Disney To Unwrap 15 Star Wars Toys Ahead of Force Friday

It's a well known fact by now that at the stroke of midnight signifying the end of September 3rd and the beginning of September 4th, toy retailers are going to swing their doors open for countless consumers who would have been waiting all night to get their hands on all the new Star Wars toys from various manufacturers.

What wasn't known until just recently, is that Disney plans to have a GLOBAL UNBOXING EVENT ahead of Force Friday.

This event will take place on September 3rd and be telecast across the world!

UPDATE: Thanks to additional information on StarWars.com, we now know that this will be an 18 hour event. The live stream will be broadcast on the official Star Wars YouTube channel. A YouTube personality will unbox one toy per location.

Schedule posted below:

As you can see above, the first item will be unwrapped in Sydney, Australia, and from there it's a globe-trotting adventure across 13 additional locations including before finaly coming to an end at location 15: LucasFilm Studios in San Francisco, CA.

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The end of the event will signal the beginning of Force Friday when all the toy stores open up their doors to the waiting masses!

Fans are being encouraged to document their experiences and post them online with the hashtag #ForceFriday.

We also encourage you all to post your experiences to our Facebook Page & Facebook Group where we plan on featuring them in a future article! You can use the hashtag #Forcestrong or #ForceFriday. Thanks and share with your friends!



Source: Engadget
Updates: StarWars.com