Guests at the Walt Disney World Resort will find more retail MagicBand designs available this month.
One of the new designs is inspired by the Instagram-worthy purple wall at the Magic Kingdom. The band features the phrase “meet me at the purple wall.”
The Purple Wall MagicBand will be available online during a flash sale that starts March 5.
Later this month guests will find a Star Wars-themed MagicBand that features the symbols of the Rebel Alliance, the Galactic Empire, and more. This band will debut March 12 both online and at select …

Disneyland Paris has announced a multi-year expansion for the park that includes a transformation of the Walt Disney Studios Park.
The two billion euro project includes building three new areas based on Marvel, Frozen and Star Wars in the Walt Disney Studios Park.
Disney CEO and Chairman Bob Iger made the announcement along with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais de l’Elysée in Paris.
The new areas will include new attractions and entertainment, and a new lake will be a focal point and the connecting point for the new areas.
The project will …

Disney has released more information about the new Star Wars hotel that will be located adjacent to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Guests visiting the immersive hotel will board a starship that is “alive with characters and stories” that will play out during their stay.
And, all the windows of the hotel will look out into “space” – not the Orlando sunshine!
Guests can also dress in Star Wars costumes to really participate as residents of the galaxy.
And, as we mentioned the hotel will be “seamlessly connected” to Star Wars: …

More details about the Star Wars-themed hotel coming to Disney World were released at last weekend’s D23 Expo Japan.
The hotel will be connected to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and will give guests a complete immersive experience from the moment they arrive.
According to Disney: “Guests’ journey through space will start when everyone departs together for a multiday Stars Wars adventure by boarding a starship alive with characters and stories that unfold all around them during a voyage through the galaxy.”
Guests can become “active citizens” of the galaxy …

The popular Star Wars Galactic Nights event is returning to Disney’s Hollywood Studios on May 27.
The event is schedule for 7 p.m. until midnight and includes character encounters, entertainment, and much more.
Guests at this spring’s Star Wars Galactic Nights can enjoy Star Wars Galactic Destinations on the Hollywood Tower Hotel, new elements in Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular fireworks and the Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away stage show along with special photo opportunities throughout the park.
The event will also include exclusive food and beverage offerings, character encounters, and …

Disney Cruise Line’s Star Wars Day at Sea is a popular event and this year fans will get to see Star Wars actor Warwick Davis as one of the celebrity presenters.
Davis is slated to appear on the March 17-24 sailing on the Disney Fantasy.
Other celebrity presenters during this year’s Star Wars Day at Sea include:

January 6-13: Scott Trowbridge, Walt Disney Imagineering creative portfolio executive for Star Wars franchise
January 13-20: TBD
January 20-27: Matt Martin, Lucasfilm Story Group creative executive
January 27-Feb. 3: TBD
February 3-10: TBD
February 10-17: Delilah Dawson, author of the “Phasma,” …

During last weekend’s Star Wars: Galactic Nights event Disney gave guests a sneak peek at the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
In the new land guests will have a chance to actually climb on board the Millennium Falcon and walk through the hallways and sit in the cockpit.
Disney also announced that they are building a fleet of X-wing fighters for the new land.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be a new land in the Star Wars universe – one that fans have not seen on screen …

Disney’s Hollywood Studios is hosting Star Wars Galactic Nights on December 16 and Disney has released more details about the one night event.
Celebrities announced for the event include Warrick Davis and David Collins.
Collins will appear with Imagineers during the “Inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” panel discussion which also includes Scott Trowbridge, Portfolio Creative Executive at Walt Disney Imagineering; Robin Reardon, Executive Creative Producer at Walt Disney Imagineering; Chris Beatty, Executive Creative Director at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Doug Chiang, VP/Creative Director at Lucasfilm.
During Galactic Nights the facade of the Hollywood …

Star Wars: The Last Jedi arrives in theaters next month with Episode IX arriving in December 2019.
And, Lucasfilm has announced that The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is creating an all-new trilogy for the film franchise.
Johnson is set to write and direct the first film in the new, as-yet-unnamed trilogy along with Ram Bergman as producer.
This new trilogy will be “separate from the episodic Skywalker saga” according to Lucasfilm.
No release dates, titles, or storylines for the new trilogy have been announced.
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Tickets are on sale now for the new Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire hyper-reality experience.
This new experience debuts December 16 at Disney Springs and on January 5 at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney District.
The hyper-reality experience is presented by ILMxLAB and The VOID and gives guests a chance to have a “multisensory experience” with friends and family.
In Secrets of the Empire, teams of four will “go undercover as stormtroopers to capture Imperial intelligence vital to the budding rebellion’s survival” according to the description provided by Disney.
Check a video of the new …