Hi
I was hoping to get some advice on the Star Wars weekends. My Son now 7, will be 8 is a major Star Wars the Clone Wars Fan and we were thinking of planning a trip to attend one of the SW weekends.

We have done Disney a ton. 6 trip in 5 years up til 2005 and most recently in 2008 with friends. We were thinking of staying off site at the JW Marriott for the week before the weekend and then either moving on site or attending from the JW. So questions are:
Is the SW weekend too mature for an 8 yr old?
are there events that make it worth moving to an on site hotel?
does any hotel get involved in the weekends as well?

Any other insight would be helpful as well

thank you