‘Star Wars’ Set To Make Disney Debut At D23 Expo

Disney‘s conspicuously keeping Star Wars out of its Comic-Con slate, but the studio will welcome the newest member of the corporate family to the fold at its own annual D23 Expo. Three weeks after Disney presents its Marvel lineup and animated and television properties at the San Diego convention, Star Wars will make its Disney debut at D23. It will mark the franchise’s first appearance at an official Disney event since the Burbank studio bought Lucasfilm late last year. So far only retrospective events have been announced for the fan confab set for August 9-11 in Anaheim. Special fan experiences created for D23 by Lucasfilm include the Darth Vader: The Evolution Of A Villain exhibit and the Star Wars history panel Crash Course in the Force: Star Wars Saga 101 hosted by expert Pablo Hidalgo. The studio has yet to reveal plans to present its upcoming Disney-produced Star Wars sequels at D23. But Disney and Marvel made a point of using the exclusive confab to promote The Avengers with a cast and exec panel in 2011, and Star Wars cast announcements are speculated to be on the horizon…