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Super Bowl LXI Heads to a Galaxy Far, Far Away With Star Wars Funday Football
The broadcast will recreate every play in real time and use NFL tracking data to turn players into animated avatars.
- On Sunday, February 14, 2027, Disney and the NFL will present "Star Wars Funday Football," a real-time animated alternate telecast of Super Bowl LXI. Original cast member Anthony Daniels returns to voice C-3PO, airing across Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and the ESPN App.
- Disney has produced several animated "Funday Football" altcasts featuring "Toy Story" and "Big City Green" characters in recent years. The company considered a Super Bowl "mega cast" since 2021, when a rights deal kept "Monday Night Football" on ESPN through 2033.
- Animation is powered by Sony's Beyond Sports, which combines NFL Next Gen Stats with Hawk-Eye Innovations optical tracking. Real-life players become animated avatars, with Star Wars characters subbing in during key moments and every play recreated in real time.
- The game will be available in more than 155 markets worldwide and joins other Super Bowl productions including "Field Pass" with Pat McAfee and a "ManningCast" featuring Peyton and Eli Manning. Disney will also offer a statistics-focused telecast titled "Playbook" on NFL Network.
- Starting Tuesday, October 20, "SC+", ESPN's daily SportsCenter show on Disney+, will feature "Star Wars Hyperspace Highlights" with Monday Night Football plays. The game arrives during Lucasfilm's 50-year Star Wars celebration, preceding a theatrical re-release of the original 1977 film on February 19.
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'Star Wars' Headed To Super Bowl LXI For Animated Altcast On Disney+, Disney Channel and Disney XD
Characters from “A Galaxy Far, Far Away” are headed to Super Bowl LXI as ESPN, Lucasfilm and the NFL team up for a Star Wars alternative telecast. On Sunday, February 14, Disney+, Disney Channel, and Disney XD will air an alternate telecast featuring iconic characters from across the Lucasfilm franchise alongside the AFC and NFC champions, including […]
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