News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

Can't agree more. It seems someone at WDI enjoys creative writing as a hobby as they seem to love coming up with random characters and backstories for everything from stores on upward. This conversation is going on in the Main Street Confectionary thread, but the mixed-up priorities are evident there where they came up with a fictional contest and whole bunch of fictional characters whose biographies are pasted up in the store. They didn't, however, bother to make the images of the characters look like they are from the same time period as the store.

Creative writing? Try hack writing.

 

[FettFan]

Perhaps it's just different strokes for different folks. I've heard tales of how incredibly bad the Star Wars Holiday Special was, but after rewatching these 2 movies last week (first time since childhood) I can't help but assume the special has to be much better. Honestly I am floored that those projects made it out of the cutting room.

The Ewok movies are actually coherent, though.

The Holiday Special is little more than a fever dream presumably fueled by a myriad of illicit substances.

Among its oddities:
Harvey Korman in drag as a four-armed alien tv chef.

Chewbacca's father-in-law watching virtual reality adult entertainment of Diahann Carroll....

given to him by Art Carney of all people.

While grandpa is getting his groove on, Harvey Korman makes another appearance as a holographic computer tech who teaches Chewbacca's son ("Lumpy") how to build his own computer.

The only "good" portion of the Holiday Special is the first appearance of Boba Fett in a short produced by Nelvana,

but even then the animation is so janky that all of the Non-Boba characters are rather unsettling.

Chewbacca is obviously a Yorkshire Terrier, and Han looks like what you'd get if Jessica Biel decided to have John Travolta's baby.

We find out that at some point, a new owner took over the Mos Eisley Cantina: Bea Arthur.
The Empire decides to shut the cantina down, so she breaks out into a song number about how "It's not the end, friend".

And to her credit, she actually seems to be having a good time with all the insanity going on around her, so good for her.
RIP Bea, you were always a trooper.

(side note: would be hilarious if we discovered that the "Rey who?" woman was actually this character)

She also pours a last drink for....wait for it....

HARVEY KORMAN AGAIN. (obviously someone in charge of this mess was a massive Harvey Korman fan)

This time, he plays another alien, who "drinks" alcohol by pouring it directly into a crater atop his skull.
(I'm fairly certain this is meant to be a metaphor for how this special was created)

Anyway, there are a few variety show type numbers, including Jefferson Starship.

And it culminates with Chewbacca and the other Wookiees joining a cult.

Then posing for a Queen album cover.

And just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger, pre-rehab Carrie Fisher sings the Life Day Anthem.
Which is set to the tune of John Williams' Star Wars - Main Title.


While Harrison Ford looks longingly at the check someone is holding just off camera, and Mark Hamill blankly stares at nothing, wondering if his career is already over.

 

[Skywise]

Have you heard about the poolesss Star Wars Hotel?

Not from a Jedi!

 

[MisterPenguin]

The Ewok movies are actually coherent, though.

The Holiday Special is little more than a fever dream presumably fueled by a myriad of illicit substances.

Among its oddities:
Harvey Korman in drag as a four-armed alien tv chef.

Chewbacca's father-in-law watching virtual reality adult entertainment of Diahann Carroll....

given to him by Art Carney of all people.

While grandpa is getting his groove on, Harvey Korman makes another appearance as a holographic computer tech who teaches Chewbacca's son ("Lumpy") how to build his own computer.

The only "good" portion of the Holiday Special is the first appearance of Boba Fett in a short produced by Nelvana,

but even then the animation is so janky that all of the Non-Boba characters are rather unsettling.

Chewbacca is obviously a Yorkshire Terrier, and Han looks like what you'd get if Jessica Biel decided to have John Travolta's baby.

We find out that at some point, a new owner took over the Mos Eisley Cantina: Bea Arthur.
The Empire decides to shut the cantina down, so she breaks out into a song number about how "It's not the end, friend".

And to her credit, she actually seems to be having a good time with all the insanity going on around her, so good for her.
RIP Bea, you were always a trooper.

(side note: would be hilarious if we discovered that the "Rey who?" woman was actually this character)

She also pours a last drink for....wait for it....

