Webcast: The Adventures Continue as Star Tours Opens at Disneyland Park

posted at Disney Parks Blog on June 1st, 2011 by Erin Glover, Manager, Social Media and Print

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UPDATE: At 9:30 a.m. Pacific, we’ll be bringing you the Star Tours opening ceremony from Disneyland park. Check back later today for photos and updates from the event.

Last month, we brought you the grand opening of Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and this Friday the Disney Parks Blog will bring you the grand opening ceremony of Star Tours, as it happens live at Disneyland park! The live stream will begin right here, Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. Pacific.

We’ll also be live-tweeting the event from @Disneyland, so be sure to log in on time to catch all the action as Star Tours opens at Disneyland park on June 3.

May the Fourth by Tom Fitzgerald

May the Fourth Be With You!

posted on May 4th, 2011 by Tom Fitzgerald, Executive VP & Senior Creative Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering

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Today, May 4, we unveiled a stunning new piece of Star Tours art which serves as the attraction poster at Disneyland park and the marquee at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Designed by Imagineer Scot Drake, the piece features the new Starspeeder 1000 surrounded by many of the planets, vehicles and characters from the show. Look for Darth Vader lurking in the shadows.

The photo below shows the new marquee as it was being installed just this morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

The Adventures Continue – only weeks away!

Darth Vader vs. Indiana Jones at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Ok... This is It! The Battle of the Century!

Indiana Jones, with a Light Saber against Darth Vader!

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It was part of the “The Last Tour to Endor” event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for fans attending this week’s Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida.

George Lucas at Disney World

"Star Wars" creator and filmmaker George Lucas meets a group of "Star Wars"-inspired Disney characters Aug. 14, 2010 at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Lucas was in central Florida for "Star Wars Celebration V," the official Lucasfilm fan event that took place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. 

With the stern and determined look of a Jedi Knight, "Star Wars" creator and filmmaker George Lucas poses with a group of "Star Wars"-inspired Disney characters Aug. 14, 2010 at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Lucas was in central Florida for "Star Wars Celebration V," the official Lucasfilm fan event that was held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. He visited Walt Disney World Resort tonight to attend Disney's "Last Tour to Endor" special event. 

Star Wars creator and legendary filmmaker George Lucas has a playful lightsaber duel Aug. 14, 2010 with Jedi Mickey Mouse at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The impromptu battle took place during "The Last Tour to Endor," a special event held at the theme park for Star Wars fans attending "Star Wars Celebration V" in Orlando, Fla. Looking on are Princess Leia Minnie and Darth Goofy, as well as the lovable Disney driod, R2-MK.

Actors Seth Green (left) and Jaime King (right) don costumes Aug. 14, 2010 at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. during "The Last Tour to Endor," a "Star Wars"-themed special event at the park presented during "Star Wars Celebration V." Green and King, both longtime "Star Wars" fans, donned the costumes for a surprise appearance in a one-night-only live show produced by Disney entitled " Indiana Jones and the Lost Jedi Temple of Doom." "Star Wars Celebration V," held this year in Orlando, Fla., is the official Lucasfilm fan event.

[Indiana Jones vs Darth Vader - posted on August 15th, 2010 by Thomas Smith, Social Media Director, Disney Parks]

[All other pics: Todd Anderson, photographer]

UPDATE: AUGUST 26, 2010