Changes: Dan Android

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Dan Android was a masculine^[2] PR droid^[1] with blue photoreceptors.^[2] By the year 4.3 ABY,^[3] he was in charge of public relations for the Star Tours travel agency,^[2] introducing other tours on Tourscan.^[1]

Behind the scenes

"PR droid for Star Tours seen on Tourscan. May be distantly related to movie star Dan Aykroyd."

―Dan Android's description in Complete Guide to Star Tours^[src]

Dan Android was created for Tokyo Disneyland's simulator ride theme park attraction Star Tours, which opened on July 12, 1989. He was named after actor Dan Aykroyd, which was jokingly referenced by a Spot the Droid poster.^[2]

The locales that Dan Android advertised on the Tourscan^[2] were actually recycled footage from Horizons, a now-defunct Epcot ride.^[4]

Appearances

Star Tours (First appearance) (Tokyo only)

Sources

Complete Guide to Star Tours

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Complete Guide to Star Tours
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Star Tours
↑ "Death Star timeline" — Keeper of the Holocron's Blog — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
↑ The Horizons Story, Part III: Disney's House Of Magic by Michael Crawford, published by Progress City, U.S.A. on The Horizons Story (September 24, 2011) (archived from the original on September 24, 2011)

External links

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[Complete_Guide_to_Star_Tours-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Complete Guide to Star Tours

[Star_Tours-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Star Tours

[KOTHB-3] "Death Star timeline" — Keeper of the Holocron's Blog — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)

[Epcot-4] The Horizons Story, Part III: Disney's House Of Magic by Michael Crawford, published by Progress City, U.S.A. on The Horizons Story (September 24, 2011) (archived from the original on September 24, 2011)

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 Dan Android was created for [[Wikipedia:Tokyo Disneyland|Tokyo Disneyland's]] [[Wikipedia:Simulator ride|simulator ride]] [[Wikipedia:Amusement park|theme park]] attraction ''[[Star Tours (real-world)|Star Tours]]'', which opened on [[July 12]], [[1989]]. He was named after actor [[Wikipedia:Dan Aykroyd|Dan Aykroyd]], which was jokingly referenced by a Spot the Droid poster.<ref name="Star Tours" />
-The locales that Dan Android advertised on the Tourscan<ref name="Star Tours" /> were actually recycled footage from [[Wikipedia:Horizons (Epcot)|Horizons]], a now-defunct [[Wikipedia:Epcot|Epcot]] ride.<ref name="Epcot">{{Cite_web |url=http://progresscityusa.com/2011/09/01/the-horizons-story-part-iii-disneys-house-of-magic/ |title=The Horizons Story, Part III: Disney's House Of Magic |accessdate=2013-05-15 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author=Michael Crawford |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2011-09-24 |year= |month= |format= |work=The Horizons Story |publisher=Progress City, U.S.A. |pages= |language= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924203238/http://progresscityusa.com/2011/09/01/the-horizons-story-part-iii-disneys-house-of-magic/ |archivedate=2011-09-24 |quote=}}</ref>
+The locales that Dan Android advertised on the Tourscan<ref name="Star Tours" /> were actually recycled footage from [[Wikipedia:Horizons (Epcot)|Horizons]], a now-defunct [[Wikipedia:Epcot|Epcot]] ride.<ref name="Epcot">{{Cite_web |url=http://progresscityusa.com/2011/09/01/the-horizons-story-part-iii-disneys-house-of-magic/ |title=The Horizons Story, Part III: Disney's House Of Magic |accessdate=2013-05-15 |author=Michael Crawford |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2011-09-24 |year= |month= |format= |work=The Horizons Story |publisher=Progress City, U.S.A. |pages= |language= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924203238/http://progresscityusa.com/2011/09/01/the-horizons-story-part-iii-disneys-house-of-magic/ |archivedate=2011-09-24 |quote=}}</ref>
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