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

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Throwing this here just because Star Wars.

I long for the sweet embrace of death.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The shoddy rear projection in that scene is fantastically charming.

 

[smile]

just remember - that guy in the black calmly surveying the scene while under serious pressure is going to crap his pants when ben swolo comes around

 

[TP2000]

Here's the latest. And at 0:45 we see something apparently related to the ride system for the Stormtrooper thing. Those are obviously wheels, but they look industrial strength and attached to giant bogeys that tell me they are load bearing wheels that must turn something very heavy.

 

[Curious Constance]

Here's the latest. And at 0:45 we see something apparently related to the ride system for the Stormtrooper thing. Those are obviously wheels, but they look industrial strength and attached to giant bogeys that tell me they are load bearing wheels that must turn something very heavy.

The rotating salad bar, duh.

 

[180º]

Here's the latest. And at 0:45 we see something apparently related to the ride system for the Stormtrooper thing. Those are obviously wheels, but they look industrial strength and attached to giant bogeys that tell me they are load bearing wheels that must turn something very heavy.

My guess is they’re for the underside of the rotating preshow platform. A while ago, Martin Smith mentioned in the other forum that the preshow would do something clever, but that it’s also something we’ve seen before.

 

[britain]

And another good collection of views from Fresh Baked. Good model comparisons too! (though he misidentifies the tower at the Falcon entrance as the building on the Battle Escape roof)

 

[FerretAfros]

Here's the latest. And at 0:45 we see something apparently related to the ride system for the Stormtrooper thing. Those are obviously wheels, but they look industrial strength and attached to giant bogeys that tell me they are load bearing wheels that must turn something very heavy.

Those wheels are definitely intriguing. They appear to be 2 pairs of inline wheels sitting side by side, rather than a single 2x2 unit or 2 pairs of axel-linked wheels. The wheels themselves look too big and the spacing is too close together to be part of the Alcatraz ride vehicles; they could be for the Falcon ride turntables, but it's curious that they would end up on the other side of the site

Over in the WDW SW construction thread, there have been some semi-confirmed hints that the preshow may use some sort of Carousel of Progress-type turntable as a transition from Batuu to the space ship where the ride takes place, so this may be part of that equipment. This would be in the curved front part of the building, meaning that the rotating salad bar idea really wasn't so far-fetched after all.

There appear to be some pretty massive motors sitting to the left of those wheels, which may be their drive source

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

A super brief peek through the fence by CC.
It appears they're going for that faux-wood concrete wall look.

 

[britain]

A super brief peek through the fence by CC.
It appears they're going for that faux-wood concrete wall look.

Hmm.... I sort of thought that once we past the railroad bridge we'd technically be in SWL, but I suppose there's going to be a bit more Critter Country at the edges of the entry way. I say this since I don't think wood beam retaining walls fits in Star Wars.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Hmm.... I sort of thought that once we past the railroad bridge we'd technically be in SWL, but I suppose there's going to be a bit more Critter Country at the edges of the entry way. I say this since I don't think wood beam retaining walls fits in Star Wars.

Same. I was expecting rock work...oh well!

 

[smile]

A super brief peek through the fence by CC.
It appears they're going for that faux-wood concrete wall look.

good ol' cockram

 

[nevol]

Here's the latest. And at 0:45 we see something apparently related to the ride system for the Stormtrooper thing. Those are obviously wheels, but they look industrial strength and attached to giant bogeys that tell me they are load bearing wheels that must turn something very heavy.

15:12

 

[Curious Constance]

15:12

You're not operating any heavy machinery, right?

 

[vancee]

15:12

 

[smile]

You're not operating any heave machinery, right?

i've certainly seen bongs that could be considered heavy machinery, so it's quite possible

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Like I always say, women and machinery do not mix.

 

[Texas84]

15:12

This is becoming the new Rick Roll.

 

[TP2000]

Over in the WDW SW construction thread, there have been some semi-confirmed hints that the preshow may use some sort of Carousel of Progress-type turntable as a transition from Batuu to the space ship where the ride takes place, so this may be part of that equipment. This would be in the curved front part of the building, meaning that the rotating salad bar idea really wasn't so far-fetched after all.

There appear to be some pretty massive motors sitting to the left of those wheels, which may be their drive source

To say I feel vindicated is an understatement. When I saw that rotating salad bar being installed, I knew I was on to something.

What's obvious now though is that this rotating salad bar we'll all be on must do more than just rotate. The giant Carousel of Progress that revolves over 1,000 people at a time didn't need such a deep and massively engineered sub-structure. And the wheels and motors that turned the theater were relatively simple, and because the theater was perfectly balanced they were only 1-horsepower GE motors.

But this rotating salad bar is something different. It rotates obviously, but it must also do something else and be subjected to bigger stresses to need such massive engineering.

We will have to get from Disneyland, er Batuu, up to this star destroyer somehow. So there must be some sort of pre-show process by which we do that, like a Haunted Mansion stretch room or Living Seas hydrolator or Journey To The Center of The Earth mine shaft, but on steroids and capable of shooting us off the planet and up into space.

And then we have to get back down to Disneyland after we've done our duty up there. Very interesting...

 

[mickEblu]

And then we have to get back down to Disneyland after we've done our duty up there. Very interesting...

Interesting. I never considered this. A way to get back down to Batuu that’s still part of the show after the actual ride is over. This would be a first for any Disney attraction wouldn’t it? It would be like if we had to board an elevator to go back up in HM instead of using the ramp. Would this be good for capacity though? Also, I wonder how that would flow from a guest experience standpoint. I’m assuming that an “elevator” ride after whatever grand finale exists in the Battle Escape Ride portion of the attraction would be a bit underwhelming. However, I guess it all depends on execution.

EDIT: or something will happen during the ride where we end up back on Batuu thereby eliminating any need to transport back down.