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

[Nirya]

That idea of going to the space battle from RotR is basically what I want an X-Wing coaster to be.

I guess my problem with an X-Wing coaster is that the only real spot you could put it also wouldn't work well with the story they've currently set up with the land (aka Resistance holds the outskirts on the west side, First Order has a hold on the east side). The Falcon ride works because it is "disguised" as a transport service. You could maybe rework the whole thing to be a transport service that is actually a front for a Resistance fueling station, but it would go against Hondo's character (not exactly working for the Resistance, just in the business of making money).

It's also why I think Star Tours is the only thing that could logically go in that expansion pad, because it is set up as a intergalactic tourist thing that the First Order would have no real issue with. Plus this way they can change it to not be 3D and switch out the pilot and stuff.

 

[captveg]

It would be easy enough to have the pathway to the third ride transition people thematically into why one would pilot an X-Wing. A secret Resistance back alley stronghold, for example.

 

[TROR]

I guess my problem with an X-Wing coaster is that the only real spot you could put it also wouldn't work well with the story they've currently set up with the land (aka Resistance holds the outskirts on the west side, First Order has a hold on the east side). The Falcon ride works because it is "disguised" as a transport service. You could maybe rework the whole thing to be a transport service that is actually a front for a Resistance fueling station, but it would go against Hondo's character (not exactly working for the Resistance, just in the business of making money).

It's also why I think Star Tours is the only thing that could logically go in that expansion pad, because it is set up as a intergalactic tourist thing that the First Order would have no real issue with. Plus this way they can change it to not be 3D and switch out the pilot and stuff.

A very fair criticism. My counter? Galaxy's Edge's story is lame and should be reworked to give guests a better experience, such as an X-Wing coaster.

 

[captveg]

From what I'm reading about the Rise of the Planet of the Apes ride, I have no reason to expect anything different than the sort of odd cold Star Wars experience with props slapped in banal environments they've already delivered in the rest of Galaxy Edge. For instance, I keep reading about the props as though we're supposed to be impressed. A room full of Stormtroopers! A room with a life sized tie fighter!

Ehh?? I mean, obviously no one has really seen or knows anything about this ride, but if that's the kind of thing we're in for, I'm bracing for something potentially so bad it's actually entertaining.

Does anyone get where I'm coming from? Besides the usual curmudgeons with capitalized usernames?

Wait - isn't this what everyone complaining about the interaction of Falcon wants? A ride where you observe scenery around you? RotR has two life size AT-ATs in it that will shoot lasers at you while your vehicle moves by. That alone is enough to have me excited, and that's just one show scene. If people like to be between canon fire in Pirates they should like this part at least.

 

[Nirya]

A very fair criticism. My counter? Galaxy's Edge's story is lame and should be reworked to give guests a better experience, such as an X-Wing coaster.

I guess the nice thing about basing the land on a planet that hasn't appeared in the movies is that you can change the story around whenever. I'd personally love if they essentially kicked the First Order out and made that more of a token presence while making the land more Resistance-friendly in general. You could even make that a story for when you open the expansion if you wanted.

 

[captveg]

I guess the nice thing about basing the land on a planet that hasn't appeared in the movies is that you can change the story around whenever. I'd personally love if they essentially kicked the First Order out and made that more of a token presence while making the land more Resistance-friendly in general. You could even make that a story for when you open the expansion if you wanted.

If they wanted they could do seasonal events. One summer the Resistance pushes back. Another summer the First Order regains their foothold. If they improve the live entertainment they can base shows around it.

 

[TROR]

Wait - isn't this what everyone complaining about the interaction of Falcon wants? A ride where you observe scenery around you? RotR has two life size AT-ATs in it that will shoot lasers at you while your vehicle moves by. That alone is enough to have me excited, and that's just one show scene. If people like to be between canon fire in Pirates they should like this part at least.

Pirates is aided by brilliant atmosphere by Claude Coats and Marc Davis' character design and wit. Rise of the Resistance may be technologically impressive and have an equal scale, but the reason Pirates works as well as it does is a credit to the incredible artists who made it.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Wait - isn't this what everyone complaining about the interaction of Falcon wants? A ride where you observe scenery around you? RotR has two life size AT-ATs in it that will shoot lasers at you while your vehicle moves by. That alone is enough to have me excited, and that's just one show scene. If people like to be between canon fire in Pirates they should like this part at least.

I guess I don't find the idea of an AT AT shooting at the car or a room full of Stormtroopers as appealing.

 

[mickEblu]

ROTR sounds impressive on paper. We ll see how much Chapek cut out and if the imagineers got the execution right.

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

Finally, MF:SR was meant to be the second ride in the land, not the first. This is like judging the side of rice for not being as savory as the steak.