HARVEY KORMAN AGAIN. (obviously someone in charge of this mess was a massive Harvey Korman fan)

This time, he plays another alien, who "drinks" alcohol by pouring it directly into a crater atop his skull.
(I'm fairly certain this is meant to be a metaphor for how this special was created)

Anyway, there are a few variety show type numbers, including Jefferson Starship.

And it culminates with Chewbacca and the other Wookiees joining a cult.

Then posing for a Queen album cover.

And just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger, pre-rehab Carrie Fisher sings the Life Day Anthem.
Which is set to the tune of John Williams' Star Wars - Main Title.


While Harrison Ford looks longingly at the check someone is holding just off camera, and Mark Hamill blankly stares at nothing, wondering if his career is already over.

This whole page was copy/pasted from Wikipedia's article on "coke-driven."

 

[ImperfectPixie]

The Ewok movies are actually coherent, though.

The Holiday Special is little more than a fever dream presumably fueled by a myriad of illicit substances.

Among its oddities:
Harvey Korman in drag as a four-armed alien tv chef.

Chewbacca's father-in-law watching virtual reality adult entertainment of Diahann Carroll....

given to him by Art Carney of all people.

While grandpa is getting his groove on, Harvey Korman makes another appearance as a holographic computer tech who teaches Chewbacca's son ("Lumpy") how to build his own computer.

The only "good" portion of the Holiday Special is the first appearance of Boba Fett in a short produced by Nelvana,

but even then the animation is so janky that all of the Non-Boba characters are rather unsettling.

Chewbacca is obviously a Yorkshire Terrier, and Han looks like what you'd get if Jessica Biel decided to have John Travolta's baby.

We find out that at some point, a new owner took over the Mos Eisley Cantina: Bea Arthur.
The Empire decides to shut the cantina down, so she breaks out into a song number about how "It's not the end, friend".

And to her credit, she actually seems to be having a good time with all the insanity going on around her, so good for her.
RIP Bea, you were always a trooper.

(side note: would be hilarious if we discovered that the "Rey who?" woman was actually this character)

She also pours a last drink for....wait for it....

HARVEY KORMAN AGAIN. (obviously someone in charge of this mess was a massive Harvey Korman fan)

This time, he plays another alien, who "drinks" alcohol by pouring it directly into a crater atop his skull.
(I'm fairly certain this is meant to be a metaphor for how this special was created)

Anyway, there are a few variety show type numbers, including Jefferson Starship.

And it culminates with Chewbacca and the other Wookiees joining a cult.

Then posing for a Queen album cover.

And just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger, pre-rehab Carrie Fisher sings the Life Day Anthem.
Which is set to the tune of John Williams' Star Wars - Main Title.


While Harrison Ford looks longingly at the check someone is holding just off camera, and Mark Hamill blankly stares at nothing, wondering if his career is already over.

Yeah...I just can't believe any of it even made it to the point of casting or recording audio for the animation.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

Not from a Jedi!

Have you ever heard of the tragedy of The Great Floridian The Wise?

 

[mightynine]

I wonder if Han broke out the dance moves with Leia while Starcrusin’?

 

[larryz]

I wonder if Han broke out the dance moves with Leia while Starcrusin’?

What the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is this???

 

[Morkey Moose]

I wonder if Han broke out the dance moves with Leia while Starcrusin’?

Galactic Dance Mooooode!!! I was working for a video game TV network back when Star Wars Kinect launched and, man, did we have a field day with this. People tend to remember pre-Disney Star Wars as some kind of sacred era and, sure, sometimes you got a Clone Wars, but most times, you got stuff like this...

 

[durangojim]

Have you ever heard of the tragedy of The Great Floridian The Wise?

Or Darth Iger the overconfident? I thought not. It’s not a story the Disney Parks Blog would tell you. It’s a Disney legend. Darth Iger was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the media to influence the fans to create more revenue… He had such a knowledge of the media that he could even keep the talent he cared about from quitting. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice took power and ruined much of what he accomplished. Ironic. He could save the stock price from declining, but not his reputation.

