Padawan Mind Challenge — Former Show · History & Timeline

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⚰ Permanently closed · Jun 14, 2015operated 4 years · 2011–2015

Also known as Padawan Mind Challenge - Family Edition.

This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.

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2015

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UpdateNov 9, 2015#

Disney confirmed that Star Wars Weekends would not return in 2016 because work was beginning on the park's Star Wars land, ending the annual event that had hosted the Padawan Mind Challenge.

Neither source names the show; both establish that the event itself was discontinued in November 2015, and the April 2015 lineup establishes the show ran only as part of that event.

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RefurbishmentJun 14, 2015#

The Padawan Mind Challenge played its final performances on June 14, 2015, the closing day of the last Star Wars Weekends, which ran May 15 through June 14, 2015.

Disney's published 2015 lineup has the show running every day of the event, and the event's last day was June 14, 2015; the event was never held again, so no later performance is possible. Wikipedia was dropped from this beat because it neither names the show nor gives the 2015 dates.

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Area UpdateMay 2015#

For the 2015 season the trivia game took first-come, first-served sign-ups at the Epic Stunt Theater, home of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, from children ages 4 to 11 who had to be accompanied by an adult.

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ChangedApr 3, 2015#

Disney's announced Star Wars Weekends 2015 entertainment lineup billed the show as "Padawan Mind Challenge - Family Edition," hosted by Ashley Eckstein and running every day of the event's five weekends.

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2014

ChangedMay 18, 2014#

At Star Wars Weekends 2014 the Padawan Mind Challenge was hosted by Ashley Eckstein and featured a new Empire character who revealed what had become of Snig and Oopla, the hosts of the retired Hyperspace Hoopla, while a family of park guests played trivia against C-3PO.

The article confirms Eckstein hosted in 2014 but does not say she was new to the role, so no host change is claimed here.

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2011

NewMay 2011#

The Padawan Mind Challenge was running as part of Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios by the event's opening weekend of May 20-22, 2011.

Earliest documented appearance, not a confirmed debut. A fan trip report covering Weekend #1 states "The Padawan Mind Challenge was still in progress when we arrived" and places it near the Sorcerer's Hat stage ahead of that evening's Hyperspace Hoopla; a site search of the same blog returns no earlier mention. The Inside the Magic piece does not name the show and is cited only to establish that the 2011 event opened May 20 and ran through June 12.

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Questions & answers

When did Padawan Mind Challenge open?

Per the documented record, Padawan Mind Challenge at Hollywood Studios opened on May 2011.

When did Padawan Mind Challenge last close for refurbishment?

The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Padawan Mind Challenge is dated Jun 14, 2015: The Padawan Mind Challenge played its final performances on June 14, 2015, the closing day of the last Star Wars Weekends, which ran May 15 through June 14, 2015.

What changed recently on Padawan Mind Challenge?

The latest documented change (documented Nov 9, 2015): Disney confirmed that Star Wars Weekends would not return in 2016 because work was beginning on the park's Star Wars land, ending the annual event that had hosted the Padawan Mind Challenge.

How many changes are on record for Padawan Mind Challenge?

6 documented changes, dating back to 2011 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.

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