News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions

[Phroobar]

To briefly interrupt the discussion about sleeping infants here is another vlog by Yensid55 summarising progress in December. I loved the footage of an imagineer working on a log. I never knew that they did this, I thought they were "thinkers" not "doers".

These videos make you appreciate the how much it goes into a project like this. Think about all the planning, management, architecture, labor and talent used to build something like this. I can see how they can spend millions of dollars on something like this. I bet the rock work and land moving is the thing that costs the most money. Potter is nothing but a series of steel buildings on level ground.

 

[SSG]

I was being sarcastic. And a sleeping child is sleeping, you don't need to force them to do anything because they are SLEEPING.

Don't kids pretty much raise themselves? Like small turtles?

 

[Curious Constance]

Don't kids pretty much raise themselves? Like small turtles?

I hope so, otherwise my kids are screwed.

 

[yookeroo]

When I visit the parks with kids, they set the day. We do what they would like to do and when they get tired, we take a break or leave. I'm not going to force a sleeping child stay at the park just because I want to stick around.

Don't kids pretty much raise themselves? Like small turtles?

If they're going to set my Disney agenda, they better darn well be raising themselves. Selfish gits.

 

[S 2]

If they're going to set my Disney agenda, they better darn well be raising themselves. Selfish gits.

Seriously though, can you guys instant message each other or something?

 

[SuddenStorm]

When I go to the park, I'm there from rope drop till I finish my Main Street shopping after the park closes.
Whenever I get tired and the group I'm with is down, I go to the Main Street Cinema, it's dark, quiet, has Mickey Mouse Cartoons for younger people, and is usually pretty empty. I can usually get 25-30 minutes of relaxation.

 

[Curious Constance]

When I go to the park, I'm there from rope drop till I finish my Main Street shopping after the park closes.
Whenever I get tired and the group I'm with is down, I go to the Main Street Cinema, it's dark, quiet, has Mickey Mouse Cartoons for younger people, and is usually pretty empty. I can usually get 25-30 minutes of relaxation.

But aren't you standing the whole time?

 

[Curious Constance]

Is this white bridge going to be for the train?

http://micechat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_7545.jpg

 

[SSG]

Is this white bridge going to be for the train?

http://micechat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_7545.jpg

That's the talk.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

That's the talk.

You can actually see it in the ROA rendering (on the far right).

 

[Phroobar]

I wonder if Chief Waves-a-lot will be on his horse someplace.

 

[SuddenStorm]

But aren't you standing the whole time?

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/254928

 

[S 2]

But aren't you standing the whole time?

He's not standing when he's on Space Mountain! WWWWHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

[TP2000]

Not much construction news because of all the rain this week, but this is kinda related...

George Lucas has chosen Los Angeles to build his $1 Billion (with a B) facility dedicated to his massive art collection and movie career.

Called the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, it will sit on land in Exposition Park near the University of Southern California (his alma mater), right next to the Coliseum. A major part of the museum will be dedicated to Mr. Lucas' massive collection of Star Wars ephemera and the creative journey behind the Star Wars movies.

The LA Times has a story and a quick video about the process it took for LA to win this bid. I should say for Star Wars fans, Southern California will be mecca for them in a few years once Star Wars Land and the George Lucas museum open to the public. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-wins-lucas-museum-20170110-htmlstory.html

 

[NobodyElse]

Not much construction news because of all the rain this week, but this is kinda related...

George Lucas has chosen Los Angeles to build his $1 Billion (with a B) facility dedicated to his massive art collection and movie career.

Called the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, it will sit on land in Exposition Park near the University of Southern California (his alma mater), right next to the Coliseum. A major part of the museum will be dedicated to Mr. Lucas' massive collection of Star Wars ephemera and the creative journey behind the Star Wars movies.

The LA Times has a story and a quick video about the process it took for LA to win this bid. I should say for Star Wars fans, Southern California will be mecca for them in a few years once Star Wars Land and the George Lucas museum open to the public. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-wins-lucas-museum-20170110-htmlstory.html

It'll be so much more than Star Wars and Indy (but I'm sure definitive on those subjects). It'll be a great addition to the Los Angeles museum scene.

 

[Phroobar]

It'll be so much more than Star Wars and Indy (but I'm sure definitive on those subjects). It'll be a great addition to the Los Angeles museum scene.

We love that area of LA. My wife would love to work at LACMA. It will be a great addition to all the other museums there. Isn't LA getting the Olympics around that time too?

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I was really hoping they'd choose SF, but LA offered a $20 a year lease so no surprise that they chose to build there.

 

[choco choco]

We love that area of LA. My wife would love to work at LACMA. It will be a great addition to all the other museums there. Isn't LA getting the Olympics around that time too?

Not sure if you were jumping topics between sentences, but just to be clear: Lucas' museum will be nowhere near LACMA. The grouping of museums LACMA is part of is called the Miracle Mile and is on Wilshire on the westside. Lucas' museum will be with the grouping of museums in Exposition Park, which is just south of Downtown LA.

LA is bidding for the 2024 Olympics, but it is not considered the favorite (Paris is).

 

[choco choco]

I was really hoping they'd choose SF, but LA offered a $20 a year lease so no surprise that they chose to build there.

I'm pretty sure Lucas preferred SF too (he first proposed this for the Presidio and most of the things he's built from his riches, from ILM to Skywalker Ranch, is in Northern California), but I don't think the rent money had anything to do with it. The Treasure Island location was just untenable. It's lonely and windswept, and hardly anything is out there. The only argument for putting it on that battered rock was the hope that Lucas' museum would be the seed that spurs the development they've been trying to get onto that island for decades. Even if that happened, it wouldn't be a happenin' area for at least 10-15 years, with his museum having to be the sole (and dubiously sufficient?) anchor during that time. And if it didn't spur development? Well, then he would have built a hard to access white elephant, and who knows if it could have survived that.

 

[TP2000]

Here's a rainy and muddy update from our favorite lady blogger.