- ESPN, Lucasfilm, Disney and the NFL will present a real-time animated Super Bowl LXI set in the Star Wars galaxy on Sunday, February 14.
- Iconic characters from the Lucasfilm franchise will join the action alongside AFC and NFC champions, including C-3PO voiced by original Star Wars cast member Anthony Daniels.
- The animated alternative broadcast will complement traditional presentations of Super Bowl LXI and other alternative television broadcasts on ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network, ESPNU, Disney+ and the ESPN App.
ESPN, Lucasfilm, Disney and the NFL will present a real-time animated alternative broadcast of Super Bowl LXI taking place in the Star Wars galaxy and featuring characters from across the Lucasfilm franchise, including original 1977 actor Anthony Daniels who returns to voice C-3PO. Extend Emmy Win Cross-country football mark at America’s greatest game, Star Wars Funday Football will stream live on Disney+ and the ESPN app and stream on Disney Channel and Disney XD on Sunday, February 14, 2027, giving fans of all ages a new way to experience ESPN’s first-ever Super Bowl production.
Star Wars Funday Football video: https://youtu.be/ZKWskNPVTgc
Star Wars Funday Football will be presented alongside the traditional television broadcast with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters And Laura Rutledge on ESPN, ABC and Disney+ from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. ESPN’s Spanish-language television broadcast will be available on Disney+ and ESPN Deportes, with a separate Spanish-language presentation on Univision.
Star Wars Funday Football will reach fans around the world, with expanded international live availability in markets including Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, Canada (TSN+), Netherlands, Sub-Saharan Africa, Japan, Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. The animated game will also be available on demand on Disney+ shortly after the live broadcast in these markets and other regions including the UK, France, Germany, South Korea and more, bringing full availability to over 155 markets worldwide.
THE Star Wars animated telecast will recreate every Super Bowl LXI game in real time, transforming players on the field into animated avatars, while Star Wars characters intervene during key moments and various easter eggs appear throughout the game.
ESPN will produce Star Wars Funday Football with Sony’s Beyond Sports data visualization technology, which enabled the animated gameplay of the Cross-country football series since its creation. The technology transforms live gameplay into real-time animation by combining player tracking data from the NFL’s Next Gen Stats and Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations optical tracking. As Super Bowl LXI approaches, more details on the Star Wars an animated presentation will be announced, including visual settings, commentators, characters and more.
Star Wars Funday Football is the first animated alternate presentation of a Super Bowl and the fourth animated alternate television broadcast of the NFL by ESPN, Disney and the NFL. He follows Toy Story Funday Football (October 2023, Falcons-Jaguars), who won three Sports Emmy Awards; The Simpsons Funday Football (December 2024, Bengals-Cowboys); And Monsters Funday Football (December 2025, Eagles-Chargers).
Star Wars Funday Football will arrive as Lucasfilm celebrates 50 years of Star Wars. Just five days after Super Bowl LXI, a newly restored version of the 1977 original Star Wars will return to theaters on Friday, February 19.
THE Star Wars The alternative telecast is one of multiple options for watching Super Bowl LXI that ESPN, in conjunction with the NFL, is offering fans across all platforms, including Super Bowl LXI with Peyton and Eli on ESPN2, Super Bowl LXI Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show on ESPNU and Super Bowl LXI Playbook with Next-Gen Stats on NFL Network, announced by ESPN on October 11.
From Tuesday October 20 SC+ESPN daily Sports center show on Disney+, will feature Star Wars “Hyperspace Highlights” with plays from Monday Night Football presented with a Star Wars visual theme. Also, starting October 26 SC+ will feature an animated Darth Vader interviewing an NFL player participating in that evening’s event on Monday. Monday Night Football game.
All Disney+ subscribers in the United States can stream the traditional Super Bowl LXI game presentation broadcast on ESPN and ABC. Outside of the United States, Disney+ will stream ESPN’s Super Bowl in more than 55 international markets, including Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil, the Caribbean, South Africa and Australia/New Zealand. Additionally, ESPN Networks will broadcast the Super Bowl in more than 130 countries and territories.
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