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

[Rteetz]

 

[Rich T]

I wonde

I think we can all agree if we had the choice we would take a Star Wars coaster and a Falcon walk thru. No one feels like they re flying that dang video game.

RIP Ewok coaster

I wonder if George Lucas kept sending them notes and emails during the design phase, and every single note said "POD RACERS!"

 

[Phroobar]

Cmon. Nintendo 64 projections and a track that is pretty much just one spiral all the way down ? That’s not what he’s talking about at all.

Stop insulting my precious N64.

 

[mickEblu]

It’s very cool and I was convinced I would buy one but is it just me or does older Pee Wee not sound like younger Pee Wee from Star Tours? Or maybe the sound is just coming out a little muffled? I dunno being that he’s $150, not in his original form and I’m not thrilled with the sound I might pass.

 

[Phroobar]

It’s very cool and I was convinced I would buy one but is it just me or does older Pee Wee not sound like younger Pee Wee from Star Tours? Or maybe the sound is just coming out a little muffled? I dunno being that he’s $150, not in his original form and I’m not thrilled with the sound I might pass.

A little paint and some dremel work, he could look like the Star Speeder version.

 

[mickEblu]

Stop insulting my precious N64.

I LOVED N64. But those graphics have no place on a roller coaster in 2019.

Ocarina of Time is still the greatest video game eve created. I have many fond memories of playing Super Mario 64 for hours my freshmen year of high school. Turok, WaveRunner, Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart ( I think I might be the best in the world), Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron, Pod Racers... good times.

 

[Rich T]

This whole idea of people hiking around GE with interactive droids strapped to their backs in bulky backpacks...In the world's most mobbed theme park land... Oh, I'm being silly. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

 

[Rich T]

I LOVED N64. But those graphics have no place on a roller coaster in 2019.

Ocarina of Time is still the greatest video game eve created. I have many fond memories of playing Super Mario 64 for hours my freshmen year of high school. Turok, WaveRunner, Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart ( I think I might be the best in the world), Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron, Pod Racers... good times.

All those! Plus Star Fox 64 with the controller Rumble Pack!

 

[mickEblu]

All those! Plus Star Fox 64 with the controller Rumble Pack!

You know two of the big ones I never got into... Star Fox and Goldeneye. I had the rumble pack though!

 

[Snow Queen]

This whole idea of people hiking around GE with interactive droids strapped to their backs in bulky backpacks...In the world's most mobbed theme park land... Oh, I'm being silly. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

Look at the bright side, if you break it, it's only $100 for a new one. And then $100 for a new one after someone spills blue milk on that one. And then $100 for another after you try to roll it on the ground and someone kicks it like a soccer ball. Really, it's a bargain what they're doing.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

So, you want the immersion of a ramp, going into an actual MF, but you're OK with a elevator into the MF? Where would this elevator be located that wouldn't ruin the immersion?

I don't really care about any of this anyway, but just an FYI Lando actually took an elevator in the MF when he rescued Luke at the end of Episode V.

 

[Phroobar]

I don't really care about any of this anyway, but just an FYI Lando actually took an elevator in the MF when he rescued Luke at the end of Episode V.

Very true.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Very true.

Yeesh, that ship must be huge on the inside Looks much smaller from the outside haha.

 

[SuddenStorm]

It’s very cool and I was convinced I would buy one but is it just me or does older Pee Wee not sound like younger Pee Wee from Star Tours? Or maybe the sound is just coming out a little muffled? I dunno being that he’s $150, not in his original form and I’m not thrilled with the sound I might pass.

Has it been confirmed that you won't be able to construct the proper Rex, with the proper dialogue?

If the DJ Rex colors, head, and dialogue are the only options... then it's a definite pass.

 

[mickEblu]

Has it been confirmed that you won't be able to construct the proper Rex, with the proper dialogue?

If the DJ Rex colors, head, and dialogue are the only options... then it's a definite pass.

It hasn’t been confirmed. But the Dj Rex we ve seen isn’t constructed I don’t think. You buy it already made.

 

[RedGinger]

This whole idea of people hiking around GE with interactive droids strapped to their backs in bulky backpacks...In the world's most mobbed theme park land... Oh, I'm being silly. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

You're right, they should be selling droid strollers instead.

