Just what everyone wanted a Death Star Spaceship Earth

[No Name]

HaHA! I knew they couldn't resist the opportunity, and am surprised it took this long.

 

[MadMax11]

Thank the Empire...They Invented it....

Holy crap, that's a genius response.

 

[SosoDude]

For me, this ranks as a solid, "Meh". My enthusiasm for 'Rogue One' is waning by the day, as I realize more and more it's just a money grab by Disney. I mean, really, does anyone want to know how the Death Star plans were stolen? If you do, more power to you. Personally, I'd rather have a new, original story played out on the big screen rather than what's being foisted upon us by Iger and his henchmen. Just imagine what could have been possible if Disney hadn't declared the original EU as verboten...

I am more excited about Rogue One than I am for the next serialized Star Wars movie. This one actually looks like it will have an original plot, unlikeTFA, and not a re-tread of A New Hope. Which is odd, seeing how Rogue is more directly tied to the original.

 

[marni1971]

It's cool that there doing this as a temporary thing, but anyone that's flipping out about this needs to relax. The potentially bigger information here is details on Star Wars Land.

So do it where it belongs instead of a cheap PR stunt.

 

[HauntedPirate]

So do it where it belongs instead of a cheap PR stunt.

Well, we are talking about Disney, the kings of the cheap PR stunt.

 

[marni1971]

Well, we are talking about Disney, the kings of the cheap PR stunt.

See Cinderella Castle and SGE.

 

[James Norrie]

OMG! How can they upcharge for this event??? How dare they try to cash in on a Movie they are making??? Where's the compassion for all those killed by this instrument of death?

 

[MisterPenguin]

So do it where it belongs instead of a cheap PR stunt.

Disney has cheapened their PR stunts. Pray they do not cheapen them any further.

 

[Incomudro]

Oh my goodness, give me a freaking break. How some of you people sleep at night is beyond me. "Instrument of death?" Seriously? It's not a freaking swastika, it's a big ol' spaceship from one of the most beloved movies of all time.

Bruce from JAWS was an instrument of death.

 

[Incomudro]

It has nothing whatsoever to do with Epcot's direction. As someone else mentioned, they projected Mike Wazowski onto Spaceship Earth when they kicked off their #MonstrousSummer promotion. That didn't mean Monsters were taking over Epcot pavilions.

Really.
People need to calm down.
This is cool.

 

[Incomudro]

They brought in temporary projectors back when they did the video spot for Monstrous Summer 24 hours back in 2013. Here's some screen grabs from the youtube video.
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I'm sure it wouldn't take much to make them permanent.

I was there for this, and loved it.

 

[HauntedPirate]

See Cinderella Castle and SGE.

Every time I try to forget about that...

 

[mickey v-neck]

Good god some of you just feed off negativity. Sad. Looking forward to seeing this.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

All I saw was Spaceship Earth going to be transformed as in scrolling down before I could read the rest and my heart is pounding

 

[FigmentJedi]

While I think this event would be cool, I'm confused at Epcot's direction. I thought Star Wars was a DHS thing? Is everything just everywhere anymore? Will we soon be seeing Spider-Man climbing Cinderella Castle? Just weird to me.

This is Chapek's "Think Big for Epcot" moment: Doing an event based around one of the oldest dumb jokes about Spaceship Earth's appearance.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Its unclear if they are permanent (not likely) but they did something like this for a media event a couple of years ago tied to Monster's University. They project Mike W onto SSE.

Hopefully it will be up for a few nights. Will be there Tuesday.

 

[donsullivan]

Hopefully it will be up for a few nights. Will be there Tuesday.

It's only expected to happen for this one-time after hours event. I would not expect to see it at after that event on Monday evening.

 

[jrhwdw]

I wonder if park guests will see this since ROE/Holiday Tag is at 9:30? Will they rush guests out backstage so they won't notice what's happening?

 

[JoeCamel]

It's only expected to happen for this one-time after hours event. I would not expect to see it at after that event on Monday evening.

Like the flying dragon

 

[donsullivan]

I wonder if park guests will see this since ROE/Holiday Tag is at 9:30? Will they rush guests out backstage so they won't notice what's happening?

The event starts at 10:15P so I'm guessing they'll do an aggressive sweep of guests in the park and then route them along the west side side of the entrance plaza as they leave the park. They can't really route them out anywhere else since folks need to get to buses, monorails and cars that are all out in front of the park. Attendees are being asked to enter over on the east side of the entrance plaza.