‘Star Wars’-Themed Super Bowl Altcast Joins Disney’s Big Game Lineup

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The 2027 Super Bowl will happen at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California– and likewise a galaxy far, far.

Lucasfilm, ESPN, Disney and the NFL will provide an animated, genuine(ish)-time alternate telecast of Super Bowl LXI embeded in the Star Wars universe. The altcast will stream in Disney+ and the ESPN app and air on Disney Channel and Disney XD along with the primary broadcast (on ABC, ESPN and Disney+) and a number of other alternate discussions.

Disney has actually done a couple of animated altcasts, which it calls “Funday Football,” in the previous couple of years. Prior telecasts have actually included characters from Toy Story, The Simpsons and Monsters IncThose all happened together with regular-season NFL video games, nevertheless– not the most significant single broadcast in any given year.

The Star Wars variation the video game will include Anthony Daniels voicing C-3PO. Other characters from the franchise will likewise appear. The video game’s real-life gamers will be equated into animated avatars, with Star Wars characters subbing in for secret plays. Sony’s Beyond Sports supplies the information visualization tech that powers the animated discussion.

The Star Wars altcast will run together with extra alternate Super Bowl discussions on ESPN2, ESPNU and NFL Network. Disney will likewise bring Star Wars to the NFL some throughout the routine season: Starting Tuesday, SC+ — the streaming variation of SportsCenter that operates on Disney+– will include Monday Night Football highlights “with a Star Wars visual style,” according to a news release. Starting with the Oct. 26 MNF video game, SC+ will likewise have an animated Darth Vader interview a gamer because week’s contest.

The “Funday Football” altcast will stream reside in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, Canada (on TSN+), the Netherlands, sub-Saharan Africa, Japan, Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. Other areas will bring it quickly after the video game concludes.


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