It’s almost Force Friday II weekend! New products inspired by Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released tomorrow, Friday, September 1 and to celebrate Disney Store locations in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco will have a midnight madness party.
Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Disney Store, located at 717 N. Michigan Avenue, will open at 12:01 am tonight with plenty of Star Wars fun, including:
- Sweepstakes for a chance to win exclusive Star Wars products
- Free Star Wars mini poster set for the first 100 guests who make a Disney Store purchase
- Ways of the Force activity
- Star Wars Story Time
- Art of Drawing: R2-D2
- Epic Star Wars theming that pays homage to both the dark and light side.
Check out DisneyStore.com for more details about Force Friday II activities.
Disney and Lucasfilm announced a really cool global event to celebrate the launch of Star Wars: The Last Jedi products for Star Wars fans all around the world. Fans within a mile of 20 global landmarks simply open the Star Wars App, select Find the Force and point their phone to the sky to see a short augmented reality scene unfold. The 10-second animation shows a Star Destroyer loom over key landmarks as two TIE Fighters shoot past into the distance. Sadly, Chicago does NOT have one of the landmarks chosen. Here is the full list of Find the Force landmarks.
- Central Park – USA
- CN Tower – Canada
- Coca-Cola London Eye – UK
- Copacabana Beach – Brazil
- Eiffel Tower – France
- Gamla Stan – Sweden
- Golden Gate Bridge – USA
- Gran Via – Spain
- Grand Canyon – USA
- Ha’Penney Bridge – Ireland
- Hollywood Sign – USA
- Lumpini Park – Thailand
- Memorial de America Latina – Brazil
- Merlion Park – Singapore
- Niagara Falls – Canada
- Piazza del Duomo – Italy
- Schloss Charlottenburg – Germany
- Sydney Harbour Bridge – Australia
- Victoria Harbour – Hong Kong
- Yoyogi Park – Japan
