{"id":579428,"date":"2026-05-12T07:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579428\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:09:54","slug":"star-wars-characters-landing-in-cardiff-bay-for-free-family-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579428\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Characters Landing in Cardiff Bay for Free Family Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiffwinefestival.com\/events\/cardiff-wine-festival-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/banner-x-sito-Cardiff-scaled.png\" alt=\"Bodybasix\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Families and Star Wars fans are in for a galactic start to half-term later this month, as\u00a0The Red Dragon Centre\u00a0hosts a free Star Wars-themed event packed with characters, photo opportunities and family fun.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place on\u00a0Saturday 23 May from 12pm\u20134pm, the Cardiff Bay venue will welcome iconic characters from the\u00a0UK Garrison, bringing heroes and villains from the Star Wars universe to life throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors will have the chance to meet the characters, snap photos and enjoy a full afternoon of entertainment as the centre transforms into a mini galaxy far, far away.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/StarwarsRDCentre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68048\"  \/>The UK Garrison <\/p>\n<p>The celebrations continue inside\u00a0ODEON Cardiff, where\u00a0The Mandalorian and Grogu\u00a0will also be appearing, making it a must-visit day for younger fans and longtime followers of the franchise alike.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the fun, the event will also support\u00a0Dreams &amp; Wishes Charity, with donations welcomed throughout the day to help the charity continue supporting seriously ill children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Constantinou, Marketing Manager for The Red Dragon Centre, said the event is designed to give families something special for half-term while also supporting a good cause.<\/p>\n<p>The event is completely free to attend and open to all ages, making it one of Cardiff Bay\u2019s biggest family-friendly events of the half-term break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Families and Star Wars fans are in for a galactic start to half-term later this month, as\u00a0The Red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-579428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}