Cloud City was built 400 years BBY (Before the battle of Yavin). Anything else?
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DisneyWales
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Master Yoda, i love your knowledge of Star Wars extended timeline, its very very impressive. I know some of the extended storyline points, but only really consider myself a fan up to the movies.
im so looking forward to this update, the potential is amazing, i hope they keep some sort of retro Kitsch factor to it. Maybe the overly camp pre boarding video could be filmed in the same style.
I hope that Rex at least gets a personality update, that guy drives me Bonkers. If they do a random destination system, they could potentially add new destinations to the show ever few years, with minimal downtime, test on one machine, then load the data into the others.
There are so many fantastic destinations in Star Wars, im mostly looking forward to Alderan for some reason, perhaps because it a destination we haven't yet visited.
im so looking forward to this update, the potential is amazing, i hope they keep some sort of retro Kitsch factor to it. Maybe the overly camp pre boarding video could be filmed in the same style.
I hope that Rex at least gets a personality update, that guy drives me Bonkers. If they do a random destination system, they could potentially add new destinations to the show ever few years, with minimal downtime, test on one machine, then load the data into the others.
There are so many fantastic destinations in Star Wars, im mostly looking forward to Alderan for some reason, perhaps because it a destination we haven't yet visited.
Xethis
New Member
Just because you don't see Hoth or Endor until later on in the films does not by any means mean they aren't there. It's a concrete fact that Alderaan is gone, as in no longer exists, after A New Hope.
So no, it is not a cop out, but a fact. If the new Star Tours visits Alderaan, then it has to take place before the planet goes boom. Period.
wbc
New Member
According to Star Wars lore, the AT-AT was designed during the Clone Wars. So, it could still fit in with the exterior... no matter when in Star Wars time the attraction will take place.
First seen in the Second Battle of Jabiim in the year 21 BBY.
First seen in the Second Battle of Jabiim in the year 21 BBY.
Master Gracey 5
Active Member
The same can be said of Korriban, Corellia, Ithor or any of a multitude of other planets in the SW universe - never in the movies, but they still exist and important to the canon. SW is bigger than the movies, and better for it. I'm happy to see them draw outside of Ep I-VI for material, it will add depth to the ride that it was missing in the first version.
Ah, the BBY dating system - how I miss thee. Master Yoda, I salute you.
SleepingMonk
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Xethis
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sublimesting
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I even have all of the figures and ships (both original and new versions).
Pepper's Ghost
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This made me laugh.
Well, George had to make Greedo shoot first in his enhanced trilogy, or Han would always be tainted for shooting first and asking questions later.
FigmentJedi
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Endor being part of the travel video sure is interesting when you consider how backwater the planet was before the Battle of Endor and how full of danger it was between the Sanyassan Raiders and all the monsters and stuff.
That was apparently the MPAA's fault. They insisted on Greedo shooting first or else they would have bumped the New Hope Special Edition's rating to PG-13This made me laugh.
Pepper's Ghost
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I'm probably going to get flamed too, but I have to say this.
This ride originally incorporated the Death Star Trench scene just so that the riders could experience what everyone wanted to experience after seeing A New Hope for the first time. I don't think that it was added as a realistic addition to the Star Wars story. Do you really think that G.Lucas wanted a third Death Star destroyed by REX as an actual part of the Star Wars story? I think we're missing the point of what role the ride plays in the overall story, and that is to say, NONE. This isn't POTC. It's not the ride inspired by the movie, which then inspired the movie or anything like that. It's simply letting the riders experience the Trench scene as if we were Luke.
It is not all that far fetched. Many of the places that we consider exotic high end vacation destinations are full tilt third world countries with all the associated dangers if you wander into the non tourist areas.
SleepingMonk
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Oh how I wish you were being sarcastic.
FigmentJedi
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George has approved worse additions to the Expanded Universe. And Rex didn't destroy the station, the X-Wing in front of him did.
Enchantâmes
Active Member
It was already announced that no ride will be the same with 3 different destinations every time you ride at random. In California they have ripped out the entire floor so there is sure to be a ton of work in the queue.
Pepper's Ghost
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I could be wrong because it's been a little while since I've been on the ride. I just remember Rex saying "WE DID IT!" Doesn't he say that, or did I dream that line? Entirely possible that I did.
Worse additions?? You mean Jar Jar? I don't know.... Rex ranks right up there with Jar Jar. At least Jar Jar didn't help destroy a small moon..... wait, that's no moon, it's a space station.
The ride does contiue the story of the events after Return of The Jedi.
That's the reason we are going to Endor in the first place. To see where the battle took place. There was a 3rd Death Star built by the way so Star Tours does continue the stories and doesn't exist in an alternate universe.
FigmentJedi
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No, I'm talking about crap like the Yuuzhan Vong War, which had Chewie being killed by a damn moon in the first book and started a whole "GRIMDARK" era in Star Wars books that reached it's peak with one of the Solo kids going Sith Lord.
Pepper's Ghost
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I want to preempt this post with the fact that I've never read any of the SW books or seen the cartoons. I'm sure they're great, but I've never had the desire. I love the 6 movies for what they are and have seen them all a zillion times, well with the exception of Phantom Menace.
So, let me get this straight. The purpose of the ride is to take us to the scene of the battle on Endor from Return of the Jedi, but Rex overshoots the destination and we end up finding ourselves in a situation where we're in the trench of a 3rd Death Star, the exact same scenario as in A New Hope, and then the Death Star is destroyed the exact same way.... again. That just makes no sense.
With that said, I go back to my original statement that we're overanalyzing the purpose of the story of the ride. It's not meant to be an addition to the SW story. It's just a means of allowing riders and fans to experience the same exhilartion that our "heroes" experienced through the movies. The new ride will likely have the same intention. Any overanalyzing just causes issues with the timetable of the story and ruins the original intention of the ride, and that's to have fun! :hammer:
Like I said before, I've never read the books.... it's just not in my repertoire, so I'm guessing I've missed a lot. Sounds like some of them are enough to upset us SW movie fans.... like Chewie being killed by a moon???? Guess I had to be there to understand how one is killed by a moon. A Solo kid turning to the Dark Side is an interesting storyline though. The Schwartz, errr..... Force is strong in those Solo kids.
So, let me get this straight. The purpose of the ride is to take us to the scene of the battle on Endor from Return of the Jedi, but Rex overshoots the destination and we end up finding ourselves in a situation where we're in the trench of a 3rd Death Star, the exact same scenario as in A New Hope, and then the Death Star is destroyed the exact same way.... again. That just makes no sense.
With that said, I go back to my original statement that we're overanalyzing the purpose of the story of the ride. It's not meant to be an addition to the SW story. It's just a means of allowing riders and fans to experience the same exhilartion that our "heroes" experienced through the movies. The new ride will likely have the same intention. Any overanalyzing just causes issues with the timetable of the story and ruins the original intention of the ride, and that's to have fun! :hammer:
Like I said before, I've never read the books.... it's just not in my repertoire, so I'm guessing I've missed a lot. Sounds like some of them are enough to upset us SW movie fans.... like Chewie being killed by a moon???? Guess I had to be there to understand how one is killed by a moon. A Solo kid turning to the Dark Side is an interesting storyline though. The Schwartz, errr..... Force is strong in those Solo kids.