IGN.com recently interviewed Dave Filoni about Season 5 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. One topic of the interview is Star Tours influence on the Gascon and WAC-47 arc.
Our friends at Yakface.com have just posted images and details for two new Hasbro Star Tours action figure sets.
INTRODUCING THE NEW 2013 STAR WARS® Star Tours™ Action Figure Packs from Hasbro
The celebration of the amazing new Star Tours Disney theme park ride continues in 2013 with new STAR WARS Star Tours Action Figure Packs from Hasbro. Building off of the packs released in 2011, these two sets of figures introduce new Droids from the ride experience as well as a few reprised fan favorites. New figures include a blue Signal Droid, red RX Droid, a G2 Droid rebuilt from scratch for more accurate detail, and the very first appearance of a new Seeker Droid!
These packs launch in May 2013 at Walt Disney World- Hollywood Studios during STAR WARS Weekends and will be available at Walt Disney World stores in Florida and Disneyland Resort stores in California shortly thereafter.
Experience the magic of the ride and then relive the action with the STAR WARS Star Tours Action Figure Packs!
http://yakfaceforums.com/main/2013/02/19/new-star-tours-packs/
As you may have heard, Tony Baxter has stepped down from his full time role at Walt Disney Imagineering. We have a statement from Walt Disney Imagineering and Tony Baxter.
As The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is about to be released to theaters worldwide. Film.com has posted “The 10 Most Interesting Facts Gleaned from The Hobbit Press Conference.”
Number 2 on the list caught our attention:
“Peter Jackson said his decision to try 48 frames-per-second on “The Hobbit” was influenced by George Lucas’ high frame rate Star Tours ride at Disneyland — as well as a New Zealand tourism movie.“
Read the complete list by following the link below.
http://www.film.com/movies/hobbit-press-conference-spoilers
Image © Warner Bros.
Every now and then you’ll stumble upon something that makes you go “hey cool!”. Well here’s something by artist Eric Walls that might just fall into that category. Walls was an aspiring Imagineer when he built this recreation of the original Star Tours in Disneyland, CA. It was completed in 1989 and measures 19″ in length, 7″ deep, and at its tallest spire is 5.5″.
Check out more of Eric Walls’ fun miniature of Star Tours here or visit his blog for more fun stuff!
http://ericwallsanimation.blogspot.com/2006/10/star-tours-disneyland-usa.html
D23 has announced that “Fanniversary” will be adding four more cities to it’s popular tour. This September and October, Fanniversary will make stops in Philadelphia, Seattle, Dallas and Atlanta.
Read on for more details.
Fans of all things Disney can rejoice as D23: The Official Disney Fan Club and the Walt Disney Archives join forces with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum to assemble hundreds of items never before displayed to the public. The exhibit located in Southern California opens today, July 6th and will remain open during regular museum operating hours.
EndorExpress has already given you a sneak peak at some Star Tours and Tron items found in the exhibit, but here today we will showcase some items from Walt’s earlier days before his first feature. Stick around as we will post several more photos throughout the coming week!
The Reagan Library is open daily 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day). Museum Admission is $21.00 for adults, $18.00 for seniors over 62, $9.00 for children ages 11-17, and $6.00 for children 3-10. A separate audio tour costs $7 per person (of any age).
Imagine a place where every bit of Star Wars memorabilia can be found. Now imagine going there. What would you seek out? What would interest you the most? Well, fortuntately such a place does exist. It’s called Rancho Obi-Wan and it houses the world’s largest collection of Star Wars toys, props, models, costumes, and more. EndorExpress took a special trip to Steve Sansweet’s haven of Star Wars collectibles and sought out what we could find that was Star Tours related, and even offered something that Steve himself didn’t have.
Read on as we share with you many of the rare treats and treasures of the Disney Theme Parks.
http://www.endorexpress.net/special-features/star-tours-at-rancho-obi-wan/
Disney Parks Blog has updated again with a preview of many of the exclusives that will be available at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for Star Wars Weekends 2012.
“Darth’s Mall,” a massive shopping location we’re creating just for Star Wars Weekends.” Will feature many items such as pins,action figures, a passholder exclusive shirt in both men’s and women’s styles.
Follow the link for the full preview… Images © Disney/Lucasfilm
A KALEIDOSCOPE OF MAGICAL MEMORIES TRAVELS
TO SIX CITIES AROUND THE U.S. THIS SPRING IN
D23’S DISNEY FANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Never-Before-Seen and Rarely Shown Film Clips, Photos and Art Combine with Cherished Disney Creations in First-Ever FANNIVERSARY Show
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