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

[Curious Constance]

Well they do have some SW spacecraft and characters in attendance.

Here's the Disney Parks Blog post:

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...med-land-groundbreaking-at-disneyland-park-2/

R2 looks so cute, doesn't he?


I used to sit next to this guy at work, he was 23. One day he looks at me and says, "Who the heck is R2D2???" I looked at him like he was from another planet. Pulled out my R2 D2 droid I made at Disneyland, and said, "You know, from Star Wars?" HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM!!!!!! How is that possible? He's said, "My dad tired to make me watch Star Wars one time, there was so much sand, and it was so boring, I only watched about ten minutes." LOL

 

[Phroobar]

Weird considering he would have been the prime age for the prequels. I guess pop culture doesn't effect everyone.

 

[TP2000]

I actually walked alongside the construction last night. The walking path on Disneyland Drive is right next to the site. You can look in, for now. It's absolutely enormous. I was floored by the sheer size of the area and bummed by the fact that it's mostly becoming Star Wars Land, while listening to ''Genesis Countdown'' from James Horner's Wrath of Khan score.

Yeah, it's massive. I was parked on the 4th floor of Mickey & Friends a couple weeks ago, and I walked up to the 6th floor and looked. It's stunning. Anyone parked at Mickey & Friends really needs to walk up to the roof to take a look.

 

[TP2000]

Good point. Is there actual SW ground breaking happening in Orlando right now? Have they even begun demoing any of the existing infrastructure?

Not really. There hasn't even been a real acknowledgement of where in DHS this land goes.

Disneyland is months ahead of the game on this one. Not sure what that means for the timing of both land's opening, but it appears Disneyland will open their land months (a full year?) ahead of the DHS version. Weird, huh?

 

[Mike S]

Not really. There hasn't even been a real acknowledgement of where in DHS this land goes.

Disneyland is months ahead of the game on this one. Not sure what that means for the timing of both land's opening, but it appears Disneyland will open their land months (a full year?) ahead of the DHS version. Weird, huh?

Not weird if you've followed WDW's recent projects. It's par for the course sadly.

 

[Curious Constance]

Weird considering he would have been the prime age for the prequels. I guess pop culture doesn't effect everyone.

I can understand now liking Star Wars and knowing nothing about it, but to not at least recognize R2 from either his name or a picture seemed impossible to me. How do you go 23 years without seeing R2 somewhere?

 

[Figments Friend]

I actually walked alongside the construction last night. The walking path on Disneyland Drive is right next to the site. You can look in, for now. It's absolutely enormous. I was floored by the sheer size of the area and bummed by the fact that it's mostly becoming Star Wars Land, while listening to ''Genesis Countdown'' from James Horner's Wrath of Khan score.

James Horner is da' man.
Love his scores. I'm a big fan of a lot of his work.

So sad he is no longer with us....

 

[Deleted member 107043]

He's said, "My dad tired to make me watch Star Wars one time, there was so much sand, and it was so boring, I only watched about ten minutes." LOL

I had to school a couple of millennials that I know this past December when The Force Awakens was released. I couldn't decide if they were super dumb or if I was really old.

 

[Mike S]

I had to school a couple of millennials that I know this past December when The Force Awakens was released. I couldn't decide if they were super dumb or if I was really old.

The former. Being a millennial is no excuse.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I'm looking forward to SW Land--a lot--but the irony of something simple and charming being bulldozed by an Entertainment Empire to tell a huge, high-tech anti-Empire story is too good to let slide. Then again, if I'd been an Anaheim orange tree lover in 1954, I'd have had a lot to complain about.

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

D'awwwwwww BB-8 is helping! I see R2 is also trying to help... they need to hit him with a broom and put him back in the closet! No one likes him anymore...

D'awwwwwwww, look at BB-8!

 

[Deleted member 107043]

they need to hit him with a broom and put him back in the closet! No one likes him anymore...

LOL!

 

[Curious Constance]

D'awwwwwww BB-8 is helping! I see R2 is also trying to help... they need to hit him with a broom and put him back in the closet! No one likes him anymore...

D'awwwwwwww, look at BB-8!

 

[Rich T]

That's what R2 gets for sulking through an entire movie.

 

[Travel Junkie]

For those interested in watching moving pictures of construction work.

https://twitter.com/SoCal360/status/721023835428945920

socal360 on twitter
digging down has commenced.

 

[Phroobar]

I didn't know it was going to have a Sarlacc pit.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

For those interested in watching moving pictures of construction work.

https://twitter.com/SoCal360/status/721023835428945920

socal360 on twitter
digging down has commenced.

So the ground breaking story wasn't just a media stunt. Awesome!

 

[Curious Constance]

So the ground breaking story wasn't just a media stunt. Awesome!

No Bob Iger out under the hot California sun digging into the Earth with a large shovel, but I'll take it!

 

[Phroobar]

No Bob Iger out under the hot California sun digging into the Earth with a large shovel, but I'll take it!

 

[BrianLo]

For those interested in watching moving pictures of construction work.

https://twitter.com/SoCal360/status/721023835428945920

socal360 on twitter
digging down has commenced.

This reaffirms what Mice Age told us - Millennium Falcon and Battle Attraction show buildings are going to be partially sunk into the ground.