Disney’s Iger announces 2019 opening for Star Wars lands

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Bob Chapek, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, is shown at the 2015 announcement of Star Wars Land in Anaheim, Calif. Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday that the company will open its “Star Wars"-themed lands at California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Walt Disney World in 2019. | Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register/ AP

LOS ANGELES — Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company will open its Star Wars-themed lands at California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Walt Disney World in 2019.

The 14-acre attractions were announced in 2015 and are under construction at the parks. Disney says the lands will include attractions and entertainment alongside aliens and droids. The attractions represent the parks’ largest single themed land expansion ever.

During the company’s earnings call Tuesday, Iger also set an opening date of May 27 for the new World of AVATAR attraction at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom.

The Walt Disney Company is based in Burbank, California.

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