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

[SSG]

From Laughing Place:

Today’s #GalaxysEdge merchandise display highlights Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities, which sells artifacts from the entire history of the #StarWars galaxy like this bust of General Grievous. #StarWarsCelebration

 

[NobodyElse]

The extra bit of rock added to the top of this RotR wall is now finished.

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That extra bit of rock was not in THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS!!!!!!




;-)

 

[SSG]

More from LP

Another assortment of items including Sith artifacts and busts from Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities. #GalaxysEdge #StarWarsCelebration

 

[drod1985]

The prequel representation within the merch is cool. That’s another good reason for setting it as late as possible in the Star Wars continuity - they can reference the OT and PT.

 

[DisneyRoy]

More from LP

Another assortment of items including Sith artifacts and busts from Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities. #GalaxysEdge #StarWarsCelebration

Love the designs. But my house is already full enough of clutter and junk. I doubt I buy any of this.

 

[SSG]

More from LP:


There will be a number of different ways to carry and store the lightsabers you purchase in #GalaxysEdge. #StarWarsCelebration

 

[SSG]

LP:

Close-up look at some of the buildable lightsabers and different “paths” you can choose at Savi’s workshop. #StarWarsCelebration #GalaxysEdge

 

[SSG]

StarWars.com is pushing the upcoming Galaxy's Edge comic. Sounds interesting.

Marvel’s upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge series will take us inside the infamous outpost. The comic, which ties to the upcoming Star Wars-themed land of the same name, sounds like an essential read for those excited about visiting. “It’s a five-issue series,” said Matt Martin, “and it will introduce you to Dok-Ondar, who is the antiquarian at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.” The book will show how Dok-Ondar came into possession of some of the artifacts we’ll soon see for ourselves, in person. But one item might not be safe. “There is a criminal gang out to plot a heist for a very specific object there,” Ethan Sacks teased.



Black Spire Outpost, as it appears in the comic, is impossibly accurate to its real-world inspiration. While showing a spread of the Star Wars-themed land in the comic, Sacks said the creative team worked with the Lucasfilm Story Group and Walt Disney Imagineering to get it right. “A lot of what you see — the settings and the people, are straight out of the park. It’s very authentic.”

 

[Disney Irish]

StarWars.com is pushing the upcoming Galaxy's Edge comic. Sounds interesting.

Marvel’s upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge series will take us inside the infamous outpost. The comic, which ties to the upcoming Star Wars-themed land of the same name, sounds like an essential read for those excited about visiting. “It’s a five-issue series,” said Matt Martin, “and it will introduce you to Dok-Ondar, who is the antiquarian at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.” The book will show how Dok-Ondar came into possession of some of the artifacts we’ll soon see for ourselves, in person. But one item might not be safe. “There is a criminal gang out to plot a heist for a very specific object there,” Ethan Sacks teased.



Black Spire Outpost, as it appears in the comic, is impossibly accurate to its real-world inspiration. While showing a spread of the Star Wars-themed land in the comic, Sacks said the creative team worked with the Lucasfilm Story Group and Walt Disney Imagineering to get it right. “A lot of what you see — the settings and the people, are straight out of the park. It’s very authentic.”

This is what we call Corporate Synergy....

Glad to see Disney going back to its roots, where each part of the org flows into each other.

Seriously I'm glad they'll be putting out a comic, it'll fill in the gaps for those that need to have more backstory.

 

[Disney Irish]

However, while this is a new planet, the characters and experiences are based off existing characters (in this case all during the time period of the sequel trilogy). In that regard it very well could've been about "your adventure" but had you encounter Darth Vader, Storm Troopers, Jabba, or The Emperor. Instead we get Kylo Ren and modern cartoon character. If they wanted to go all in on the new adventure idea they shouldn't have made it such an obvious promotion of their new films (or even any existing films for that matter). The land should have either been all things Star Wars old and new or a brand new area with its own set of characters, not the mish mash it is now.

Except its not really, its about you and your experiences on this new planet. Its not about what happened on Tatooine or Endor, or any other planet already known. Its about a planet no one has seen before and having experiences never had before in any Star Wars story. So while you do encounter some familiar faces from both the new trilogy and the old ones, its really about you. Its meant to be a little bit of everything for all people no matter if they are deep into the Star Wars universe or have never seen a movie.

