| Star Wars: A Galactic Celebration | |
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| Disney's Hollywood Studios | |
| Area | Hollywood Boulevard |
| Coordinates | 28°21′22″N81°33′38″W / 28.356232°N 81.560483°W /28.356232; -81.560483 |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | 2010 (asSymphony in the Stars) June 17, 2016 (asStar Wars: A Galactic Spectacular) |
| Closing date | June 16, 2016 (asSymphony in the Stars) March 16, 2020 (asStar Wars: A Galactic Spectacular) |
| Replaced | Symphony in the Stars: A Galactic Spectacular |
| Replaced by | Disney Movie Magic andWonderful World of Animation |
| Walt Disney Studios Park | |
| Area | World Premiere Plaza |
| Coordinates | 48°52′00″N2°46′37″E / 48.8666589°N 2.7768075°E /48.8666589; 2.7768075 |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | January 14, 2017 |
| Closing date | March 15, 2020 |
| Replaced by | Magic Over Disney |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Fireworks spectacular and multimedia show |
| Designer | Walt Disney Creative Entertainment |
| Theme | Star Wars |
| Music | John Williams[1] |
| Duration | 13:55 |
| Narrator | Tom Kane[citation needed] |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular (also known asStar Wars: A Galactic Celebration) was a nighttime show atDisney's Hollywood Studios inWalt Disney World.[2] The show is based on theStar Wars film series and featuresfireworks,projection mapping, fire, lasers, fog effects, and searchlights.[3] During the show,Star Wars imagery is projected onto the park'sChinese Theater facade and surrounding buildings around the park's hub onHollywood Boulevard.[4] The show had its celebrity-filled World Premiere on Friday, June 17, 2016, replacing the park's similarly-themed display,Symphony in the Stars: A Galactic Spectacular.[2]
A second incarnation of the show debuted atWalt Disney Studios Park inDisneyland Paris on January 14, 2017, where the imagery is projected ontoThe Twilight Zone Tower of Terror onProduction Courtyard.[5] It was shown seasonally during the "Season of the Force".
A similar pyrotechnic show,Symphony in the Stars, held its original debut during the "Last Tour to Endor" event in 2010. This earlier generation of the show highlightedJohn Williams' musical score from the films, incorporating the music with archival voice and sound clippings from the films.[6] An abridged version of the show was subsequently presented for special events including the "Star Tours Galactic Party" on May 19, 2011, and forStar Wars Day on May 4, 2013.[7] The show began annually in 2014 duringStar Wars Weekends.[8] It was retooled asSymphony in the Stars: A Galactic Spectacular and became a nightly presentation beginning in December 2015 until its retirement in June 2016.
† – Was cut in 2011.‡ – Added in 2015.[citation needed]
The new generation of the show is the largest fireworks display in the park's history.[9] The projection mapping technology—akin to that ofDisneyland Forever,Once Upon a Time,Disney Dreams!, andCelebrate the Magic—projects images of scenes, characters, and locations from theStar Wars films.[3]
A Galactic Spectacular features multiple special effects includingfireworks,projection mapping, fire effects,lasers,searchlights, andtheatrical smoke and fog effects.[10] The main aerial pyrotechnic shells are launched off-center from behind the Chinese Theater; appearing to the right of the theater as opposed to directly behind it.[11] This differs from previous fireworks shows, as the current aerial shells are launched from across World Drive, instead of within the park's boundary as previously done.[12] Low-level pyrotechnics are launched from the rooftops of the formerGreat Movie Ride,Hyperion Theatre,ABC Commissary,Walt Disney Presents,Voyage of the Little Mermaid, andDisney Junior – Live on Stage! buildings. Twoflamethrowers situated on both sides of the theater's centralcupola release jets ofisopar fire effects during the show.[13]Fog machines hidden between the theater's spires create clouds of fog and smoke.Stage lighting surrounding the hub and concealedrope lights attached to the hub's trees provide additional lighting effects throughout the show. Imagery from all nineStar Wars saga films are projected onto the park'sChinese Theater facade.[14] In addition to the Chinese Theater's surface, two blank projection facades flanking either side of the theater serve as additional areas of projection space.[15]
The show's producers collaborated with composerJohn Williams and his music editor, Ramiro Belgardt, on adapting Williams' scores from the films into the show's soundtrack.[10]Industrial Light & Magic created customCGI sequences for the show.[13]
A Galactic Spectacular begins with a brief narrated prologue of the 1977 premiere ofStar Wars atGrauman's Chinese Theater inHollywood, California. The main show is divided into segments dedicated to battles, heroes, creatures, romance, and villains.[16] The dramatic opening shot fromA New Hope begins the sequence showing various battle scenes fromTakodana,Hoth,Jakku, theDeath Star, andStarkiller Base. The next segment, dedicated to the series' heroes, featuringRey,Luke Skywalker,Han Solo, and ending with theMillennium Falcon escape scenes.[13] Three brief segments follow then after; a cantina segment dedicated to the creatures and aliens from the series, a segment dedicated tothe Force withYoda andObi-Wan Kenobi, and a romance segment withHan Solo,Leia Organa,Anakin Skywalker, andPadmé Amidala. A darker sequence is followed, recreating the fiery lightsaber battle between Anakin and Kenobi onMustafar. The scene segues into a segment dedicated to the villains of the series, includingDarth Vader,Darth Maul,Palpatine,Supreme Leader Snoke, andKylo Ren.[13] The trench run attacks on the Death Star and Starkiller Base are then played out as the finale sequence. The show concludes with a montage of all nine originalStar Wars film poster artcollaged across the Chinese Theater.[17]
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