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"Star Wars" fans will be in for a treat on Oct. 9 and 10 when "Star Wars: In Concert" will make its Sacramento debut at Arco Arena.
"[The show] is a fully multimedia, full-evening concert that takes two hours, which includes a 20 minute intermission," said David Barber, the North American press representative for the tour.
Clips from each movie will be used to tell an abridged version of the story, effectively summing up the entire adventure in roughly one-sixth of its actual length.
"Lucasfilm cut the montages to fit John Williams' cut-downs of the music made for the event especially by Williams — all custom work," said Barber.
Narrating the entire show will be none other than Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO and will be on stage to guide the audience through the entire show.
"[The] audience will experience the music played live by an 86-piece orchestra and sung by an 80-person chorus, the Star Wars Symphony Orchestra and Choir, to specially edited scenes from all six 'Star Wars' films — including special effects such as laser displays and other surprise effects," said Barber.
Barber also said there will be an exhibit featuring "over 70 items including original concept art, music manuscripts, costumes, props and other archival items," some of which will be shown to the public for the first time ever.
"[The exhibit] is in the concourse lobby areas of the arena — the corridors that go around the outside of the arena seating areas in a circular fashion," said Barber. Each piece of the exhibit travels in its own self-contained box on one of 12 trucks.
The tour started on Oct. 2 and is currently in L.A. at the Nokia Theatre before making the trek to Sacramento. Friday’s show starts at 7 p.m. and Saturday’s at 3 p.m. Doors open two hours before. Tickets are $75, $55 and $35. Pricing determines where the seats are, meaning the most expensive tickets are the closest to the stage.
