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We can’t all be as lucky as Daisy Ridley and John Boyega — self-professed fans who now get to live out their Star Wars fantasies in real life — but a new “hyper-reality” experience coming to California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Disney World aims to bring us one step closer to our favorite galaxy far, far away.

Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire shares some DNA with the beloved Star Tours ride at Disney’s theme parks — which allows us tantalizing glimpses of the many planets introduced in the franchise — but instead of being spectators, safely buckled into a StarSpeeder while chaos erupts around us, Secrets plunks guests in the middle of a mission for the Rebel Alliance, challenging visitors to disguise themselves as Stormtroopers (ideally in groups of three or four) and infiltrate an Imperial base on the hunt for vital intel. Read more…

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