What makes it even worse. Because the idea to make the "Rise of the Resistance"-attraction the first ride was another massive mistake. Perhaps this ride could have been a success before "The Last Junk" alienated something about 80% of the SW fanbase. Since this unbelievable bad movie damaged the franchise beyond repair, too many SW fans hate everything connected to the sequels, including me. I mean, honestly, how should some one be thrilled about a ride that involves (see my other post) on one side the biggest losers in galactic history, the pathetic "Resistance" that was nearly annihilated in The Last Junk, with thousands killed, the entire fleet lost and a number of remaining survivors smaller than the capacity of a Star Tours ride and on the other side this big sick joke called "First Order", which looks like an imperial kindergarten grew up and decided to play Empire and is commanded by a troubled grown-up brat. I couldn't care less about the rise of this resistance, than I care about "The Rise of Skywalker", which will be the first SW Saga episode I will boycott and not watch in the cinemas. Igers Disney has ruined Star Wars just as it continues to ruin the parks.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Something about Rise brings out my inner Negative Nancy. I think it's how, from what I've read, they're immersively trying to immerse you in the story and make it all about "you" rather than just tell a story. I know there's no reason I should expect anything other than a Universal-style attraction where people are yelling at you to get out of there and a bunch of things are attacking you as you "escape" and somehow miraculously "save the universe" while simply riding in a car. I have seen many clinging to this hope that a ridiculous SW ride where you ride past stormtroopers and prop vehicles will somehow be anything remotely on the level of Pirates of the Caribbean. Is that realistic?

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

But it was RotR that was meant to be the ride discussed by people as the game changer after they experienced the entire land. Being shot at by two life-size AT-ATs is always gonna be more impressive than being in an interactive simulator, even if it's the most impressive and widely praised simulator ever made.

Two life-size AT-AT from the SEQUEL ERA and these look like a pile of crap. Even the Star Destroyers of the First Order are ugly compared with the OT age Star Destroyers.

 

[PB Watermelon]

I loved The Last Jedi. Everyone griped that The Force Awakens was a New Hope clone, so they went in a much different direction. Reminds me of what Zemeckis said about sequels. Half the audience wants the same movie they saw last time, other half wants something new, and it's almost an impossible task to try and please both.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Two life-size AT-AT from the SEQUEL ERA and these look like a pile of crap. Even the Star Destroyers of the First Order are ugly compared with the OT age Star Destroyers.

Yeah, I mean, I basically agree. It was clear to me that the designs of everything were altered and there is a complete lack of classic things in this land. It's like there was a clause stating that everything had to look different from the original trilogy. I just found that kinda odd. Like maybe there's some sort of patent on the old stuff.

 

[Supreme Leader]

Two life-size AT-AT from the SEQUEL ERA and these look like a pile of crap. Even the Star Destroyers of the First Order are ugly compared with the OT age Star Destroyers.

Awkward since they literally built the OT era walkers for the RotR attraction. (The First Order uses them in the Battle of Crait)

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Awkward since they literally built the OT era walkers for the RotR attraction. (The First Order uses them in the Battle of Crait)

Interesting. I looked up the AT ATs and I see awkward photos of hardhat Disney people posing with them. They remind me of the one in front of Star Tours in Florida.

 

[Rich Brownn]

Because I don't want to read through 907 pages of Posts, is it true, that the Millennium Falcon Ride (where you don't meet Han oder even Lando but some mostly unknown audioanimatronic character no one cares about) is about stealing some minerals from a kinda monorail train, similar to the run in the box office bomb Solo? If it IS true. how incredible stupid do you have to be to design a major ride on a plot device from a movie that achieved the task of being the first Star Wars ever to flop and got so bad reception like Solo? It's like building an Expansion that features rides based on The Black Cauldron, Treasure Planet and Home on the Range. If everything I heard and read about Galaxys Edge so far is correct, it is a truly epic failure. And I am glad about that. Disney Star Wars is (with the exception of Rogue One) an abomination, how unbelievable stupid and overconfident must Disney have been, to design the entire land around their crappy (The Force Awakens) to abysmal (The Last Junk) sequels and completely ignore the classic trilogy? Who wants to see that bunch of epic losers called the "Resistance" which at the end of The Last Junk is so decimated it fits into the Millennium Falcon? Who cares about that imperial boyscout club that is now grown up and plays Empire called "The First Order"? And GE reeks of the ever increasing greed of Disney, the prices are insane, 8 $ for blue milk? Which is not even milk-based but so ****ty vegan crap? Now they will learn it the really hard way.

The Black Cauldron actually had a walk-through attraction in the castle at Tokyo Disneyland

 

[captveg]

I guess I don't find the idea of an AT AT shooting at the car or a room full of Stormtroopers as appealing.

Not all rides are liked by everyone. I've been on RDR once. It was fine. I've never felt the desire to wait over 30 minutes for it to ride it again.

 

[TROR]

This is the best view from Galaxy's Edge.



Anyway, just on a quick note, I hate how Galaxy's Edge has two entrances on the Frontierland and Fantasyland sides. It's like an airlock on a spaceship to prevent any of Disneyland from getting in. It's a very poor flow.

 

[mickEblu]

This is the best view from Galaxy's Edge.



Anyway, just on a quick note, I hate how Galaxy's Edge has two entrances on the Frontierland and Fantasyland sides. It's like an airlock on a spaceship to prevent any of Disneyland from getting in. It's a very poor flow.

It’s funny that they intended that entrance tunnel music to be an intro to SWL but it works more like an outro from DL.