Watch the Star Wars stunt show rarely seen at Disneyland

The Blaze Your Path lightsaber battle show was part of a Star Wars-themed Make-A-Wish event.

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Sep 17, 2024 - 23:00
Watch the Star Wars stunt show rarely seen at Disneyland

An epic Star Wars lightsaber battle rarely seen at Disneyland between the Resistance and the First Order recently made a brief appearance in Galaxy’s Edge — raising hopes the rooftop stunt show could become a nightly tradition.

The “Blaze Your Path: The Finale” stunt show was part of a Star Wars-themed Make-A-Wish event last week at the Anaheim theme park.

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The five-day Blaze Your Path event for 19 Make-A-Wish kids and their families included a dinner party in front of Kylo Ren’s TIE Echelon ship and a one-of-a-kind lightsaber battle stunt show.

“While this was a wonderful event for the Make-A-Wish families, we do hope that Galaxy’s Edge will begin offering entertainment such as this to all guests on a daily basis, much like Avengers Campus does,” according to MiceChat.

A similar Star Wars stunt show was first seen in 2019 during a Galaxy’s Edge opening night press event at Disneyland featuring a dozen actors, special effects, blaster fire and pyrotechnics on the stage above the landspeeder garage.

The Star Wars stunt show concept envisioned for Disneyland moved to the short-lived Galactic Starcruiser hotel at Walt Disney World that concluded each three-day, two-night experience with a grand finale lightsaber battle between Kylo Ren and Rey Skywalker.

“The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” coffee table book that came out in 2021 included concept art of a never-realized large-scale show featuring a fight between Kylo Ren, Rey, Chewbacca and Vi Moradi above the landspeeder garage, according to Attractions Magazine.

Disneyland grants wishes for 19 children fighting critical illnesses during the Blaze Your Path: A Star Wars Adventure.
Disneyland grants wishes for 19 children fighting critical illnesses during the Blaze Your Path: A Star Wars Adventure. (Courtesy of Disney)

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Walt Disney Imagineering showed a video during the Star Wars Celebration in 2017 of a stunt show in development for Galaxy’s Edge designed to put visitors in the middle of action sequences, according to Blog Mickey.

Galaxy’s Edge has several stages near the Millennium Falcon, X-Wing fighter and landspeeder garage that sit largely unused for anything other than meet-and-greet locations.

Disneyland grants wishes for 19 children fighting critical illnesses during the Blaze Your Path: A Star Wars Adventure.
Disneyland grants wishes for 19 children fighting critical illnesses during the Blaze Your Path: A Star Wars Adventure. (Courtesy of Disney)

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Kylo Ren makes an entrance on the TIE Echelon assault shuttle stage that feels like the beginning of a show that ultimately never happens.

Disneyland and other Disney theme parks have granted 155,000 wishes to Make-A-Wish kids over the past 45 years.

The Blaze Your Path event included lightsaber and droid building experiences and the chance to meet Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO and other Star Wars characters rarely seen in Galaxy’s Edge.

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