Orlando

Orlando is a major city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan region.

Celebration V, the official Star Wars convention was held at the Orlando Convention Center on August 12th through the 15th. The convention included a special guest appearance by Star Wars creator George Lucas and included other media guests such as Mark Hammill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Ray Park and many more.

Southwest of Orlando is the Walt Disney World Resort, which hosts the "Star Tours" theme attraction based upon the Star Wars film franchise at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Beginning in September of 2010, the Star Tours attraction began an extensive rennovation project, replacing the original attraction with a sequel, Star Tours: The Adventure Continues, scheduled to reopen in 2011.