Star Wars on the Rivers of America

Star Wars on the Rivers of America

This year’s “Season of the Force” at Disneyland featured a lot of a galaxy far far away taking over the Magic Kingdom. Photo opps, too tall Ewoks, and green lightsaber churros were among the many delights.

The greatest, however, is a twice-nightly performance of the best cantina band around. Perhaps the only musicians who play their particular genre of music that I shall not name here but Drew Campbell knows perfectly well what it is, it’s Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes hijacking one of Mike Fink’s Keel Boats on the Rivers of America. Take that, Mickey! Step back, Maleficent! A real musical extravaganza is floating by…

As a kid, I dreamed about this sort of thing happening. At the same time, I never thought it would. So an extra tip of the Fanboy Planet hat to David Tapia for helping me get there.

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In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz, City Lights Theater Company and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].