Jedi Training Academy
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Jedi Training Academy is a live stage show currently being performed at the Tomorrowland Terrace Stage at Disneyland Park. Based on the teachings and practices of the fictional Jedi Knights from the Star Wars films, the show depends heavily on audience participation, focusing on children. Each participant is given a lightsabers and Jedi robes and taught a routine set of swordfighting moves.
The show was introduced as part of the "Year of a Million Dreams" Disney Theme Park campaign.
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The Jedi Knights approach the stage and give the unnamed Jedi Master his lightsaber. After showing his skills, the Jedi Master asks the audience, "Who wants to be a Jedi?" Children in the audience are selected by the presiding Jedi Master to begin Jedi training. They are given training lightsabers and Jedi robes. With the help of the Jedi Master and the other asisstant Jedi Knights, the children are then taught a simple combination of lightsaber attacks.
Suddenly, the stage rumbles. Two Imperial stormtroopers run to the stage to secure the area. The sculpture at the center of the stage rises to reveal Darth Vader and Darth Maul. He approaches the group of potential padawans with an offer to teach them the ways of the Dark Side of the Force. The group refuses and the Jedi Master points out that Vader is out numbered. Just then, Darth Maul emerges from a compartment in the rear of the stage. After a demonstration of his skill, Maul begins pacing the stage, glaring at the audience.
The Jedi trainees face off with either Maul or Vader. With the help of their Jedi teachers, the children use the fight combination they were taught to engage the two villains. One child is singled out as being a force sensitive and is threatened by the stormtroopers. The Jedi Master instructs him to use a force push on the stormtroopers, which sends the flying back to the wall.
After all the children have had their chance, Vader still tries to seduce them. Suddenly, the ghostly voice of Jedi Master Yoda tells the villains that the children are strong in the Force. With that, the Jedi Master tells all the children to activate their lightsabers and fight Maul and Vader as a group. Outnumbered, Vader and Maul retreat back to the stage. The stage lowers again and the villains disappear.
After the stage lowers, the Jedi Master uses a Jedi mind trick to make the stormtroopers leave. With all the villains gone, Yoda declares the children padawans and students of the Force. They then give back the training lighsaber and robe, and are given an official Jedi diploma.
