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

[NateD1226]

Rise of the Resistance audio animatronic alien

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[Snow Queen]

Wonder where that'll be in the ride. Presumably it's Resistance, so I'd assume the queue or ending.

 

[bclane]

Rise of the Resistance audio animatronic alien

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For some reason it reminds me of that old Quentin Tarantino movie where the girl had a gun for a leg...only his gun is where his...er...um...belly button would be.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

For some reason it reminds me of that old Quentin Tarantino movie where the girl had a gun for a leg...only his gun is where his...er...um...belly button would be.

close, that was a robert rodriguez movie that was paired with a tarantino movie. rewatched the double feature the other night and tarantino’s is still miles better!

 

[bclane]

close, that was a robert rodriguez movie that was paired with a tarantino movie. rewatched the double feature the other night and tarantino’s is still miles better!

Thanks for the correction, I should have known that as I do love me a good Tarantino flick. Rodriguez has done some amazing things, don’t get me wrong, but Tarantino has had a bigger impact on me over the years.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

Thanks for the correction, I should have known that as I do love me a good Tarantino flick. Rodriguez has done some amazing things, don’t get me wrong, but Tarantino has had a bigger impact on me over the years.

agreed! hoping to see “once upon a time” again soon

 

[captveg]

Wonder where that'll be in the ride. Presumably it's Resistance, so I'd assume the queue or ending.

I believe

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he's the pilot of the transport ship you get captured on. Essentially the ROTR stretching room.

 

[Snow Queen]

I believe

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he's the pilot of the transport ship you get captured on. Essentially the ROTR stretching room.

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That was my first thought, but haven't we heard that's Nien Nunb or am I misremembering things?

 

[captveg]

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That was my first thought, but haven't we heard that's Nien Nunb or am I misremembering things?

My guess is whoever leaked that detail got their SW aliens mixed up.

 

[TROR]

My guess is whoever leaked that detail got their SW aliens mixed up.

Well we know the voice actor for

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Nien Nunb

worked on the project.

 

[truecoat]

Spoiler: A little ROTR.

 

[Supreme Leader]

Spoiler: A little ROTR.

Ok this pleases me.

 

[TROR]

I think it looks good.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I thought we were being recruited by Princess Leia and Ray. Who's this lady? Aren't there any real characters in Galaxy Edge?

 

[Anjin]

I thought we were being recruited by Princess Leia and Ray. Who's this lady? Aren't there any real characters in Galaxy Edge?

Vi Moradi is one of the few walk-around characters in Galaxy's Edge. Which does make it odd that she has to speak to you via hologram if you're both on Batuu...

 

[Phroobar]

Vi Moradi is one of the few walk-around characters in Galaxy's Edge. Which does make it odd that she has to speak to you via hologram if you're both on Batuu...

She's got stuff to do elsewhere in the base.

 

[mickEblu]

Vi Moradi is one of the few walk-around characters in Galaxy's Edge. Which does make it odd that she has to speak to you via hologram if you're both on Batuu...

This reminds me of how counterintuitive it is to do original stuff with very well known IP. We get on ROTR and the villain is Kylo Ren yet we have this obscure character Vi Moradi that “Scott Trowbridge” made up talking to us via hologram? I think the imagineers think that it somehow gives more weight and believability to Batuu being this real place. But In reality I just think it waters down the experience. People want to see the characters they know in STAR WARS land. I don’t think combining original characters with known ones from the movie is a good idea, especially humanoids. People would be much more excited seeing a Leia hologram there or something. Again this is the imagineers putting this damn Batuu story nobody cares about before fans/ human beings desires.

Honestly my takeaway from Batuu is that when creating a land based on IP you have to go ALL IN because you have already set an expectation of what fans/ guests are going to see. If you re not going ALL in you may as well just create an original land not based on IP. In themed entertainment, I’m not sure you can split the difference.

 

[TROR]

Create an original experience but sprinkle it with characters and aspects of the IP. That's how a successful, big IP attraction works. Indiana Jones Adventure is an original experience but still has Indiana Jones and the big boulder. Star Tours is an original experience but still has Threepio, Artoo, and Endor. If Star Tours was going to the planet of Batuu and Artoo wasn't the co-pilot, you begin to wonder why have Star Wars be the IP at all. If you're not going to have the main character of the new trilogy fill her role (which, to be clear, I think she still is and this hologram in the ad is a placeholder), don't make it Star Wars to begin with.

 

[Phroobar]

This reminds me of how counterintuitive it is to do original stuff with very well known IP. We get on ROTR and the villain is Kylo Ren yet we have this obscure character Vi Moradi that “Scott Trowbridge” made up talking to us via hologram? I think the imagineers think that it somehow gives more weight and believability to Batuu being this real place. But In reality I just think it waters down the experience. People want to see the characters they know in STAR WARS land. I don’t think combining original characters with known ones from the movie is a good idea, especially humanoids. People would be much more excited seeing a Leia hologram there or something. Again this is the imagineers putting this damn Batuu story nobody cares about before fans/ human beings desires.

Honestly my takeaway from Batuu is that when creating a land based on IP you have to go ALL IN because you have already set an expectation of what fans/ guests are going to see. If you re not going ALL in you may as well just create an original land not based on IP. In themed entertainment, I’m not sure you can split the difference.

Oh course it had to be a woman. That way little girls can relate to the ride better.
I'm surprised they are letting Finn do anything in the ride. Finn/Rose are the JarJar of the sequel trilogy.

 

[SuddenStorm]

This reminds me of how counterintuitive it is to do original stuff with very well known IP. We get on ROTR and the villain is Kylo Ren yet we have this obscure character Vi Moradi that “Scott Trowbridge” made up talking to us via hologram? I think the imagineers think that it somehow gives more weight and believability to Batuu being this real place. But In reality I just think it waters down the experience. People want to see the characters they know in STAR WARS land. I don’t think combining original characters with known ones from the movie is a good idea, especially humanoids. People would be much more excited seeing a Leia hologram there or something. Again this is the imagineers putting this damn Batuu story nobody cares about before fans/ human beings desires.

Honestly my takeaway from Batuu is that when creating a land based on IP you have to go ALL IN because you have already set an expectation of what fans/ guests are going to see. If you re not going ALL in you may as well just create an original land not based on IP. In themed entertainment, I’m not sure you can split the difference.

Being fair, the Imagineers created Rex to fly the Starspeeder in the original Star Tours- instead of using a pre existing character. And no one complained.

But Star Tours also used classic OT characters in the queue, and ended with the trench run- the most iconic scene in Star Wars. Which is far more then Rise of the Resistance seems to be offering.