**Official** Star Wars at DHS, Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party/Galactic Nights/Launch Bay/JT

[hiroMYhero]

if you want to kill two birds with the same stone this is what I would do
Be at the arch or close to it for the 11am march, get your picture, a lot of people will be waiting by the stage for Phasma so the march path will be opened until 5 minutes before she comes out
After your picture, try and get as close to the stage as possible, using the areas left on the sides of the stage, as soon as the stormtroopers do their thing and leave you can walk up to the stage, everyone will do the same so be ready, for the 11:30 show
I got this picture with Launch Bay in the background only being in that spot for 5 minutes

Yulilin, did the Troopers appear to be of normal Trooper height? There is a range and was wondering if you thought they were on the shorter end?

If they are of the average/upper end of the height range, then Phasma being that tall answers a PP's question as to whether Phasma's friend is perhaps male. And that would explain the unnatural feminine "walk."

 

[jimim]

So anyone hear of the dessert party forcthe fireworks will be extended into late June?

Jim

 

[yulilin3]

Yulilin, did the Troopers appear to be of normal Trooper height? There is a range and was wondering if you thought they were on the shorter end?

If they are of the average/upper end of the height range, then Phasma being that tall answers a PP's question as to whether Phasma's friend is perhaps male. And that would explain the unnatural feminine "walk."

The stormtroopers look to be the regular stormtrooper size , I si think Phasma's friend is most likely male

 

[yulilin3]

So anyone hear of the dessert party forcthe fireworks will be extended into late June?

Jim

We don't even have dates for may yet

 

[AThrillingChase]

I am glad I wasn't the only one who noticed this. It was very strange to see Captain Phasma walking like a model. She is a soldier, her gender doesn't matter, she should walk like a soldier. The hip swaying was seriously disturbing and totally out of character for Phasma.

exactly, it looks forced.

Yulilin, did the Troopers appear to be of normal Trooper height? There is a range and was wondering if you thought they were on the shorter end?

If they are of the average/upper end of the height range, then Phasma being that tall answers a PP's question as to whether Phasma's friend is perhaps male. And that would explain the unnatural feminine "walk."

I was thinking this too - maybe it is over-exaggerated becuase of the male friend and they were trying to do what they could to make it appear more feminine.

In other news, I just discovered that while my first half of my Target shipment came from a few hours away, my TFA bluray is coming from 2 states over. Well, actually with their screwy system it was only one state, but their destination sorting center is even further south. Grr.

 

[jillyb]

I saw a different video from what yulilin posted so didn't see "the" walk. Good lord! It was like there was a drag queen in that costume! I'd already decided from the first video I saw that it wasn't worth wasting 15 minutes of my time. I can say I've seen it once and that's enough for me!

 

[JayLeeJay]

here's a video of the whole demonstration, see, I was expecting Phasma to walk up to center stage, maybe pose for a couple of minutes then leave, so this was a nice surprise. I'm not saying it's a full out show but at least it's something

The video I got was the first walk ever and the CM were not ready and didn't leave a space open for the stormtroopers to do their "drills"



exactly, it looks forced.

I was going to say that I thought the walk was only mildly annoying compared to this video (where it looked really bad), but then realized Lewis is visible in this video which means we saw this performance. Oops. Guess I was more focused on the storm troopers standing so close to me. The hip swaying was very obvious and didn't seem necessary to me. However, I definitely enjoyed watching Phasma more than SWaGFFA. I thought the video clips were very hard to see while being blinded by the sun and am over the movie clips at Disney in general - Launch Bay has a move, Path of the Jedi, even the Frozen sing along. I enjoyed when the characters came out but got bored during the rest. Lewis wanted to watch twice so during the second time I watched from behind the stage (mostly to escape the sun). That I did enjoy. It was fun to watch the characters get ready and I got some nice pics of Boba Fett, storm troopers, Darth Vader, and Chewie all going to the same tent. I can only imagine what happened in there.

