{"id":318902,"date":"2026-05-16T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/318902\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:22:08","slug":"disneyland-adds-new-star-wars-projection-show-to-galaxys-edge-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/318902\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland adds new Star Wars projection show to Galaxy\u2019s Edge \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baby Yoda will star in a new nighttime spectacular high above Black Spire Outpost in the latest Disneyland tie-in to the new Star Wars movie coming to theaters next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Curious Child\u201d projection show will debut Saturday, May 16 in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland.<\/p>\n

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Grogu, also known as Baby Yoda, will recall fond memories of his adventures with the Mandalorian Din Djarin as he tests his powers of the Force during \u201cThe Curious Child.\u201d<\/p>\n

The limited time show will play nightly on the spires of Batuu above the Millennium Falcon immediately following the \u201cShadows of Memory<\/a>\u201d projection show.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShadows of Memory\u201d typically plays at 8:45 and 10:15 p.m. on most nights in Galaxy\u2019s Edge with occasional showings at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run makeover tied to the release of \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d coming to Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge in Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Curious Child\u201d projection show is the latest addition to Galaxy\u2019s Edge ahead of the new Mando and Grogu overlay<\/a> on the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction and the release of \u201cStar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d in theaters on May 22.<\/p>\n

Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia meet-and-greet characters started making appearances<\/a> on April 29 as part of a storyline reset in Galaxy\u2019s Edge.<\/p>\n

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The new Mando and Grogu backstory on Smugglers Run finds Hondo Ohnaka sending recruits (that\u2019s us) on a daring mission aboard the Millennium Falcon to four Star Wars locales.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe new BDX Droid popcorn bucket coming to Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)<\/p>\n

The mission starts with a high-stakes deal on Tatooine where ex-Imperial officers have crossed paths with a ruthless band of pirates. Our job: Team up with Mando and Grogu to collect the crates being transported by the pirates.<\/p>\n

The often-underutilized engineer position on Smugglers Run will be responsible for charting a course to one of three Star Wars planets \u2014 Bespin, Endor or Coruscant.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe new Mandalorian and Grogu Jetpack sipper coming to Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)<\/p>\n

Disneyland will also roll out the new BDX Droid popcorn bucket and Mando and Grogu Jetpack sipper on May 21 that are sure to be popular among Star Wars fans and collectors.<\/p>\n

Disneyland Magic Key holders can get a free Millennium Falcon: Smuggler\u2019s Run attraction poster featuring the Mandalorian and Grogu starting May 19 at Star Wars Trading Post in Downtown Disney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baby Yoda will star in a new nighttime spectacular high above Black Spire Outpost in the latest Disneyland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420],"class_list":["post-318902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disneyland","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}