Imagineering and Lucasfilm dreamed up 2 different Star Wars lands for Disneyland and Disney World - OCR/SCNG

[Jae Sea]

I've heard many arguments for the "why didn't they build a planet from the movies? harry potter did that". While I think building a well known planet from the star wars universe would have been more captivating to some, it wouldn't impress the entire audience. The reason Harry Potter did so well is because literally all the movies are based around Hogwarts Castle. Diagon alley was also visited many times by the characters during the movies. However, once a planet is done in a star wars movie, you never really go back to it. With this, everyone has a favorite planet and has a different opinion than other fans. Personally I'd love to have a Coruscant area or a Hoth area, but I know that others wouldn't have that as their first choice.

Now I know that the imaginners were going to do a Tatooine area and got far into development but it got scrapped due to high level exes and Kathleen Kennedy wanting it to tie into the sequel trilogy. However, if Tatooine was built, it wouldn't of satisfied everyones idea of what a story wars story is. It would have put you into the world of star wars yes, but not an ideal version of everyones star wars story. I like the idea of an outside star wars story planet. It brings something new to the universe that is not based in a movie, but based in a fictional but tangible experience.

But yeah, they should've made two different lands. I'd be much more excited and more willing to spend my money if I knew that Florida had a different Galaxy's Edge. But Disney knows that most people will either just go to DL or WDW, not usually both, at least not the GP.

They visited tattooine in the prequels and original trilogy, plus the mandalorian now. They hardly visit a planet and forget it.

 

[Robbiem]

Well... money. Even though they were cloned, DHS's galaxys edge was rumored to be $800mil while DL's galaxys edge was rumored to be $1B. While creatively this was a missed opportunity, the Disney company would never have spend more money than what they already did. The reason alot of the proposed cancelled aspects of the land (ie robots and walk around characters) was due to budget cuts.


...why

yep it was money but a wasted opportunity- would it really have cost that much to redress the buildings in Florida to be different from California? They did it with the Haunted Mansion, Pirates and even star tours

 

[LastoneOn]

yep it was money but a wasted opportunity- would it really have cost that much to redress the buildings in Florida to be different from California? They did it with the Haunted Mansion, Pirates and even star tours

Redress? The attraction buildings - on stage pieces - you mention are entirely different, not just redressed somehow.

 

[truecoat]

yep it was money but a wasted opportunity- would it really have cost that much to redress the buildings in Florida to be different from California? They did it with the Haunted Mansion, Pirates and even star tours

So not in the last 30 years.