Star Wars Weekends 2012

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Star Wars Weekends 2012 begin May 18, 2012 at Walt Disney World’s Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We’ll be there for the opening weekend with live coverage and photos of the festivities! This year, James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) will host Star Wars Weekends, as the Imperial Sector and Rebel Base take over Disney’s Hollywood Studios! Star Wars Weekends will feature many special shows and presentations, a Star Wars celebrity parade, celebrity autographs, and special edition Star Wars merchandise, among many other things! StarWars.com has the full list of celebrities who will be present during Star Wars Weekends 2012.

Merchandise is another big part of Star Wars Weekends, and 2012 features the all-new “Darth Mall” for merchandise. Disney Parks Blog has already given readers a behind the scenes look at Star Wars Weekends and a sneak peak at some of the merchandise that will be available for Star Wars Weekends 2012, and it looks great! Especially interesting is the all-new “Carbon Freeze-Me” experience, which uses state-of-the-art imaging technology, to cast your likeness as a three-dimensional, eight-inch figurine. Several cameras will capture multiple angles of your face; these images are then reconstructed in a computer for processing to create a figurine. Much like the rest of Star Wars Weekends, that sounds awesome, doesn’t it?!

We are really excited to share all the festivities of this year’s Star Wars Weekends with you, and you can find all of our coverage right here on this page. The links in the next section contain some awesome photos from the first weekend of Star Wars Weekends 2012.

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Star Wars Weekends 2012 Photos

Storm Troopers Park Opening Show
Merchandise & Food
Star Wars Celebrity Motorcade Parade
Hyperspace Hoopla
Star Wars Characters

Don’t those photos just make you want to book a trip during Star Wars Weekends?! It is truly an awesome event! 

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Also, check out our past Star Wars-Disney posts…

Our Previous Star Wars Posts:
Star Wars Weekends Tips
45 Intergalactic Star Wars Photos
Star Wars Facebook Covers

Here are a few random photos to give you an idea of what to expect from the other pages:

Of course, we’re not the only website covering the intersection of Star Wars and Disney; check out these other great resources that offer Star Tours and Star Wars Weekends tips, coverage, and photos!

Other Sites:
Original Star Tours Flashback (Vintage Photos) – Attractions Magazine
Star Wars Weekends 2012 Week One Map – StudiosCentral.com
Star Tours Collecting Page – EndorExpress.net
Star Tours Queue Photography Tips – DisneyPhotographyBlog.com
Star Tours 2 Opening Dedication (Walt Disney World) – InsidetheMagic.net
Star Tours 2 Opening Dedication (Disneyland) – ThemeParkInsider.com
Star Wars Weekends Touring Plan – TouringPlans.com
2009 Star Wars Weekends Ads – TheChive.com
2011 Star Wars Weekends Motorcade Photos – WDWMagic.com
2011 Star Wars Weekends Special Foods – DisneyFoodBlog.com
2009 Star Wars Weekends Big Figs – WDWNewsToday.com

If you enjoyed our Star Wars Weekends coverage, please share or Like this post on Facebook, Tweet it out to your friends, Pin some of the photos on the various pages to Pinterest, or ‘get social’ with it in some other way! Or, let us know your thoughts in the comments. We love to hear from our readers!

 

9 Responses to “Star Wars Weekends 2012”

1. Amber says:

   May 16, 2012 at 10:37 am

   We’re leaving for our SWW Disney vacation today, wahoo!

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   • Tom Bricker says:

     May 18, 2012 at 12:45 pm

     Have a great trip!

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2. Ben says:

   May 16, 2012 at 10:48 am

   Everything sounds great! Hope to see you there, Tom!

   Ben

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   • Tom Bricker says:

     May 18, 2012 at 12:45 pm

     Hope to see you, too!

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3. Jen says:

   May 16, 2012 at 12:06 pm

   My husband and I leave tomorrow night for our first Star Wars Weekends!! I’m looking forward to new photo opportunities, and he can’t wait for his Carbon Freeze-Me experience reservation.

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   • Tom Bricker says:

     May 18, 2012 at 12:47 pm

     Report back on how the Carbon Freeze-Me experience goes. I’m curious!

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     • Jen says:

       May 21, 2012 at 10:11 pm

       I’m the one that said hi to you and Sarah at the Studio Catering Co on Saturday. My husband really enjoyed the Carbon Freeze-Me experience. They took several pictures of him making different facial expressions and he got to pick which one he wanted “frozen”. They also show you the 3D computer representation of your face which is pretty cool to see. The light-up wristband only lasted a few days before it broke.
     • Tom Bricker says:

       May 25, 2012 at 11:37 am

       It was great to meet you! Hope that you enjoyed the rest of your trip!
4. Jeff says:

   May 22, 2012 at 6:14 pm

   Thank you for the pictures and the report (especially the cupcakes). We can’t make it but I love seeing what is happening and the beautiful pictures. They almost make me afraid to take mine with my little point and shoot. Keep up the great work.

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