826 · How Disney Brings Star Wars to Life: Reveals and Stories from Star Wars Celebration Japan
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Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
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🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 117 minutes
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826 · How Disney Brings Star Wars to Life: Reveals and Stories from Star Wars Celebration Japan
Have you ever dreamed of living your own Star Wars story?
This week, I take you inside Star Wars Celebration Japan for a behind-the-scenes look at how Disney Parks and Lucasfilm are transforming the way we experience Star Wars - and reveal new stories, secrets, and adventures you need to know about.
Join me for exclusive interviews with leaders from Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Live Entertainment, exciting updates to Galaxy's Edge, new droids, and the future of Star Wars storytelling in the parks.
Plus, I host a live panel at Star Wars Celebration Japan all about how you can live your own Star Wars story - and how emotional, immersive storytelling is changing Disney Parks forever.
Whether you're a lifelong Star Wars fan or just love Disney's magic of storytelling, this is one journey to a galaxy far, far away you won't want to miss.
🙋🏻♀️ What's the one thing you would love to experience in Galaxy's Edge to make your Star Wars dreams come true?
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| 0:00.0 | Who's the more foolish? |
| 0:02.0 | The fool or the fool or the fool who follows it? |
| 0:14.0 | Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerpherder! |
| 0:20.0 | Ha-hohohohohohohohoho. half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerpherder. |
| 0:43.7 | Have you ever dreamed of stepping into the Star Wars galaxy, not just watching it, but truly living it? |
| 0:49.0 | Well, this week, I'm taking you with me to Star Wars Celebration in Japan for an exclusive, |
| 0:56.0 | behind-the-scenes look at how the Disney parks are transforming the way we experience Star Wars and sharing some exciting new announcements and reveals that just might have you planning your next trip |
| 1:00.3 | to Galaxy's Edge. Hello, my friend, and welcome to WW Radio, your home and guide to Disney |
| 1:06.6 | parks and experiences around the world. I am Lou Mangelo, and this is show number 826. |
| 1:12.5 | And for more than 20 years, we've been sharing our love of Disney together through the |
| 1:16.6 | podcast, my live video every Wednesday at 730 Pim Eastern on Facebook and YouTube, blogs, group events, and much more. |
| 1:24.4 | And whether you've been here since the beginning or this is your first time tuning in, |
| 1:27.7 | thank you and welcome because you are part of this incredible Disney family and community |
| 1:32.5 | and everything you need is over at www.org.com, and this week I'm going to sit down with Asa Kalama |
| 1:39.8 | from Walt Disney Imagineering and Michael S Cerna from Disney Live Entertainment in an exclusive |
| 1:44.8 | interview to talk about the evolution of Galaxy's Edge, the debut of the new BDX |
| 1:50.3 | droids, how guests are shaping the future of Batu and what incredible new adventures are |
| 1:55.8 | on the horizon. |
| 1:57.3 | Then join me for our live panel from Celebration as we dive into how Disney and Star Wars have created places where you can live your own Star Wars story and why this emotional, immersive storytelling is changing the parks forever. |
| 2:13.5 | So whether you like me grew up with the originals, you discovered Star Wars through Disney Plus, |
| 2:18.9 | or just love the magic of storytelling, this is one journey you don't want to miss. |
| 2:23.2 | And I want to hear from you, what's the one thing you would love to experience in Galaxy's Edge |
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