Posts Tagged ‘Disney Weekends’



Maul-icious Posters

Pete Vilmur | January 20, 2012

1999: Darth Maul transit poster from Hong Kong

With our Darth Maul-themed week of content giving way to “Droids” on Monday, we wanted to squeeze in one last bit of retro Maul material before the week closes out. To that end, we’ve dug up eight poster images featuring Episode I’s enduringly vogue villain, from the 1999 international campaign to Koto’s ukiyo-e style Maul of 2011:

1999: Unisource Papers used a Maul visage which now appears hopelessly outdated by today’s CGI standards, but no less intimidating

(more…)

   7 Comments »    |       Tags: , , ,
Collecting, Events    |       Permalink

Read More

The Middle Actor Meets Darth Goofy

StarWars.com Team | November 29, 2011

Actor Atticus Shaffer, better known as “Brick Heck” from ABC’s comedy series The Middle, made a stop at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida today and giddily posed for a portrait with Darth Goofy in front of the new revamped Star Tours – The Adventures Continue attraction. According to Shaffer’s bio at ABC.com, the actor is a “huge fan of everything Star Wars,” and even showed up in his own Stormtrooper t-shirt!

Photo above by Matt Stroshane/Disney, photographer.

   1 Comment »    |       Tags: ,
In Pop Culture    |       Permalink

Read More

Vader Boogies in Star Wars Weekends Vids and Photos

Pete Vilmur | May 26, 2009

vader.jpg

Attractionsmagazine.com recently updated with a bunch of great video and photo coverage of the first 2009 Star Wars Weekend at Walt Disney World. Some really good coverage of the various events, parades, and celebrities in attendance, so if you’ve got a few minutes to spend in the Disney/Star Wars galaxy, head on over and take a look!

Dance-Off with the Star Wars Stars and Hyperspace Hoopla video and pictures (Check out those dark side dance moves!)

Parade/celebrity motorcade

More photos from Star Wars Weekends

   1 Comment »    |       Tags: ,
Events    |       Permalink

Read More

Star Wars Disney Weekend 4

Bonnie Burton | July 7, 2008


Dave Filoni, director of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and one of the visiting celebrities for Weekend #4, poses with Ahsoka Tano, Anakin’s Padawan in the new animated film.
(Photo by Ron Riccio/Copyright Disney)

For fans eager to see all the excitement at this year’s Star Wars Disney Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort, here’s the latest images from the last weekend which includes actor Jake Lloyd, Star Wars: The Clone Wars director Dave Feloni and Warwick Davis! And of course, your favorite Disney characters — Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy dressed as their favorite Star Wars characters!

VIDEO: Star Wars Disney Weekend #4.

PHOTOS: Star Wars Disney Weekends set.

NEWS: Star Wars Disney Weekends on Starwars.com.

BLOG: Official Starwars.com Blog coverage

   1 Comment »    |       Tags:
Events, The Clone Wars    |       Permalink

Read More

Star Wars Disney Weekend 3

Bonnie Burton | June 25, 2008


Amy Allen, Warwick Davis and Matthew Wood pose for the cameras.
(Photo by Ron Riccio/Copyright Disney)

For fans eager to see all the excitement at this year’s Star Wars Disney Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort, here’s the latest images from the third weekend which include actors Amy Allen, Matthew Wood and Warwick Davis! And of course, your favorite Disney characters — Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy dressed as their favorite Star Wars characters!

VIDEO: Star Wars Disney Weekend #3.

PHOTOS: Star Wars Disney Weekends set.

NEWS: Star Wars Disney Weekends on Starwars.com.

BLOG: Official Starwars.com Blog coverage

   3 Comments »    |       Tags:
Events    |       Permalink

Read More

Star Wars Disney Weekend 2

Bonnie Burton | June 18, 2008


Ahsoka Tano from The Clone Wars poses with a fan.
(Photo by Ron Riccio/Copyright Disney)

For fans eager to see all the excitement at this year’s Star Wars Disney Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort, here’s the latest images from the second weekend which include actors David Prowse, Peter Mayhew and Warwick Davis! Plus a new Clone Wars character sighting — Ahsoka Tano!

