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President
and Vice

President, too

Kathleen Kennedy
re-elected as Academy VP

he Board of Governors
T for the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences recently
held its elections for its 2017-’18
officers, and Lucasfi lm President

Kathleen Kennedy was re-elected
Infiltrate the Empire to her post as a Vice President.

Kennedy is a member of the
Academy’s Producers Branch
and also serves as chair of the
The Secrets of the Empire hyper-reality experience is almost here Academy’s Museum Committee.
The Board of Governors is
he Last Jedi wasn’t the only the rebellion. Luckily, you’ll have help charged with setting the Academy’s
T thing to get a new trailer this on hand from Rogue One’s sarcastic strategic vision, preserving the

organization’s financial health, and
month. ILMxLAB, Lucasfi lm’s
droid, K-2SO.
immersive entertainment Made by ILMxLAB, Lucasfi lm, and working toward the fulfi llment of
division, and hyper-reality company The Void (who previously partnered with its mission. Three governors from
The Void have released a fi rst-look video Sony for their Ghostbusters experience), each of the Academy’s 17 branches
that teases the new experience coming Secrets of the Empire offers a far more are elected to serve for a three-year
to Downtown Disney and Disney immersive experience than at-home term, and governors may serve
Springs this winter. VR systems. You wander freely around a maximum of three consecutive
Titled Secrets of the Empire, the a stage with walls and props that you three-year terms.
30-minute experience transports you physically interact with, while seeing the As a governor, Kennedy is
to the Star Wars universe with multi- Star Wars universe with your own eyes. automatically appointed to her
sensory immersion. On a rebel mission, Secrets of the Empire opens on branch’s executive committee,
your team of four is disguised as December 16 at Disney Springs, which meets at least once a year to
stormtroopers tasked with recovering and comes to Downtown Disney in review candidates for membership
Imperial intelligence on the fi ery world Anaheim on January 5. Tickets are on and to debate changes to the
of Mustafar that could spell doom for sale at TheVoid.com. Academy Awards Rules.

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