 

[pdude81]

No. You are hereby guilty of making a bad assumption. As punishment, you are hereby sentenced to watch it.

I can't wait to find out if the legends are true.

 

[pdude81]

The Ewok movies are actually coherent, though.

The Holiday Special is little more than a fever dream presumably fueled by a myriad of illicit substances.

Among its oddities:
Harvey Korman in drag as a four-armed alien tv chef.

Chewbacca's father-in-law watching virtual reality adult entertainment of Diahann Carroll....

given to him by Art Carney of all people.

While grandpa is getting his groove on, Harvey Korman makes another appearance as a holographic computer tech who teaches Chewbacca's son ("Lumpy") how to build his own computer.

The only "good" portion of the Holiday Special is the first appearance of Boba Fett in a short produced by Nelvana,

but even then the animation is so janky that all of the Non-Boba characters are rather unsettling.

Chewbacca is obviously a Yorkshire Terrier, and Han looks like what you'd get if Jessica Biel decided to have John Travolta's baby.

We find out that at some point, a new owner took over the Mos Eisley Cantina: Bea Arthur.
The Empire decides to shut the cantina down, so she breaks out into a song number about how "It's not the end, friend".

And to her credit, she actually seems to be having a good time with all the insanity going on around her, so good for her.
RIP Bea, you were always a trooper.

(side note: would be hilarious if we discovered that the "Rey who?" woman was actually this character)

She also pours a last drink for....wait for it....

HARVEY KORMAN AGAIN. (obviously someone in charge of this mess was a massive Harvey Korman fan)

This time, he plays another alien, who "drinks" alcohol by pouring it directly into a crater atop his skull.
(I'm fairly certain this is meant to be a metaphor for how this special was created)

Anyway, there are a few variety show type numbers, including Jefferson Starship.

And it culminates with Chewbacca and the other Wookiees joining a cult.

Then posing for a Queen album cover.

And just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger, pre-rehab Carrie Fisher sings the Life Day Anthem.
Which is set to the tune of John Williams' Star Wars - Main Title.


While Harrison Ford looks longingly at the check someone is holding just off camera, and Mark Hamill blankly stares at nothing, wondering if his career is already over.

Spoiler alert!

 

[ImperfectPixie]

I think Lucas saw a quick money deal to help expand his companies and didn't actually care about putting together a cohesive story.

Not to mention these were made in the wake of his divorce from Marcia Lucas, so I kind of think his heart might not have been into it.

But hey we get Wilford Brimley as a cranky old hermit on Endor who may or may not have dropped Star Wars' only F-bomb.


And we get the added bonus of Principal Vernon offed by a group of alien marauders.
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Marcia ended up with $50 million of his ~$60 million worth, so yes, there was more than likely a "desperation" to make more money...especially since during the 10 years post-divorce, he was involved in several flops.

 

[Magenta Panther]

My goodness this schtick of yours has become insufferable. It's as if you've chosen to become a full-time Muppet slander account. It's a little more than concerning and certainly not necessary.

We get it. You don't like them. Please move on.

"Move on"? But it's so gosh-darned fun!

 

[pdude81]

Given the rapidly decreasing covid numbers, I'm glad that they are making a change in the mask policy before this launches. I'm a bit surprised they wouldn't give it a week or more lead time, but good to hear nonetheless.

 

[danv3]

Two weeks out.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Passed by Starcruiser on my way to Hollywood this afternoon and looked to be 10ish cars parked by the entrance. Are they doing test cruises this week as well?

 

[_caleb]

Two weeks out.

It's like Sea World asking audience members at the dolphin show if they're ok getting wet so they can set them in the splash zone.

 

[TDLFan]

This morning was the end of a test voyage. Apparently the fire alarm was pulled and people were "evacuated" to Earth, standing outside around 9am. As far as the review of the voyage, " It's cute, but nowhere near worth the asking price."

 

[TrojanUSC]

"It's cute, but nowhere near worth the asking price."

Heard this from others as well. The food is the best part apparently.