 

[VJ]

LP:

Close-up look at some of the buildable lightsabers and different “paths” you can choose at Savi’s workshop. #StarWarsCelebration #GalaxysEdge

i hope for $150 they won't just be plastic hasbro toys... i'm expecting real materials

 

[VJ]

Is it bad that I honestly see the new soda "cans" as just being a way to give you less soda than a traditional bottle for the same price? I have a feeling no one will be bothered as people will think the containers "look cool' and not notice they are paying 4 bucks for less soda than a normal bottle.

here's where that theory kinda falls apart: they sure spent a lot of money on creating a new bottle design for something that's supposed to lead to lower costs

 

[Phroobar]

i hope for $150 they won't just be plastic hasbro toys... i'm expecting real materials

Don't hold your breath.

If you want a real lightsaber go here.
https://ultrasabers.com/

 

[Disney Irish]

Is it bad that I honestly see the new soda "cans" as just being a way to give you less soda than a traditional bottle for the same price? I have a feeling no one will be bothered as people will think the containers "look cool' and not notice they are paying 4 bucks for less soda than a normal bottle.

Except Coke already does this, not sure why people have a hard time understanding this.

Coke sells their 8oz aluminum bottle for $1.99 while you can get a 16oz can for $1.19 and a 20oz bottle for $1.99 at most stores. And yet parents buy the smaller size because they want their kids to drink less soda.

 

[Phroobar]

Except Coke already does this, not sure why people have a hard time understanding this.

Coke sells their 8oz aluminum bottle for $1.99 while you can get a 16oz can for $1.19 and a 20oz bottle for $1.99 at most stores. And yet parents buy the smaller size because they want their kids to drink less soda.

If parents didn't want fat kids they wouldn't buy any soda at all.

A great way to lose weight is to stop drinking soda. It hard because of the withdrawal but the pounds melt off really quickly.

 

[Disney Irish]

I see. Hopefully they can use this "new planet" set up to eventually change the time period to allow classic characters to be a part of Star Wars Land instead of characters from movies that came out 3 years ago.

Not sure why they would do that. This was explained at Celebration, its a launching off point to build new stories with new characters and new adventures for YOU not rehash old characters adventures.

 

[Disney Irish]

If parents didn't want fat kids they wouldn't buy any soda at all.

A great way to lose weight is to stop drinking soda. It hard because of the withdrawal but the pounds melt off really quickly.

That may be true, but as a way to have a happy medium the small size works.

 

[Disney Irish]

While I agree with you that in a grocery store setting this logic does make sense, in Disneyland I don't see a parent wanting to pay $4 inside Galaxy's edge for less soda than $4 outside Galaxy's Edge. Not that it is a huge deal, just something I noticed when looking at the size next to the Dasani bottle. Otherwise Disney would have smaller soda bottles at an upcharge resort-wide.

And if someone wants a larger size they can visit the rest of the resort where its sold. But inside SW:GE this is whats offered.

 

[Disney Irish]

From my perspective you can have new stories with any characters, their choice of sequel trilogy only is for promotion. No reason someone can not go on a new adventure with Luke, Lando, Han, C3PO, R2D2, Leia, etc except for the imagineers giving themself the restriction that they only want it to take place during the sequel trilogy. It is a self-imposed limitation.

How is it a self-imposed limitation, this is not Back to the Future, they chose a timeline and are moving forwards not backwards. One of the main complaints I hear about ST2.0 is that the timeline is all over the place. So why would they allow themselves to have the same complaint about their whole new land either now or in the future? Stick with a timeline and move forwards not back.

And yes I fully expect in 5-10 years an update will happen and a new story will be introduced into the land, maybe even with new AAs for RotR.

 

[Phroobar]

How is it a self-imposed limitation, this is not Back to the Future, they chose a timeline and are moving forwards not backwards. One of the main complaints I hear about ST2.0 is that the timeline is all over the place. So why would they allow themselves to have the same complaint about their whole new land either now or in the future? Stick with a timeline and move forwards not back.

And yes I fully expect in 5-10 years an update will happen and a new story will be introduced into the land, maybe even with new AAs for RotR.

Disney is screwed either way. That's how schizo the fan base is and why Lucas dropped out. I like that the ST2.0 timeline is all over the place. The reason for it is the Flux Capacitor built into the ship.