Star Wars C-3PO To Host Animated Super Bowl LXI Altcast On Disney Platforms
Disney, ESPN and Lucasfilm are partnering to air a real-time animated alternative telecast of the 2027 game featuring C-3PO.
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First reported by Variety, 11 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 20 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 20 October at 01:48 UTC; The Hollywood Reporter followed 12 min later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 20 October at 03:10 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Variety‘Star Wars’ Comes to 2027 Super Bowl With Animated ‘Alterna-Cast’ for Disney Channel, XD, Disney+
- The Hollywood Reporter‘Star Wars’-Themed Super Bowl Altcast Joins Disney’s Big Game Lineup
- Deadline‘Star Wars’ Headed To Super Bowl LXI For Animated Altcast On Disney+, Disney Channel and Disney XD
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- ‘Star Wars’-Themed Super Bowl Altcast Joins Disney’s Big Game Lineup The Hollywood Reporter ·
- ‘Star Wars’ Comes to 2027 Super Bowl With Animated ‘Alterna-Cast’ for Disney Channel, XD, Disney+ Variety ·
- ‘Star Wars’ Headed To Super Bowl LXI For Animated Altcast On Disney+, Disney Channel and Disney XD Deadline