Star Wars Weekends Begin
Star Wars weekends begin at Disney’s Hollywood Studios today and there’s a great line up of actors from the movies lined up to attend the events. Today sees Anthony Daniels, who portrayed C-3PO in the films, and Dave Filoni, supervising director of “The Clone Wars” animated TV series at the theme park.
Next week, May 27-29 sees Daniels return alongside Bruce Spence (Tion Medon) and Dee Bradley Baker (Captain Rex of “Clone Wars”) while June 3-5 guests will include Ray Park (Darth Maul), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) and Matt Lanter (Anakin from “Clone Wars”).
Park returns June 10-12 with Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Tom Kane (Yoda from “Clone Wars”).
Celebrity hosts for the duration of Star Wars Weekends will be James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan in “Clone Wars”) and Central Florida’s own Ashley Eckstein (voice of Ahsoka Tano in “Clone Wars.”) She will host”Clone Wars: Behind the Force,” a look at the TV series, and Taylor will star in a one-man show that spotlights voices he has performed professionally, including from “Clone Wars.”
This year’s Star Wars Weekends will be enhanced by yesterday’s reopening of the Star Tours attraction, which began showing off its new storyline and 3-D effects to great public acclaim.
Star Wars Weekends will again include the Hyperspace Hoopla show, trivia contests and about 60 Star Wars characters available for photo opportunities. You can join the celebrities and characters for special shows, panels, presentations and more but remember that Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park admission is required and availability maybe limited for some events.
