457: Star Wars in Disney Parks - A History

04/04/24 • 76 min

Skywalking Through Neverland: A Star Wars / Disney / Marvel Fan Podcast

This episode features a history of Star Wars in the Disney Parks! As we lead up to Season of the Force 2024 at the Disneyland Resort, Richard and Sarah look back at 37 years of Star Wars/Disney Parks crossovers - including the Darth Vader ballet!! We share fun facts and stories about Galaxy’s Edge, Star Tours, the first Season of the Force, Star Wars Weekends, and more!

We recorded this episode on April 1st, which marks Matt Lanter’s birthday! Matt Lanter voiced Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rebels, Forces of Destiny and the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special. He also cameoed as a Republic officer named Lant Davan in The Mandalorian episode “Chapter 6 - The Prisoner.” We also love him from the amazing TV series Timeless (2016-2018). Sarah shares a fun anecdote from Star Wars Celebration 2022 in which she was twitterpated by Matt.

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456: The Bad Batch S3 Mid-Season Breakdown

We break down THE BAD BATCH Season 3, Episodes 4-7 with James Floyd from Star Warsologies! This is the midpoint of season, so we discuss several theories, the music, and where we think this series will end up. Who are these Clone X’s?? Let's get to the bottom of Project Necromancer. There are also several references to films we know and love - Jurassic Park and Terminator. As with all great discussions, we made some excellent discoveries along the way.

Episodes discussed:

S3:E4 “A Different Approach”
S3:E5 “The Return”
S3:E6 “Infiltration”
S3:E7 “Extraction”

Here are all three THE BAD BATCH roundtables in their entirety, available on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/IyWVWD-JhKo https://youtu.be/vNASW63BX_g https://youtu.be/6tGGAM3G0WY Today in Star Wars History, Part 2 NOW AVAILABLE

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458: Season of the Force Breakdown - Skywalking through Opening Day

We break down Season of the Force so you know exactly what to expect, what to eat, what to see, and what to BUY at Disneyland, from April 5 through June 2, 2024!! Opening day was an absolute blast - we flew with purrgil, met Sabine Wren, and ate popcorn out of a Hutt’s mouth. We will also share with you Imagineer and Lucasfilm interviews from our very early press morning, where we learned some great behind-the-scenes info on the Star Tours update and Season of the Force. Interviews include:

Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald
Michael Serna from Disney Live Entertainment
Karla Gomez, the Food and Beverage Stage Manager
And our friend Matt Martin, Senior Creative Executive of the Lucasfilm Story Group.

Read about Season of the Force here.

Individual Season of the Force Interviews: https://youtu.be/InLVIzr_gqw https://youtu.be/uuF4Lc9s8fw SPONSORS

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