Star Wars | A Galactic Spectacular | Fireworks | 2017 | Walt Disney World | Hollywood Studios

Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular was a nighttime show at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios that debuted in 2016.  Based on the Star Wars franchise, the spectacular featured fireworks, projection mapping, fire, lasers, fog effects, searchlights, and more.  The Hollywood Studios Chinese theater is the background for the projections along with some surrounding buildings.  As the show evolved and the Star Wars franchise grew, the show was quietly updated with scenes from Rogue One, the Last Jedi, Solo, and The Rise of Skywalker.

The show begins with a brief narrated prologue of the 1977 premiere of Star Wars at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. The main show is divided into segments dedicated to battles, heroes, creatures, romance, and villains.

The dramatic opening shot from A New Hope begins the sequence showing various battle scenes from Takodana, Hoth, Jakku, the Death Star, and Starkiller Base.

The next segment, dedicated to the series’ heroes, features Rey, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and the Millennium Falcon escape scenes.  Three brief segments follow; a cantina segment dedicated to the creatures and aliens, a segment devoted to the Force with Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and a romance segment with Han Solo, Leia Organa, Anakin Skywalker, and Padmé Amidala.

A darker sequence follows, recreating the fiery lightsaber battle between Anakin and Kenobi on Mustafar. The scene segues into a segment dedicated to the series’s villains, including Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Palpatine, Supreme Leader Snoke, and Kylo Ren. The trench run attacks on the Death Star and Starkiller Base, Paying off as the finale sequence. The show concludes with a montage of all nine original Star Wars film poster art collaged across the Chinese Theater.

This version of Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular is from 2017.  Thanks for watching, subscribe for more.

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