Tours Poster

by Kris Van de Sande on December 8, 2005

Pete Vilmur continues his article. In this issue, Bantha Tracks readers can enjoy the next five, out of a total of ten posters chosen by Pete Vilmur, Content Provider for StarWars.com.

Vilmur is one of the leading experts on worldwide Star Wars posters, and co-author with Stephen J. Sansweet on the new Star Wars Poster Book. As a special for Bantha Tracks, Vilmur selected his Top Ten posters, but refused to put them in order, stating, “I can’t play favorites with these.” Among those posters in a Japanese Star Tours poster. Click here to read it, if you are a hyperspace member.

Hyperspace LFL Magazine

by Kris Van de Sande on December 1, 2005

For yesterday’s update of the official site, they set their DeLorean to winter 1990 for the tenth issue of Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine. News articles include the opening of Star Tours and the announcement of the prequel trilogy!

‘The Force to Return in the ’90s!’, ‘A Look at the Impact of Video on Lucasfilm’, ‘Star Tours: A Grand Opening’ and many more were the highlights of the Lucasfilm Magazine, which was available to fans nationwide! On 1 January 1990, Adam Schultz wrote following:

“Orlando, Florida, is called the Number One Vacation Destination in the country, and much of the credit goes to Walt Disney World. Millions of visitors have thrilled to the sights of The Magic Kingdom and EPCOT Center, but it’s the new Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park which holds the most interest to fans of Lucasfilm. On January 13th of this year, Disney celebrated the Grand Opening of the third Star Tours attraction.”

To read the entire article, and much more content, click here. You have to be a Hyperspace member to read the article.