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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Opens Friday at Disneyland Park
(L-R) Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Rebecca Campbell, president of the Disneyland Resort and Bob Chapek, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, posed inside Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Thursday, Jan. 16, 2019, ahead of its opening weekend at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, Calif. This highly anticipated experience adds […]
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Awards and Recognition
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2020) – Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is the largest single-themed land expansion in Disney history and is already proving wildly popular as guests live their own Star Wars adventures in a galaxy far, far away. Guests join a climactic battle between the Resistance and the First Order in Star Wars: Rise […]
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Brings Even More Thrills to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Resort
Groundbreaking attraction is another jaw-dropping way for guests to live their own Star Wars adventures in the award-winning new land ANAHEIM, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2020) – The groundbreaking new Disney attraction Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is now open at Disneyland Park in California, adding to the immersive adventures available to guests inside Star […]
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Invites Guests into an Immersive Adventure of Galactic Proportions
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … It is a dark time for the RESISTANCE. Following the devastating Battle of Crait, the freedom fighters have fled with General Leia Organa to an undisclosed location. Meanwhile, hunted by the FIRST ORDER and Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, a band of […]
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Brings Even More Thrills to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort
Groundbreaking attraction opening Dec. 5, 2019, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida and Jan. 17, 2020, at Disneyland Park in California is another jaw-dropping way for guests to live their own Star Wars adventures in the award-winning new land ANAHEIM, Calif. (Dec. 4, 2019) – The groundbreaking new Disney attraction Star Wars: Rise of the […]
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Hidden Gems and Attention to Detail Create Authenticity in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
With more than four decades of films, television series, novels, comic books, video games and more, Star Wars has a deep history that has inspired generations of devoted fans. In creating Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Walt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm were driven to fulfill the dreams of anyone who ever imagined visiting this galaxy far, […]
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Iconic Ships and Other Vehicles Feel Right at Home in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
Starships and other vehicles play integral roles in Star Wars stories, almost becoming characters all their own. That’s why in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Park in California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida, the planet Batuu’s landscape is populated with all manner of transportation vehicles, from iconic ships to small, utilitarian speeders. With […]
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – In Their Own Words
Why Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Is a Landmark Attraction “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is an immersive experience like you’ve never been on before, with fully realized blaster bolts in midair, holograms, AT-ATs … this is truly a 360-degree attraction. It touches on a feeling of exploration – the same feeling that drove […]
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Star Wars 101: A Brief Introduction to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Star Wars saga was created by American filmmaker George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., the California-based entertainment company he founded in 1971. When Lucas retired in 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm and Disney continues to create stories about this galaxy far, far away. Star Wars encompasses 11 feature films, several television […]
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Characters, Creatures, Droids and Aliens – New and Familiar – Populate Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
Star Wars is filled with memorable personalities that populate a dynamic galaxy – from space pirates to mystical proprietors, plus chatty droids and cuddly aliens. Some of those characters join the action at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Park in California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida. Guests who visit the lands discover the […]