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

[Phroobar]

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​

I think the first time we see that kind of stuff will be Star Wars land with the fully autonomic droids. Last year they did a test run of one of those droids in Disneyland Launching Bay cantina. Guests could play block the droid with it.

 

[Practical Pig]

I think the first time we see that kind of stuff will be Star Wars land with the fully autonomic droids. Last year they did a test run of one of those droids in Disneyland Launching Bay cantina. Guests could play block the droid with it.

Yep. I think it's a given we'll be seeing AI droid deployment in SWL, even if initially they're not fully autonomous and attended by discreet handlers for lawyer reasons, at least. The rigid exoskeletons and mechanical nature of droids would make this early use of robotic characters easier and entirely avoid any uncanny valley consequences.

I really want to see that Pascal AI robot the BBC couldn't show us.

 

[Practical Pig]

The railroad bridge has been aged. I wonder if this is the final look or if there's more work to be done here?

I think this is a mid-stage of detailing. There has been the base coat, and then some toning to break up the flatness with some history of age. From here, I would think they'd add some heavier rust streaking down from the bolt heads and other places where rain water flow would be channeled, and depending on how much history they want to give it, I might expect some textural effects to simulate pitting of the steel.

Or ... maybe it's done.

 

[Macro]

I just want to say... I heart macro

This site needs a "Hey" button.



Coincidently I've rigged the 2.0 model. It's not as sexy as AT-ATs. But then, what is?

I couldn't make up my mind which to go with...
2.0a:

2.0b:

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

I really wish we could read the words on that dang map.

Also, what is the yellow area on the map?

My rebel spies reported back to me. They saw one of these safety bulletin boards outside of the construction fence. They tell me the actual map was blurred out in the background and any original text is unreadable. The map is basically a safety map. The colored outlines are superimposed over the blurred map and all captions were safety related. The yellow areas have captions that say something like "Emergency Assembly Area". There are other icons for various safety equipment. There was nothing visible that identified what the buildings were for.

Unfortunately, being in a backstage area they could not photograph it. Getting caught would be a firing offense and it wouldn't have added any information to what we already know.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Coincidently I've rigged the 2.0 model. It's not as sexy as AT-ATs. But then, what is?

I couldn't make up my mind which to go with...
2.0a:

2.0b:

 

[Practical Pig]

This site needs a "Hey" button.



Coincidently I've rigged the 2.0 model. It's not as sexy as AT-ATs. But then, what is?

I couldn't make up my mind which to go with...
2.0a:

2.0b:

I think those are plenty sexy. Thanks for your efforts here. It's very helpful in our attempts at deciphering the clues.

It's seeming like another significant discrepancy between the MC map (with kudos to MC for their early, and pretty darned accurate scoop), is the scale of the buildings in that shopping/dining/meeting orange zone.

 

[gsrjedi]

I feel so tempted to keep up with this thread, but it just makes the wait that much longer. I know it's going to be miserable, but I am so excited for opening day.

 

[The Mur]

So happy to see Macro on a construction tread!

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Weekend SILA update!

 

[Practical Pig]

It's all the railroad and river related construction.

I'm just posting here because I want to give props to Britain for originally calling this four days ago based only on that extremely blurry, first-posted map image of color-coded blobs, before the railroad route could be discerned in the later image. Well discerned, sir.

 

[britain]

I'm just posting here because I want to give props to Britain for originally calling this four days ago based only on that extremely blurry, first-posted map image of color-coded blobs, before the railroad route could be discerned in the later image. Well discerned, sir.

Thanks! My obsession is paying off!

 

[DDLand]

I just talked to my friend that is working construction. These two structures are indeed AT-ATs. They will be rising from one of the pits inside the ride. The big rotunda will have the queue circle the outside. We don't know what the inside will be.

The falcon building will have the highest rock work in all of Disneyland. Its higher than Cars land. The temporary looking steel structures on the far side are for wdi. When the land is almost finished, the will be turned over to food services and costuming.

Whoa, imagine a trackless ride evading close range bombardment by AT-ATs. That's gonna be mind blowing.

I think @BrianLo is right, this is there duel between the ships. The climactic ending to a fast paced ride. This is going to be great.

 

[Phroobar]

Slight tangent, a few years ago I started a project for Star Wars Celebration IV in LA depicting a city taken over by the Empire. The rebels were trying to break in to liberate the city. The city was 10'x20' and included over 200 custom made Star Wars figures. There were 23 artists from across the country that worked on this project over three months. I think it is interesting how this compares to what we are getting from Disney. All we needed is a rocky cliff background.

A complete gallery can be seen at https://www.jedidefender.com/galler...entions/Celebration_IV/Ultimate_Group_Project

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Weekend SILA update!

The video is gone? Did someone yank it off the air?

 

[Practical Pig]

First Mint Crocodile's Twitter posting of the color-coded map, and now SILA's usual video update stricken ... it seems that as we move ahead from the dirt and rock-work phase of construction that Disney may be becoming more aggressive on containment.

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

The video is gone? Did someone yank it off the air?

Did some searching on another video and Jane said she took it down herself due to some issues with YouTube itself. She said she'd try and re-upload later today.

 

[Practical Pig]

Did some searching on another video and Jane said she took it down herself due to some issues with YouTube itself. She said she'd try and re-upload later today.

Good to hear. It's better than the assumption I was steering towards.

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Until then, here's the FB update from the weekend.

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Ok! It's back! and she added some new scenes too