News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[danv3]

Do you think Disney did any focus groups with major SW fans going into this? Or did they just assume they knew what SW fans wanted? Or perhaps they didn't care one iota about SW fans. (They certainly don't care about Disney fans! )

 

[Incomudro]

Do you think Disney did any focus groups with major SW fans going into this? Or did they just assume they knew what SW fans wanted? Or perhaps they didn't care one iota about SW fans. (They certainly don't care about Disney fans! )

Personally, I believe they are attempting to change what Star Wars fans want - as well as change who Star Wars fans are.

 

[Dragonman]

Personally, I believe they are attempting to change what Star Wars fans want - as well as change who Star Wars fans are.

Well we’ve seen how that’s been going after a few years lol

 

[Dragonman]

They just have to re-skin The Rock-A-Fire Explosion as an alien band.

Funny enough they actually tried exactly that in the 80’s.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Funny enough they actually tried exactly that in the 80’s.
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Please tell me we have video?!

 

[Dragonman]

Please tell me we have video?!

Unfortunately no one bought the show so they’ve been sitting in the creator’s Florida warehouse since the 80’s. Luckily they filmed some clips in the early 90’s to show them off:

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Unfortunately no one bought the show so they’ve been sitting in the creator’s Florida warehouse since the 80’s. Luckily they filmed some clips in the early 90’s to show them off:

Quasar sounds like Peter Lorre. Awesome.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Unfortunately no one bought the show so they’ve been sitting in the creator’s Florida warehouse since the 80’s. Luckily they filmed some clips in the early 90’s to show them off:

That... might actually improve three out of the four WDW parks.

 

[MurphyJoe]

You guys aren't serious turning dinner on a $6000 excursion into a pizza party at Chuck E. Cheese, are you?

I heard you can win up to 1,000 tickets during lightsaber training.

 

[FettFan]

This will be the equivelent to one of those "Pick your Path" or "Choose your own Adventure" books where the actions you take (with nudging from CMs) will put you on a predetermined path. The choices we make will be limited so as to contain the storyline, cast, effects, etc. If you've ever read one of these books you'll know that repeatability is doable but the ending/outcome is generally always the same.

I've long theorized that one of the reasons for the high price of admission is to ward off repeat visits so as to keep the adventure(s) from becoming predictable or worse having guests spoil the surprise for other guests. Thoughts?

It makes sense. Ultimately that’s what hurt the Adventurers Club (and is annoying in the Haunted Mansion stretching gallery).
Too many people in on the gag, so they all chime in and break the flow of the show by randomly screaming “KUNGALOOSH!” or “THERES ALWAYS MY WAY!”

 

[FettFan]

Seriously, why doesn't that bridge have at least some AA aliens in it? C3PO would be a perfect fit; he's already piloting regular trips to Endor. And, he has successfully shielded a rebel spy as well.

Because:

1. It costs too much money to get Anthony Daniels to record dialogue for a new C-3PO appearance.

2. For the experience to be truly “random”, instead of an animatronic puppet, they would have to use an actor in costume.
And that would be much of a safety risk. You’ve already seen how entitled/overprivileged guests enjoy messing with costumed characters….add to that a protocol droid getup that messes with the performer’s vision and range of movement.
Even Anthony Daniels himself had issues with the costume. How badly do you think it would go for a minimum wage character performer?

 

[TikibirdLand]

Because:

1. It costs too much money to get Anthony Daniels to record dialogue for a new C-3PO appearance.

2. For the experience to be truly “random”, instead of an animatronic puppet, they would have to use an actor in costume.
And that would be much of a safety risk. You’ve already seen how entitled/overprivileged guests enjoy messing with costumed characters….add to that a protocol droid getup that messes with the performer’s vision and range of movement.
Even Anthony Daniels himself had issues with the costume. How badly do you think it would go for a minimum wage character performer?

Putting the AA behind some kind of barrier keeps guests away from it. Behavior can be random enough for certain roles on the bridge. For example, look at how Rex in Oga's behaves. He's got enough dialog to last a while. DItto for Dok-Ondor. There's plenty of people that can imitate C3PO's voice. I don't think that would be a problem. But, it that something they will do? Not likely.

 

[FettFan]

Putting the AA behind some kind of barrier keeps guests away from it. Behavior can be random enough for certain roles on the bridge. For example, look at how Rex in Oga's behaves. He's got enough dialog to last a while. DItto for Dok-Ondor. There's plenty of people that can imitate C3PO's voice. I don't think that would be a problem. But, it that something they will do? Not likely.

I think you’re still more likely to get an Ashoka Tano appearance by a costumed actor….despite the fact that canonically she’s dead at the time the galactic starcruiser is supposed to be flying.

 

[Incomudro]

I think you’re still more likely to get an Ashoka Tano appearance by a costumed actor….despite the fact that canonically she’s dead at the time the galactic starcruiser is supposed to be flying.

You're probably right, and though I like Ashoka - doing something like this would further prove Disney's reluctance with choosing characters who tie things back to the original trilogy.

 

[bubbles1812]

Personally, I believe they are attempting to change what Star Wars fans want - as well as change who Star Wars fans are.

Solid take, especially the last line. Not that Star Wars didn’t always have some cutish creatures and droids, but Grogu was meant to appeal to a more massive audience than the fandom that already existed. My mom was even willing to watch The Mandalorian (and believe me, that is saying something.) The new trilogy was designed in a similar but less successful way.

From a business perspective, it makes a ton of sense to me. You want a broad appeal to make the most money possible.

From a fan perspective, I’m not convinced that what Disney is doing is necessarily always bad when it comes to Star Wars (looking forward to quite a bit of the coming new content), but it’s certainly a change. And humans don’t like change.

 

[TikibirdLand]

Solid take, especially the last line. Not that Star Wars didn’t always have some cutish creatures and droids, but Grogu was meant to appeal to a more massive audience than the fandom that already existed. My mom was even willing to watch The Mandalorian (and believe me, that is saying something.) The new trilogy was designed in a similar but less successful way.

From a business perspective, it makes a ton of sense to me. You want a broad appeal to make the most money possible.

From a fan perspective, I’m not convinced that what Disney is doing is necessarily always bad when it comes to Star Wars (looking forward to quite a bit of the coming new content), but it’s certainly a change. And humans don’t like change.

Reminds me of the old New Coke vs Old Coke commercials. We know how that turned out!

 

[Incomudro]

Reminds me of the old New Coke vs Old Coke commercials. We know how that turned out!

It really is similar.
Heavily marketing what's new, and trying to convince customers to like it - when you know what they already like.
I understand introducing something new to the Star Wars mix - there are entire worlds in the story.
I don't for instance believe the Halcyon should have the banged up and repurposed Star Wars aesthetic.
But when you introduce the new, you've got to keep a strong link to the old - especially for Star Wars fans.

 

[pdude81]

I remember it as Coke 2 and it was pretty good. This was sometime in the 90's and I had no idea about the cola civil war from the prior decade.

 

[Cesar R M]

I did an interactive play (40 guests at a time split into four groups: rebels, workers, bosses and elite) in which my group was to try and start a revolt. Guest actions determined what would happen next.

We sucked. The bad guys won on our night LOL

I hope you went full vengeful Luke on the second night... XD

"but the DM books are sacred texts".. and then Luke be like...

 

[Cesar R M]

Personally, I believe they are attempting to change what Star Wars fans want - as well as change who Star Wars fans are.

I wonder how long until we see a similar gatekeeping forcible inserted by Disney.. a la
"You're not Disney fan unless you have visited WDW at least once".
In Star Wars's case, it will be along the lines of "Only true fans will or have been to the starcruiser!"