Also, is C3PO's walk just really good acting or is that costume really that hard to walk in? He was the only character who needed help up the ramp and I was scared he was going to fall and roll down it instead.

 

[JayLeeJay]

Also, if anyone didn't satisfy their Star Wars Weekend 2015 figurine or pin fix, the Character Warehouse has some of the figurines where Disney characters are dressed as Star Wars characters and pins available. For figurines I believe they had Pluto as an AT-AT, Goofy as Chewie, Huey, Duey, and Louie as Jawas, Daisy as Aurra Sing, and stitch as somebody for about 1/2 price. There was also a pin set available but I don't know how much that was.

 

[Icecoldpenguin]

Question about fitting in Star Wars fireworks and Fantasmic in the same night. We will be there in early June. So let's assume the new star wars fireworks will be going and that they will be at 9. These two things seem likely to be accurate. How would we fit in fantasmic and the fireworks?

 

[Cluelyss]

Question about fitting in Star Wars fireworks and Fantasmic in the same night. We will be there in early June. So let's assume the new star wars fireworks will be going and that they will be at 9. These two things seem likely to be accurate. How would we fit in fantasmic and the fireworks?

Fireworks have historically fallen between showings of Fantasmic. Best bet would be to watch the fireworks then attend the 2nd showing of F! You can do F! first if necessary, just a bit of a rush to get out of the theater and into a good spot for the fireworks. But still doable.

 

[Icecoldpenguin]

Fireworks have historically fallen between showings of Fantasmic. Best bet would be to watch the fireworks then attend the 2nd showing of F! You can do F! first if necessary, just a bit of a rush to get out of the theater and into a good spot for the fireworks. But still doable.

OMG DUH! My brain is asleep. I basically lived at WDW for two years and that is the advice I would have given someone that asked my dumb question. I don't know why I didn't think of it

 

[Icecoldpenguin]

Fireworks have historically fallen between showings of Fantasmic. Best bet would be to watch the fireworks then attend the 2nd showing of F! You can do F! first if necessary, just a bit of a rush to get out of the theater and into a good spot for the fireworks. But still doable.

The only problem right now is that there is only one F! listed probably due to their being no fireworks scheduled. But as of now there is only one at 9pm for all the days of our trip

 

[yulilin3]

The only problem right now is that there is only one F! listed probably due to their being no fireworks scheduled. But as of now there is only one at 9pm for all the days of our trip

I would not trust any calendar more than a month away, and even those will see changes.

 

[yulilin3]

I saw a different video from what yulilin posted so didn't see "the" walk. Good lord! It was like there was a drag queen in that costume! I'd already decided from the first video I saw that it wasn't worth wasting 15 minutes of my time. I can say I've seen it once and that's enough for me!

I have close friends that are drag queens and can walk better than that. Again, Phasma does have a strut but not exaggerated like that.

I think it's a combination, maybe it's a male CM trying to do a female walk and/or the CM doesn't feel comfortable in the armor.

I was going to say that I thought the walk was only mildly annoying compared to this video (where it looked really bad), but then realized Lewis is visible in this video which means we saw this performance. Oops. Guess I was more focused on the storm troopers standing so close to me. The hip swaying was very obvious and didn't seem necessary to me. However, I definitely enjoyed watching Phasma more than SWaGFFA. I thought the video clips were very hard to see while being blinded by the sun and am over the movie clips at Disney in general - Launch Bay has a move, Path of the Jedi, even the Frozen sing along. I enjoyed when the characters came out but got bored during the rest. Lewis wanted to watch twice so during the second time I watched from behind the stage (mostly to escape the sun). That I did enjoy. It was fun to watch the characters get ready and I got some nice pics of Boba Fett, storm troopers, Darth Vader, and Chewie all going to the same tent. I can only imagine what happened in there.

