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

Curious Constance

Curious Constance

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britain said:
Wow - ok, so I think that explains why these AT-ATs are steel. If they are going to be moving up and down on an elevator all day, they need to essentially be a part of the elevator. Not a prop built on top of a platform. Gotta make those mechanical legs earthquake proof!
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So is that what the big circle is for, lifting an AT AT all day?! That's even better than an industrial grade spinning salad bar!!!
 
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choco choco

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Old Mouseketeer said:
My guess from different reports my Bothans are collecting is that the completed "pink" building will contain functions that directly support SWL, while the two-story "white" building currently being framed on the corner will house more general support services. This could include facilities costume issue and locker room, tech services, and may even some fireworks support. My rebel spies report that some of their sources have been rather coy about some of these possibilities. A kitchen to support snack stands (called a "Commissary" at DLR) is a definite possibility.
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In other words, they haven't decided yet what the buildings are going to be used for but TDA is definitely keeping them because they need the square footage. Don't make too much out of what is the "temporary"-ness of the backstage structures. They're built on the cheap with standard available materials, but the buildings are definitely up to code and will stand for a long time. All of us know of "temporary" buildings that have continued to be in use for decades. My middle school had many of those modular temporary classrooms; built before I got there and still in use to this day, and that was in a previous millennium.
 
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Practical Pig

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Mint Crocodile posted the much clearer color-coded map to his Twitter, and it's gone now. I don't know if Disney swooped in, or if Mint reconsidered, but I suspect the former.
 
Old Mouseketeer

Old Mouseketeer

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choco choco said:
In other words, they haven't decided yet what the buildings are going to be used for but TDA is definitely keeping them because they need the square footage. Don't make too much out of what is the "temporary"-ness of the backstage structures. They're built on the cheap with standard available materials, but the buildings are definitely up to code and will stand for a long time. All of us know of "temporary" buildings that have continued to be in use for decades. My middle school had many of those modular temporary classrooms; built before I got there and still in use to this day, and that was in a previous millennium.
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It isn't so much that they haven't decided but that they haven't announced it.
 
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The railroad bridge has been aged. I wonder if this is the final look or if there's more work to be done here?

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BrianLo

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Practical Pig said:
Mint Crocodile posted the much clearer color-coded map to his Twitter, and it's gone now. I don't know if Disney swooped in, or if Mint reconsidered, but I suspect the former.
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The same one we have Or an even better one?

I saved it the Instant I saw it... but it's proliferated too much for them to get control of. I understand keeping it off twitter.
 
TP2000

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Curious Constance said:
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So, yeah, those are obviously At-At's (did I spell that right?) about to be pieced together. Their fully formed steel skeletons tell me that those won't just be mere static props placed against a backdrop. If they were just going to be perched on a scene inside the ride, like a big department store window display, they could be made primarily out of wood framing with some steel supports.

Their robust steel construction tells me they have been designed with the ability to move a bit and support animated action. I wouldn't expect them to clomp around the building independently, but I would expect head pivots, articulating leg movement, slight body movement, etc.

Not sure that you could call them an "animatronic", but they'll likely be a big menacing moving set piece that will probably scare the kiddies. You don't spend all that money on steel skeleton and braced framing to just have the thing propped up against a back wall somewhere.
 
Practical Pig

Practical Pig

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Scaring the kiddies is a perfect segue for me to post this article here. Even though it doesn't mention a word about SWL, the technological development discussed has obvious SWL implications. Here's an excerpt, and the headline is SXSW 2017: Disney 'not in the business of scaring kids!':

Jon Snoddy, the company's senior Vice President for research and development, explained how soon you’ll be able to interact with story-telling robots at Disney parks.

“I think AI [artificial intelligence] and machine learning is going to be very important for what we do,” he told the BBC.

"Things like characters that can move around among our guests. They’re going to need to understand where they’re going, have goals, and they’re going to have to know how to navigate in a world with humans.

"All these emerging technologies are going to be key to the next generation of entertainment.”

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39245946​
 

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