Disney Release Their First STAR WARS Themed Poster Since Lucasfilm Acquisition

Disney Release Their First STAR WARS Themed Poster Since Lucasfilm Acquisition

Disney has released their first official Star Wars themed poster since they became the owners of Lucasfilm last year, and it's to promote their upcoming "Star Wars Weekend" at Disney World. You knew it was only a matter of time - here's Mickey on a Speederbike..

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By MarkCassidy - Mar 14, 2013 06:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
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Whether you think Disney holding the Star Wars reigns is a good or a bad thing, the above poster really hammers it home. It's to promote their upcoming "Star Wars Weekend", and so far there are confirmed guest appearances from Ray Park (Darth Maul) and Warwick Davis (Wicket). C'mon, who wouldn't want to go to this?

Jedi, Sith, and scoundrels will soon gather -- not on Coruscant, Tatooine, or Cloud City, but at Disney's Hollywood Studios: Star Wars Weekends is returning this summer, taking place every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from May 17-June 9.







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brazilianbatman
brazilianbatman - 3/14/2013, 6:28 PM
Disney just keep marvel out of this marketing. thank you!
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 3/14/2013, 6:31 PM
Haha...stop wasting my time disney and go get to the important stuff...like casting SW7 already! ;)
masterhater
masterhater - 3/14/2013, 6:34 PM
Wow that sucks
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 3/14/2013, 6:37 PM
They've been doing Star Wars Weekend at DW since 97', hard to use this poster as a basis for judging the recent acquisitions.....that said it is still very cheesy
NoJobBOB
NoJobBOB - 3/14/2013, 6:42 PM
shit.
angus666
angus666 - 3/14/2013, 6:51 PM
I honestly love Disney...
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 3/14/2013, 6:53 PM
Well flark.
FtLoiterDale
FtLoiterDale - 3/14/2013, 6:55 PM
As do I @angus666 As do I...
DanielSon15
DanielSon15 - 3/14/2013, 6:59 PM
Gross
I don't like this Star Wars thing
It feels wrong
I mean Georgie Lucas screwed the franchise royally
But it was his to mess up
Now it's just another franchise
Spyder
Spyder - 3/14/2013, 7:04 PM
I cannot wait to go to Star Wars Weekend this year! I'm hoping either the surprise is JJ Abrams or the title to the next film or both!
Grabthemcakes
Grabthemcakes - 3/14/2013, 7:06 PM
Please do not ruin the Star Wars franchise Disney! Please! Looking forward to more films but have a very bad feeling Disney is going to tarnish the franchise making it to cartoonish.
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 3/14/2013, 7:07 PM
If someone told you 2 years ago that we would get a new SW trilogy, would y'all believe it?
harley2011
harley2011 - 3/14/2013, 7:07 PM
Yeah that's pretty bad. It's better than a wrestler, but still not what you want to see.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/14/2013, 7:08 PM
Did Disney "ruin" Marvel?

"No"

Doesn't that earn them some grace for Star Wars?

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO"

oh, ok then.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 3/14/2013, 7:12 PM
SW Weekends are fun at Disney World.
TheAmazingSpiderMan47
TheAmazingSpiderMan47 - 3/14/2013, 7:21 PM
woulda been perfect if it werent for the squirrels
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/14/2013, 7:24 PM
I would love to see the Epcot ball as the Death Star in real life
sephiroth211
sephiroth211 - 3/14/2013, 7:24 PM
Hate on haters...
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 3/14/2013, 7:36 PM
haha so cool!
gulducati
gulducati - 3/14/2013, 7:37 PM
Disney bought Miramax in 1993. The first film they greenlit was Pulp Fiction, which included heroine addicts, anal rape scene, plenty of violence, and the N word about a thousand times. Oh, and it was an awesome movie which became an instant classic. Don't worry about Disney cartooning Star Wars.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 3/14/2013, 7:41 PM
"It was only a matter of time"?

Uh, Ror, you do realize that Star Wars Weekends has been going on at Walt Disney World for several years now, so Mickey - Star Wars cross-pollination is nothing new.
mkilban2
mkilban2 - 3/14/2013, 7:46 PM
hmm can't decide if I wanna watch Lion King or Beauty and the Beast tn.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/14/2013, 7:46 PM
Have you seen Mickey on a speederbike before?..only a matter of time:)
Aeyan
Aeyan - 3/14/2013, 7:47 PM
It's an omen. You have been warned...
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 3/14/2013, 8:00 PM
I think Chip and Dale as Ewoks is pretty funny. Some of you take this stuff too seriously. It's not like they just announced that Episode 7 was going to feature Mickey.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 3/14/2013, 8:00 PM
Have people been asleep the past 3 decades of Disney and Lucasfilm's close relationship? There are many posters like this going back to 1986.
TheBlackPhantom994
TheBlackPhantom994 - 3/14/2013, 8:46 PM
Big deal. This has nothing to do with the recent purchase of Lucasfilm. They've been making posters like this for years. Trust me. Mickey Skywalker is a pretty familiar face for Star Wars weekends at Disney World.
jackdawak
jackdawak - 3/14/2013, 9:27 PM
I have a bad feeling about this
TheAbomination
TheAbomination - 3/14/2013, 10:06 PM
And so begins the pain and suffering.
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 3/14/2013, 10:55 PM
Wait a minute,this is a bad thing? This is a bad thing!?

Tell me you guys are just joking...please tell me your joking.
Spectre94
Spectre94 - 3/14/2013, 11:05 PM
They have always done the Star Wars weekends and have plenty of Disney-themed products already. It was really only a matter of time
SoulAlone
SoulAlone - 3/14/2013, 11:13 PM
How long before Marvel has a series of Star Wars-themed Alternate Covers like they did with Tron? I'm predicting Wolvie with lightsaber claws...*shudder*
mrHJK
mrHJK - 3/14/2013, 11:53 PM
Star Wars has been in Disney parks with merch since the 80s, and they've been doing Star Wars Weekends every summer for years. This is not new and not unique to buy LucasFilm.
tribbleorlfl
tribbleorlfl - 3/15/2013, 4:32 AM
As a couple have already alluded to, Disney has released a similar poster every year for Star Wars weekends, so this is not the first Disney-themed poster nor is it a sign of things to come. Last year it was Donald as Darth Maul and Mickey as Obi Wan to promote Episode 1 3D. A couple years ago, it was Donald as Boba and Mickey as Luke to celebrate TESB 30th Anniversary. If this Star Wars/Disney stuff was so reprehensible, why does it fly off the shelves and sell out every year? I look at it as clever and fun cross marketing, nothing more or less. As usual, crap "reporting" from CBM contributors.
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