Also, is C3PO's walk just really good acting or is that costume really that hard to walk in? He was the only character who needed help up the ramp and I was scared he was going to fall and roll down it instead.

I also enjoyed Phasma's march more than the show, I agree the heavy use of screens that you really can't appreciate that well, accompanied by the in and out of characters that last less than a minute on stage, and yeah, poor C3PO

 

[Tiggerette]

Chiming in as someone that wears the TFA armour. (That's me in the avatar). I have not been in the suits that Disney has, so it's possible their construction is not the same as mine. As a woman wearing the armor, I found that I needed someone watch me walk and coach my movement to look more like an infantry soldier. (Though, I find that's true of most people when they first put on screen-accurate stormtrooper armour.) The way my armor is put together the ab-section wraps my hips and lower torso as one unit. Also, having the hips thrust forward in that videoed walk could be a by-product of wearing the armor and simply not knowing what it looks like to the outside. Having a movement coach would fix that simply enough. I was impressed with the TFA stormtoopers taking the stairs up AND down! Great job!

I love that they have Ms. Christie's voice as Phasma. I love that they're giving a female character more "stage time." I'm not a fan of the video/show with the "pop-up" characters. I'd rather them interact or tell some part of the story, rather than pop-up. It's like... "here's another costume we have, but don't know what to do with the character. Let's just make them perform their 'signature move' and exit." That doesn't tell any sort of story. I thought the C3-PO and chewie had excellent mannerisms.

 

[ArielSRL]

I know this has been asked before and I'm sure I've seen the answer so I apologize for asking again, and I'll write it down this time: how early do we (son and I) have to be back for JTA? Is it 15 min before show time?

Also touring plans has 8pm as the last show on June 10th (EMH evening). I know that's just a prediction at this point, but my son wants to do the latest show so he can possibly have the light saber light up. Do they do the 8pm show anymore? Did that go the way of cuts? Lately, the current schedule has only been showing 7:10 as the latest show.

Any help is appreciated as I'm finalizing plans for FP choices tonight.

 

[julieFitz]

New Star Wars Galaxy Far Far Away show, anyone have feedback?

 

[yulilin3]

New Star Wars Galaxy Far Far Away show, anyone have feedback?

just read a couple of pages back, I saw it yesterday, not impressed.

 

[hiroMYhero]

I know this has been asked before and I'm sure I've seen the answer so I apologize for asking again, and I'll write it down this time: how early do we (son and I) have to be back for JTA? Is it 15 min before show time?

Also touring plans has 8pm as the last show on June 10th (EMH evening). I know that's just a prediction at this point, but my son wants to do the latest show so he can possibly have the light saber light up. Do they do the 8pm show anymore? Did that go the way of cuts? Lately, the current schedule has only been showing 7:10 as the latest show.

Any help is appreciated as I'm finalizing plans for FP choices tonight.

You and your son need to check-in at least 30 minutes before his scheduled session.

Touring Plans is running off an outdated schedule. During the busy Easter season, JT ran a 20-show schedule with the last two shows scheduled at 7:10 and 7:40. With this scheduling, there can't be an 8:00p show. Try to book the 7:40 or 7:10 show.

10:10, 10:40, 11:10 & 11:40am, 12:10, 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 6:10, 6:40, 7:10 & 7:40pm

 

[yulilin3]

I know this has been asked before and I'm sure I've seen the answer so I apologize for asking again, and I'll write it down this time: how early do we (son and I) have to be back for JTA? Is it 15 min before show time?

Also touring plans has 8pm as the last show on June 10th (EMH evening). I know that's just a prediction at this point, but my son wants to do the latest show so he can possibly have the light saber light up. Do they do the 8pm show anymore? Did that go the way of cuts? Lately, the current schedule has only been showing 7:10 as the latest show.

Any help is appreciated as I'm finalizing plans for FP choices tonight.

30 minutes before the show
The current JTA last show is at 7:40pm, not sure if there will be a later show in June