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Disney Plans Animated Star Wars Telecast for 2027 Super Bowl
Disney and Lucasfilm will present a Star Wars-themed alternate telecast of Super Bowl LXI in 2027.
The game is scheduled to be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and the animated presentation will also air on Disney+ and Disney Channel, among other services.
The telecast will turn real players into animated avatars and bring Star Wars characters into key moments.
Actor Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO, will voice the character in the show.
Disney has previously made animated NFL broadcasts featuring characters from Toy Story and The Simpsons, but those were for regular-season games.
This takes the format to the Super Bowl, one of the biggest annual broadcasts, alongside several other alternate telecasts.
Disney says it will share more details in the coming weeks, including information about the setting, commentators and characters.
Disney, ESPN, Lucasfilm and the NFL will present an animated Star Wars alternative telecast of Super Bowl LXI.
The telecast, called Star Wars Funday Football, is scheduled for February 14, 2027, and will recreate every play in real time.
Players will appear as animated avatars, while Star Wars characters will join the action at key moments.
Anthony Daniels will voice C-3PO in the presentation.
The telecast will be available on Disney+ and the ESPN App and will air on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
- Who
- ESPN, Lucasfilm, Disney and the NFL are presenting the telecast. Anthony Daniels will voice C-3PO.
- What
- An animated Star Wars alternative telecast of Super Bowl LXI, called Star Wars Funday Football.
- When
- February 14, 2027.
- Where
- The game will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California; the alternate telecast will be available on Disney+ and the ESPN App and air on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
- Why
- The telecast will offer fans an alternative way to watch the Super Bowl.
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Reports announced the Star Wars Funday Football telecast.
The animated alternate telecast is scheduled to air alongside Super Bowl LXI.
- Event
- Super Bowl LXI
- Telecast
- Star Wars Funday Football
- Date
- February 14, 2027
- Venue
- SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- C-3PO voice
- Anthony Daniels
- Technology provider
- Sony’s Beyond Sports
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The Star Wars animated telecast will recreate every play of Super Bowl LXI in real time, transforming players on the field into animated avatars, while Star Wars characters join the action subbing in during key moments and various Easter eggs appearing throughout the game
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In a galaxy far, far away … 🛰️ Star Wars Funday Football is coming to Super Bowl LXI! 📺 Feb. 14 | Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and the ESPN App