{"id":9685,"date":"2019-12-04T10:33:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/star-wars-game-show-set-disney\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:33:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:33:23","slug":"star-wars-game-show-set-for-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/star-wars-game-show-set-for-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Game Show Set for Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney+ has lined up a new game show set in the<em> Star Wars<\/em> galaxy that will test young contestants\u2019 abilities in the core Jedi principles of strength, knowledge and bravery as they attempt to achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.<\/p>\n<p>The show, <em>Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge<\/em>, is hosted by Ahmed Best, who will play a Jedi Master and mentor to the contestants. He is known to many fans as Jar Jar Binks from the <em>Star Wars<\/em> prequels.<\/p>\n<p>Best is joined by a humanoid droid companion, voiced by Mary Holland (<em>Veep<\/em>, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre).<\/p>\n<p><em>Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge<\/em> is executive produced by Lucasfilm, Dean Houser, and David Chamberlin and Mike Antinoro from Endeavor Content. The show will launch on Disney+ in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is definitely a kids game show like no other,\u201d said Lucasfilm\u2019s senior director of online content and programming, Mickey Capoferri. \u201cThe various challenges will test a Padawan\u2019s connection to the Force in three locations\u2014a forest planet, on board a Jedi star cruiser, and inside a Jedi Temple\u2014immersing them and the audience in a fun, humorous, and exciting competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge<\/em> brings together the best of<em> Star Wars<\/em>\u2014competitive spirit, harrowing obstacles and a hero\u2019s triumph over challenges\u2014in a totally new format for the franchise,\u201d said Dan Silver, VP of originals for unscripted content at Disney+. \u201cA game show set in the <em>Star Wars<\/em> galaxy is a perfect fit for Disney+.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney+ has lined up a new game show set in the Star Wars galaxy that will test young contestants\u2019 abilities in the core Jedi principles of strength, knowledge and bravery as they attempt to achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2116],"class_list":["post-9685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-disney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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