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United States: Disney Star Wars Weekends  07/02/2011

While Disney Imagineers continue to help create the newest Star Tours adventure at Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts, plenty of Jedi, Wookiees and droids are gearing up for Star Wars Weekends, the annual celebration of all-things-Star Wars at Walt Disney World Resort.

With today's official announcement of the 2011 Star Wars Weekends dates, you can start making your plans to journey to a galaxy far, far away! Star Wars Weekends 2011 will be held at Disney's Hollywood Studios every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 20-June 12.

The event features one of the galaxy's largest gatherings of Star Wars characters all around the theme park, offering photo and autograph opportunities. There are special Star Wars parades, trivia challenges, Jedi Training Academy, limited-edition merchandise and memorabilia, behind-the-scenes presentations, star conversations and more.

Star Wars celebrities make special appearances in talk shows and grand motorcades, and sign autographs throughout the weekend (here's a tip: make sure you're at the theme park first-thing in the morning to secure a spot in one of the celebrity autograph queues for that day).

A complete and more detailed Star Wars Weekends celebrity lineup will be announced soon, but here are two fan-favorites returning for 2011:

Anthony Daniels, known worldwide for his portrayal of everyone's favorite protocol droid, C-3PO, will return this year for Weekend 1 (May 20-22) and Weekend 2 (May 27-29).

Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will appear each weekend this year as Celebrity Host of a behind-the-scenes talk show entitled "Clone Wars: Behind the Force." Ashley is no stranger to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Ashley, who grew up in central Florida, had one of her first show-business roles as a parade performer at the theme park.

More plans to come! Keep checking www.StarWars.com and www.Stormtrooper-Costumes.com for more info.

Source: www.starwars.com