And of course, your favorite Disney characters — Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy dressed as their favorite Star Wars characters!

VIDEO: Star Wars Disney Weekend #2.

PHOTOS: Star Wars Disney Weekends set.

NEWS: Star Wars Disney Weekends on Starwars.com.

BLOG: Official Starwars.com Blog coverage

   4 Comments »    |       Tags:
Events, The Clone Wars    |       Permalink

Read More

Star Wars Characters Dance Off

Bonnie Burton | June 11, 2008

Chewbacca and a Jawa dance to “Footloose.” Princess Leia and Queen Amidala show off their moves to “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” And Darth Vader blows them all away with his rendition of “Thriller.” Welcome to Disney’s Star Wars Weekends!

VIDEO: Star Wars Characters Dance Off

Be sure to check out photos here too:
Star Wars Weekends Photos Flickr Set

   6 Comments »    |       Tags:
Events    |       Permalink

Read More

Star Wars Disney Weekend 1

Bonnie Burton | June 9, 2008


(Photo by Matt Stroshane/Copyright Disney)

For fans eager to see all the excitement at this year’s Star Wars Disney Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort, here’s the latest images from the first weekend which include actors Jeremy Bulloch, Daniel Logan, and Warwick Davis! Also take a gander at one of the largest 501st gatherings at Star Wars Disney Weekends, plus a new Clone Wars character sighting — Ahsoka Tano!

And of course, your favorite Disney characters — Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy dressed as their favorite Star Wars characters!

VIDEO: Star Wars Disney Weekend #1.

PHOTOS: Star Wars Disney Weekends set.

NEWS: Star Wars Disney Weekends on Starwars.com.

BLOG: Official Starwars.com Blog coverage

   3 Comments »    |       Tags:
Events, The Clone Wars    |       Permalink

Read More

Steve Sansweet to be at Star Wars Weekends

StarWars.com Team | June 9, 2008

Come say hello to Lucasfilm’s Steve Sansweet, head of Fan Relations, at the second 2008 Star Wars Weekends this coming weekend, June 13 to June 15 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Steve will be signing copies of The Star Wars Vault, co-authored by Lucas Online’s Pete Vilmur, on Saturday from 12:45 PM to 2:15 PM at Wicket’s Warehouse, the special store chock full of Star Wars Weekends merchandise.

Steve will also be the Lucasfilm presenter at “Behind the Force — Experience The Clone Wars,” an exploration of the creation of the upcoming, groundbreaking Star Wars feature film opening August 15th. During “Behind the Force — Experience The Clone Wars,” fans this weekend will get a chance to meet Steve, and, at the culmination of the presentation, see an exclusive clip of The Clone Wars that can be seen only at this presentation, which runs five times a day for all three days during the entire month of June during Star Wars Weekends.

Read more about Star Wars Disney Weekends here on Starwars.com.

Check out the latest news and images here on the Official Starwars.com Blog coverage of Star Wars Disney Weekends.

   5 Comments »    |       Tags: ,
Events, Lucasfilm    |       Permalink

Read More

New Star Wars Disney Figures Coming this Fall

StarWars.com Team | June 4, 2008

donald.jpg

Coming soon to Walt Disney World in Florida is an all new series of large Star Wars-Disney crossover figures that should be available sometime this Fall. Included are Donald Duck as Darth Maul, Goofy as Jar Jar, Mickey as Anakin, and Minnie as Queen Amidala.

The retail for each will be $200 with an edition size of 600. 500 of each will be available for guests of Walt Disney World while the remainder (100 of each) are heading west to Disneyland.

See more pics after the jump!

(more…)

   12 Comments »    |       Tags: ,
Collecting, Events    |       Permalink

Read More
Next
Previous