Every year I wait for the one event that combines two of my favorite Pop Culture icons, Star Wars and Disney, Star Wars Weekends. This is an event that occurs 4 weekends in a row usually the end of May through the beginning of June. This year it goes from May 17th, thru June 9th. The event draws 1000's down to Disney Hollywood Studios for those four weekends. The events include autograph sessions, exclusive merchandise, a special parade and a really funny dance session/contest known as the Hyperspace Hoopla to close each weekend down. There are also various information sessions and interviews. They just released the official logo for 2013. And here it is.
Their celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of the Return of the Jedi. Hence Mickey and Chip and Dale cruising through the forest of Endor. Each weekend it is traditional to have a host. For this year the hosting duties will be split between Warwick Davis (former Ewok among other SW roles) and Ray Park, otherwise known as Darth Maul.
If you are planning to make the trip to SWW here are a couple of things to keep in mind. If you are going for Rope Drop, plan on going early. Lines form as early as 6:00am. The process for buying merchandise and getting autographs is run by tickets that you get as you come into the park. To see what the parade and the Dance show looks like, let YouTube be your friend. As far as the Hoopla goes, does anyone else think it's kind of weird/icky seeing Amidala and Lei dancing together?
My two great interests in life other than the family are Disney and Star Wars and what better way to join these two things together than in Star Wars Weekends held each year at the Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando. S.W. weekends are held on 4 weekends in the May-June time of the year. These weekends have special Star Wars events such as autograph signings, special Star Wars/Disney merchandise and various entertainment events. These events are things such as a Star Wars themed parade, a lip sync/dance off staring SW characters, and other great meet and greets with never seen start wars characters. I, alas have never been to a weekend, but in following the information that comes out of the event, I kept track of these really cool advertisement posters. They were posted at the Orlando Airport the first year and have since found their way to various locations. As I was going through pictures on the box, I came across these posters and threw them into a Windows Live Video. I think these are all great. My two favorites are the Tie Fighter moored up at the end of the ramp and Vader in line with his boots off sharing all of our pain.
