WDW Magazine April 2016 - Disney's Hollywood Studios | Page 17

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A Galaxy Not So Far, Far Away…

Elements of the new Star Wars Land have already made their way into the park with
updates to Star Tours – The Adventure Continues including new planets and characters
from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the opening of Star Wars Launch Bay, and the
revamping of Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple featuring the Seventh Sister.
It’s clear that April 4, 2016 will be a big day for DHS, as that’s when Star Wars will really begin
its invasion of the park. Nothing says invasion quite like a platoon of First Order
Stormtroopers, led by Captain Phasma, marching from Star Wars Launch Bay to Center Stage.
Another Star Wars attraction making its debut April 4 is the Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far
Away show on Center Stage, in front of The Great Movie Ride. The show will reenact iconic
scenes from the Star Wars films. And a cast of villains is confirmed to make
appearances—so watch out! This show might just pull you to the dark side…
But what Star Wars and Disney fans alike are really abuzz about is the new Star Wars: A
Galactic Spectacular, finally giving DHS the long-awaited nighttime spectacular it needs to
bring it up to the status of MK and Epcot. This new show is said to be the most elaborate
fireworks display to ever take place at the park, combining fireworks, special effects,
pyrotechnics, and video projections.

Star Wars: The Expansion Continues…

If you tuned in for the Disneyland 60th Anniversary special on ABC on February 21, you
got a glimpse at what we can be expecting to see at the out-of-this-world new Star Wars
Land coming to both coasts. In the video introduced by Harrison Ford during the special, it
became clear to everyone that the DHS expansion will be nothing short of epic.