 

[Phroobar]

You're right, they should be selling droid strollers instead.

We should be riding in this.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Falcon’s Run was a mistake of an attraction. They should’ve just built an indoor space coaster where the riders pilot an X Wing or a TIE and they fly around and through a Star Destroyer.

Count me in as someone who feels somewhat pleased that we didn't get that -- love Disney though I do, their track record for high-level, boundary-pushing theming of indoor roller coasters isn't actually stupendous. The traditional Space Mountain succeeds on a conceptual level in a way that makes up for its execution, which isn't really all that impressive. DLP did a bit better with its Space but walked that back years ago with the lower quality Misson 2. Neither of the Rock N' Roller Coasters improve on this, and Crush's Coaster's theming falls off as soon as the real coaster portion begins in earnest. TRON seems to suffer some similar ills as RNR, where the trees never really converge into a forest, so to speak. It's plainly evident at all times that you're on a coaster.

I won't even count the Space Mountain Overlays - Ghost Galaxy, Rockin', and Hyperspace - because Disney clearly doesn't take those that seriously.

Unless Guardians at Epcot really changes their game, Disney seems to have made up their mind that they can skimp a little on the ambition of their coaster design and commitment to immersion as the speed of the ride picks up. Which makes *some* sense, but makes me think that even a full-tilt version of an indoor X Wing Coaster wouldn't have been able to achieve the immersiveness to which Galaxy's Edge aspires the way that Falcon does. Having not ridden it yet I can't speak with authority, but it seems that even with the purported shortcomings (and I'm ready to believe they are valid) the attraction still subscribes to a level of ambition and commitment I wouldn't think reasonable to expect Disney to provide in an indoor coaster. Hyperspace Mountain is clearly not representative of the full potential of this sort of attraction, but even then a ride the style and scope of Falcon seems a head above what would come from pushing that coaster to even the furthest limit.

EDITED To Add: Not to mention that it seems to speak a similar experiential language to ROTR - a seamless, fully realized, environmental experience that captures and depicts the vastness of the Star Wars no matter where you look. Even if it's not perfect.

 

[mickEblu]

Count me in as someone who feels somewhat pleased that we didn't get that -- love Disney though I do, their track record for high-level, boundary-pushing theming of indoor roller coasters isn't actually stupendous. The traditional Space Mountain succeeds on a conceptual level in a way that makes up for its execution, which isn't really all that impressive. DLP did a bit better with its Space but walked that back years ago with the lower quality Misson 2. Neither of the Rock N' Roller Coasters improve on this, and Crush's Coaster's theming falls off as soon as the real coaster portion begins in earnest. TRON seems to suffer some similar ills as RNR, where the trees never really converge into a forest, so to speak. It's plainly evident at all times that you're on a coaster.

I won't even count the Space Mountain Overlays - Ghost Galaxy, Rockin', and Hyperspace - because Disney clearly doesn't take those that seriously.

Unless Guardians at Epcot really changes their game, Disney seems to have made up their mind that they can skimp a little on the ambition of their coaster design and commitment to immersion as the speed of the ride picks up. Which makes *some* sense, but makes me think that even a full-tilt version of an indoor X Wing Coaster wouldn't have been able to achieve the immersiveness to which Galaxy's Edge aspires the way that Falcon does. Having not ridden it yet I can't speak with authority, but it seems that even with the purported shortcomings (and I'm ready to believe they are valid) the attraction still subscribes to a level of ambition and commitment I wouldn't think reasonable to expect Disney to provide in an indoor coaster. Hyperspace Mountain is clearly not representative of the full potential of this sort of attraction, but even then a ride the style and scope of Falcon seems a head above what would come from pushing that coaster to even the furthest limit.

Nice post.

It doesn’t sound like the Falcon is representative of the full potential of a modern simulator either...especially one based on the Falcon. Which one do you think would be more fun after 5 times? The coaster would still have its elaborate queue and then like you said it would have its drop off in quality the same way Falcon does... but it would be fun.

 

[Mac Tonight]

You know two of the big ones I never got into... Star Fox and Goldeneye. I had the rumble pack though!

Uhm... How exactly did you have an N64, live through the 90's, and NOT get into Goldeneye???