Star Wars Weekends to Sneak Clone Wars
The Star Wars adventures continue on Aug. 15 with the theatrical release of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS from Lucasfilm Animation, and this year’s Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort will offer fans an exciting, in-depth look at the making of this big-screen animated epic.
Among the features at this year’s Star Wars Weekends, which run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from June 6 to June 29, 2008, will be “Behind the Force – Experience THE CLONE WARS,” an exploration of the creation of this groundbreaking Star Wars feature film. During “Experience THE CLONE WARS,” fans will get a chance to meet a representative of Lucasfilm Ltd. and, at the culmination of the presentation, see an exclusive clip of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS that can be seen only at Disney’s Hollywood Studios during Star Wars Weekends.
The Clone Wars is Star Wars as you’ve never seen it before, so it makes sense that we’re offering fans at Star Wars Weekends something completely unique – an early glimpse at a Star Wars movie,” said Kayleen Walters, director of marketing for Lucasfilm Ltd. “We’re working with Disney to create an event no Star Wars fan will want to miss.”
In addition to the excitement surrounding Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars will feature celebrities from the classic, live-action movies, who will be on hand each weekend for photos, Q&A, autograph sessions and Hollywood-style motorcades. All four weekends, Star Wars actor Warwick Davis (who portrayed "Wicket” the Ewok) will serve as celebrity emcee and host of the event.
Among the scheduled celebrities and special guests at this year’s Star Wars Weekends are Dave Filoni, director of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS; and MatthewWood, who performs voices in the movie and the CLONE WARS TV series debuting this fall.
A weekend-by-weekend lineup of celebrities scheduled to appear includes (subject to change):
• June 6-8: Jeremy Bulloch ("Boba Fett") and Daniel Logan (young "Boba Fett")
• June 13-15: Peter Mayhew ("Chewbacca") and David Prowse ("Darth Vader")
• June 20-22: Amy Allen ("Aayla Secura") and Matthew Wood ("General Grievous" and voice artist in THE CLONE WARS)
• June 27-29: Dave Filoni (director of the upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
In addition, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney’s Hollywood Studios will offer a host of surprises throughout the four weekends, promising to bring an unprecedented level of “sneak preview” excitement and fun to the popular Star Wars Weekends.
Other activities included in the fan-fest fun: the “Padawan Mind Challenge,” allowing kids under 12 to test their wits before the Jedi Council; “Legends of the Force,” The Clone Wars at Star Wars Weekends / 3-3-3 a motorcade featuring favorite Star Wars celebrities; and "Jedi Training Academy," where young Jedi-wannabes can learn lightsaber battle techniques and test their
newfound skills against Darth Vader or Darth Maul.
The Star Wars Weekends fun is included with regular admission to Disney's Hollywood Studios.
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COMMENTS (24)
We want to know the story of Luke and his kids like in the books.
Lucas is just a big money grabber who don't give a **** about the fans.
Just let someone else make it like you did with Empire Strikes Back or are you scared that other people seem to do a better job than you.
You can already smell the Clone Wars video game and Happy Meals waiting in the wings.
For those of you who aren't into it, then (sorry, but) you really weren't fans to begin with. I'm tired of all of the Star Wars naysayers. You do little else than troll fanboards waiting for the chance to say "dumb" and "boring" and "Lucas is an idiot" and other such garbage. What a slim, shallow existence that must be.
Go and enjoy your SERENITY, your FIREFLY, your nuBSG. Bug off, and leave us true Jedi Knights at one with the Force.
Any chance to get back to Lucas's universe is time well spent for true fanboys.
You want a better Star Wars movie you ****ing make one!!
It looks like a CGI version of Clone Wars from a couple of years ago which if I remember wasnt that bad..
At least we get something.. Remember the Droids and Ewoks cartoons? Its a ****load better than that..
No matter what you bastards would still be *****ing. I bet the live action wont live up to your hype either..
I saw a ****load of lightsabers and plenty of 'Sith dealings' to get me more than excited about this..
AND THIS IS JUST THE MOVIE!!!!! THERES A WHOLE SERIES COMING OUT AFTERWARDS!!!!!!!!!! **** YES!!!!
Do you realize that the original Clone Wars Cartoon was directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
the creator of Samurai Jack. They didn't just copy the art style Genndy created, and used that art style for the cartoon.
The CGI version is the same art style just with computers.
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