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Virtual Reality Star Wars Experience Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland

Set to open this holiday season at both Disney Springs in Walt Disney World and in Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort are two new Void Experience Centers. These Void Experience Centers will allow guests to step inside an immersive virtual reality experience called Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire. The Void is a “location-based immersive Virtual Reality Star Wars Experience Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland

Star Wars Episode IX Script to be Rewritten by Harry Potter Playwright

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Star Wars: Episode IX will be re-written by Jack Thorne. Thorne is best known for co-writing the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s script with J.K. Rowling. The original script for Star Wars: Episode IX was written by director Colin Trevorrow and writer Derek Connolly. The Hollywood Reporter hasn’t cited why Star Wars Episode IX Script to be Rewritten by Harry Potter Playwright

Disney Releases ‘Star Wars Forces of Destiny’ YouTube Animated Short Series

Star Wars Forces of Destiny is an original series of animated shorts that made its debut on YouTube.com/Disney on July 3. In the series, you can explore the untold stories that helped shape the destinies of Rey, Jyn Erso, Princess Leia, Sabine Wren, Padmè Amidala, Ahsoka Tano and others. Watch below for a behind-the-scenes look Disney Releases ‘Star Wars Forces of Destiny’ YouTube Animated Short Series

Luke Skywalker’s Original Lightsaber Purchased for $450,000 by Ripley

What has been the inspiration for countless daydreams among Star Wars fans is now in the custody of Ripley Entertainment. Last Thursday, at an auction held at California’s Profiles in History, the Orlando-based Ripley purchased Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber for $450,000. This “elegant weapon for a more civilized age” has been featured in the first two Luke Skywalker’s Original Lightsaber Purchased for $450,000 by Ripley