Does anyone else think Galaxy’s Edge is a misfire?

[Pizza Moon]

and I'm annoyed that is still a problem 26+ years later. It needs more dark rides and indoor shows. There's 2 covered theaters that have been empty for years and now a third closed indoor show that they're finally doing something with.

I mean Animal Kingdom has 2 indoor rides, but I see what you mean.

 

[WorldExplorer]

First and more most, SGE is not visually appealing. An OT character swap may help but the land is just bland and feels lifeless. It's borderline depressing just walking around. I'm baffled that a company can create such a stunning land like Pandora, then the bed with SGE.

I agree and want to add that for all the talk of immersion I never feel like I'm on another planet in it.

Granted I don't feel that way on Pandora either.

I mean Animal Kingdom has 2 indoor rides, but I see what you mean.

Three: Dinosaur, Flight of Passage, and River Journey. But still too few.

 

[ChrisFL]

Three: Dinosaur, Flight of Passage, and River Journey. But still too few.

Well...two now until the new land opens which will increase it to 4.

 

[FettFan]

I'm watching the John Williams documentary on Disney+ and reminded WHY ISN'T THERE STAR WARS MUSIC THROUGHOUT GALAXY'S EDGE?

I know others have mentioned it, but it really is a huge miss that's one of the easiest and quickest things they could correct. I understand there's *some* realism by not having it, but people want the adventure, the escapism, the epicness of Star Wars.

Does this happen at any of the Harry Potter areas at Universal?

 

[ChrisFL]

Does this happen at any of the Harry Potter areas at Universal?

I don't believe so, but someone can correct me...I also haven't been to Epic Universe yet

 

[FettFan]

I'm baffled that a company can create such a stunning land like Pandora, then the bed with SGE.

I have a theory as to why Pandora works but SWGE doesn’t: in the Avatar movies, the setting is secondary to the story. Generic jungle, generic ocean, generic wherever-the-heck-the-new-movie-takes-place.

I could digitally splice in snippets from the Jurassic Park/World series into any of the Avatar movies, and few people would be wise to it, especially the last one with the Jurassic Cloverfield Monster and mini-Rodans, all of which look like they belong on Avatar.


In Star Wars, there is such a heavy emphasis on place-making that the settings are just as much characters as the actual actors.
And that is how Redwoods National Forest can easily become the forest moon of Endor and nobody questions it.


And that’s where Galaxy’s Edge falls apart. Nobody gives two wooden nickels about Baatu/Batuu/Baatuu except the folks who wanted a blank slate to create their own story. What SW fans really wanted was to explore places like Mos Eisley Spaceport on Tatooine, which has become so iconic to the franchise that it’s been popping up in everything from The Mandalorian to Star Wars: Kenobi.


And that’s where Wizarding World excels. It lets the fans explore the iconic places in the films from Hogsmeade Village to Diagon Alley.

The approach Disney took with Galaxy’s Edge would be like if Universal built a Wizarding World land, but it was set in Sheffield, which is a nice place from what I gather, but isn’t part of the HP movies.

And Harry Potter was there once like 30 years ago, but someone got his broomstick and it’s parked outside a restaurant called the Goblin’s Goblet where a House Elf DJ plays dance music.

Like wanting a Coke, but getting served a Sam’s Choice.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Does this happen at any of the Harry Potter areas at Universal?

When I was at WWoHP in 2011, they were playing a loop of all of the film scores at Hogsmeade. Trouble was, it wasn't a very long loop. I heard the Weasley Twin theme from HP5 like three or four times while eating at the Three Broomsticks. Still it's better than having NO MUSIC ANYWHERE!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I have a theory as to why Pandora works but SWGE doesn’t: in the Avatar movies, the setting is secondary to the story. Generic jungle, generic ocean, generic wherever-the-heck-the-new-movie-takes-place.

I could digitally splice in snippets from the Jurassic Park/World series into any of the Avatar movies, and few people would be wise to it, especially the last one with the Jurassic Cloverfield Monster and mini-Rodans, all of which look like they belong on Avatar.


In Star Wars, there is such a heavy emphasis on place-making that the settings are just as much characters as the actual actors.
And that is how Redwoods National Forest can easily become the forest moon of Endor and nobody questions it.


And that’s where Galaxy’s Edge falls apart. Nobody gives two wooden nickels about Baatu/Batuu/Baatuu except the folks who wanted a blank slate to create their own story. What SW fans really wanted was to explore places like Mos Eisley Spaceport on Tatooine, which has become so iconic to the franchise that it’s been popping up in everything from The Mandalorian to Star Wars: Kenobi.


And that’s where Wizarding World excels. It lets the fans explore the iconic places in the films from Hogsmeade Village to Diagon Alley.

The approach Disney took with Galaxy’s Edge would be like if Universal built a Wizarding World land, but it was….Sheffield. And Harry Potter was there once like 30 years ago, but someone got his broomstick and it’s parked outside a restaurant called the Goblin’s Goblet where a House Elf DJ plays dance music.

Like wanting a Coke, but getting served a Sam’s Choice.

Excellent breakdown

Someone just a few weeks back made the claim that Star Wars wasn’t about locales at all? I think in the Starlosers
Defense?

Ridiculous…you can’t teach dumb. But it was one of the faux “imagineers”…I believe…so it wasn’t that notable

 

[GimpYancIent]

When I was at WWoHP in 2011, they were playing a loop of all of the film scores at Hogsmeade. Trouble was, it wasn't a very long loop. I heard the Weasley Twin theme from HP5 like three or four times while eating at the Three Broomsticks. Still it's better than having NO MUSIC ANYWHERE!

Yes, plenty of Star Wars music score that can be played throughout the land as background. Interesting how the unimaginative imagineers have not imagined setting the mood and ambiance with music / sound.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Just want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

And Harry Potter was there once like 30 years ago, but someone got his broomstick and it’s parked outside a restaurant called the Goblin’s Goblet where a House Elf DJ plays dance music.

This….. this is 1000% it. It’s actually quite amazing how Disney missed this by so much.

It’s still so baffling how someone said “ya know what we should do…. We should exclude the most iconic characters in cinematic history - make sure nobody can see them!

Darth Vader and Yoda should both have stand alone attractions in that land. A yoda special effects show would have been incredible- imagine a setup like stitches great escape - but it’s like a cave - and yoda as an AA demonstrates the force. I want that so bad!!!!

 

[FettFan]

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Just want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas.

“I don’t understand; I’ve been a good boy!” - Wedge Antilles

 

[mattpeto]

I'm a massive Star Wars fan and I enjoy the sequels. But I agree that Galaxy's Edge needs a signficant boost.

When I first visited in February 2020, the land did feel more alive at the time, maybe because it was still new to me? I just remember seeing people walk around lightsabers (and you still do - to a degree) and the characters felt more out and about.

Bring back the March of the First Order (even if you don't want Phasma due to the timeline) and get a little cavalcade/mini parade going. Make sure GE is a destination at night! Bring over the projection show they run at Disneyland. Make sure you have more roaming characters and a stunt show here and there (like they did on Starcruiser) would be huge.

This is not a hard and expensive fix.

 

[GimpYancIent]

What happened to the detail themed, sit down, Star Wars dining experience? (actual restaurant) maybe with an actual stage show as before when there were Star Wars weekend shows. Follow the character dining model.