The Orlando Sentinel has a revealing look inside the decision to kill the fantastic weekends at Disney:
Walt Disney World has quietly scrubbed plans for its sixth annual "Star Wars Weekends" event in May, even though a fifth installment of George Lucas' mega-hit movie series will debut May 16.
The popular promotions, replete with autograph-signing actors from previous Star Wars movies, drew thousands of movie buffs from around the nation -- dozens of whom typically lined up before dawn outside MGM Studios' turnstiles.
But Disney may have had little choice about missing out on a chance to ride the marketing rocket of the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.
The scrub appears to be something of a snub by Lucasfilm Ltd. So intensely is the company promoting the forthcoming Star Wars that it doesn't have much reason to cooperate with Disney's four special weekends as it has in the past.
"To be honest, it's a little less important to us this year," said Howard Roffman, the San Francisco-based company's vice president of licensing.
Thanks to Jason Rager for the official news, follow the link for all of the details including word on the long-awaited Stat Tours update!
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