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'Star Wars' Theme Park Attractions to Be Based on New Films
Variety ^ | December 10, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 12/11/2014 7:52:10 AM PST by C19fan

Two years after buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion, Disney is starting to reveal just how Star Wars will be integrated into the company’s theme parks.

Main attractions will be based on new sequels and spinoffs — the first of which, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, bows next year — not the older films in George Lucas’ sci-fi franchise, according to Walt Disney Co. chief Bob Iger.

“There will be a much larger Star Wars presence in our parks globally,” Iger said during a Q&A at Variety’s Dealmakers Breakfast on Wednesday, sponsored by Delta Air Lines and Bank of America. “But we want to do this big, which takes time, and to do it right.

For Disney and its team of theme park designers at Walt Disney Imagineering, that meant waiting until director J.J. Abrams could reveal his plans for The Force Awakens.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: disney; starwars
The CEO of Disney has slowed down incorporating Star Wars at the parks because he wants stuff from the new movies coming out used not stuff from the Lucas movies. I would be happy if Disney never used anything from the dreadful prequels.
1 posted on 12/11/2014 7:52:10 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Started watching animated Star Wars Rebels on the Disney Channel last night. The Marathon is this Saturday at 4:00. I was shocked as to how much I truly enjoyed it.


2 posted on 12/11/2014 7:55:01 AM PST by The Toll
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I find Rebels fine, but I thought Clone Wars’ animation, characters(Ahsoka Tano being my favorite- everyone leaves Anakin), and story much better (spoiler alert- Jabba’s brother killed by the long lipped singer was precious). Be sure to see the Clone Wars series if you haven’t. Cheers!


3 posted on 12/11/2014 8:04:52 AM PST by PfromHoGro (Don't audit me bro!!!)
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To: C19fan

If they don’t have Endor’s land speeders, they’re crazy. When I was a kid, zooming through the woods on my bike, that was all I ever imagined I was doing.


4 posted on 12/11/2014 9:08:28 AM PST by dangus
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Disney will redeem themselves of this if they actually release episodes 4-6 unmastered on DVD and BluRay.


5 posted on 12/11/2014 11:18:18 AM PST by Marko413
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