As part of the entertainment cutbacks at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, “Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away” ended its run last week.
The stage show was a mix of live action performances and extended video montages from “Star Wars” films. Characters including Chewbacca, Darth Vader, BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 performed in between video montages.
Along with the already existing Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, the stage show filled a big Star Wars void in the park between the time when Disney purchased Lucasfilm and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened. With the land now open, Star Wars now must make way for Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway to be the star of the show at the Chinese Theatre.
Watch the final “Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away” show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the video below:
With Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance now boarding guests and all phases of Galaxy’s Edge now open, it seems that Star Wars presence throughout the rest of Disney’s Hollywood Studios will slowly begin to diminish. Disney has confirmed that the “Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away” show will be ending its long run soon.
No official end date has been announced, but it’s believed that with the opening of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway on March 4, it would be ideal to have the area in front of the Chinese Theatre cleared for any potential crowds. We expect the stage show to conclude its run by then. (Currently, times are still showing through March 14, but entertainment calendars are prone to change.)
Since 2016, the stage show has showcased Star Wars characters, movies, and music, with updates added throughout the years to introduce new characters, like Rey, in 2017. On July 6, 2019, the show’s companion “parade” element, the March of the First Order with Captain Phasma, concluded in preparation for the opening of Galaxy’s Edge. Disney claimed that the First Order was “redeploying their troops to patrol Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.”
With the presence of Star Wars diminished throughout the rest of the park, there is hope that additional entertainment offerings will be added to Galaxy’s Edge, like the roaming droids that have been on the backburner since the land opened, or even additional roaming characters and extended stage shows. (Currently, Kylo Ren makes a few appearances throughout the day to briefly force choke a First Order officer, but that’s about it.)
