Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

Because I love the idea that the land is "in-universe", and has a story to it, not just a random "Star Wars Land". Having characters that don't fit in universe at the time period that the land is set in would cheapen the land and take away the storytelling element of the land.

What story telling element. Please share with us this GREAT STORY that justifies not having any of the DECADES WELL KNOWN STAR WARS CHARACTERS in the land, which is the reason Disney payed $4 billion for in the first place to have access to use those CLASSIC CHARACTERS,???

 

[Kram Sacul]

What story telling element. Please share with us this GREAT STORY that justifies not having any of the DECADES WELL KNOWN STAR WARS CHARACTERS in the land, which is the reason Disney payed $4 billion for in the first place to have access to use those CLASSIC CHARACTERS,???

They chose to base GE on the new trilogy. Get over it and build your own Star Wars land in your backyard. Just buy a few bags of sand and some OT toys and you’re all set. You can have them go up the ramp.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

I think everything may change once the new triology is finished and a bit of time has passed.

For now you can avoid the land while the rest of us enjoy it. Don’t need Mr. comes across like a Sith hanging out in a new land he despises. .

"REST OF US"? you mean all 5 of you in the empty land that costs a billion dollars?

 

[Tom Morrow]

"REST OF US"? you mean all 5 of you in the empty land that costs a billion dollars?

Its hilarious to see a handful of butthurt fanboys scream about the land being an empty failure if you actually go to the land and see that typically there are more people in it than can even fit in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley combined.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

They chose to base GE on the new trilogy. Get over it and build your own Star Wars land in your backyard. Just buy a few bags of sand and some OT toys and you’re all set. You can have them go up the ramp.

You assume I haven't done that already.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

Its hilarious to see a handful of butthurt fanboys scream about the land being an empty failure if you actually go to the land and see that typically there are more people in it than can even fit in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley combined.

but if you survived the guests in each land on which is better or which one they had more fun in, Potter wins everytime.

 

[Phil12]

What story telling element. Please share with us this GREAT STORY that justifies not having any of the DECADES WELL KNOWN STAR WARS CHARACTERS in the land, which is the reason Disney payed $4 billion for in the first place to have access to use those CLASSIC CHARACTERS,???

Disney most likely fears over exposure of the Star Wars characters. After all, Mickey is 91 years old so Disney knows something about how, when and how much to release characters to the public. They can afford to play the slow game and integrate these Star Wars characters into GE over a period of several decades. I'm sure Disney still feels the burn from the Davy Crockett fiasco when they pushed the characters too strongly on TV, movies and radio and the public ended up dropping old Davy like a hot potato. Disney was left with millions of coonskin caps they couldn't sell even after Donald Duck started The Junior Woodchucks in a desperate attempt to revive the fad. Who wants to be stuck with millions of light sabers?

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

Disney most likely fears over exposure of the Star Wars characters. After all, Mickey is 91 years old so Disney knows something about how, when and how much to release characters to the public. They can afford to play the slow game and integrate these Star Wars characters into GE over a period of several decades. I'm sure Disney still feels the burn from the Davy Crockett fiasco when they pushed the characters too strongly on TV, movies and radio and the public ended up dropping old Davy like a hot potato. Disney was left with millions of coonskin caps they couldn't sell even after Donald Duck started The Junior Woodchucks in a desperate attempt to revive the fad. Who wants to be stuck with millions of light sabers?

They can't because of the timeline the land is set in which was a stupid decision

 

[Phil12]

They can't because of the timeline the land is set in which was a stupid decision

It's fiction, so they can change anything they want. Darth Vader could be walking down the street and suddenly be run over by a truck. The rips in the space/time continuum allow matter and energy to go from anywhere to anywhere at anytime. Problem solved.

 

[erasure fan1]

I imagine it’s more similar to how everybody wanted a dancing Baby Groot and Disney wasn’t selling those either. Or how there wasn’t much Frozen merchandise after it released. They don’t want to get stuck with a bunch of stuff they can’t sell so they play the waiting game for the demand.

Both of those situations were brand new IPs. Guardians was the first real leap in the MCU and no one knew Frozen and let it go would explode the way it did. I have a hard time believing they didn't think baby yoda wasn't going to explode. Especially after how they showcased Porges and pushed them to almost nauseating levels before the movie even released. Star wars isn't some first time thing. It's a franchise that has been a merchandising machine for 40+ years.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

It's fiction, so they can change anything they want. Darth Vader could be walking down the street and suddenly be run over by a truck. The rips in the space/time continuum allow matter and energy to go from anywhere to anywhere at anytime. Problem solved.

but according to those here that would ruin the land.

 

[Tom Morrow]

but if you survived the guests in each land on which is better or which one they had more fun in, Potter wins everytime.

I guess you'll have to survey every single one and get back to me with your data.

 

[RobWDW1971]

It's fiction, so they can change anything they want. Darth Vader could be walking down the street and suddenly be run over by a truck. The rips in the space/time continuum allow matter and energy to go from anywhere to anywhere at anytime. Problem solved.

Or... just fire the clueless Imagineers who are responsible for this embarrassing disaster and just create a land that celebrates all of the Star Wars universe past, present, and future like Star Wars fans of all ages want - problem solved.

Watching latest episode of Imagineering doc and listening to them talk about the making of Star Tours - wow, it must really make Baxter’s stomach turn when he wanders through the lifeless, abandoned movie set of Batuu with no magic, humor, whimsy, nor emotion.

Living your Star Wars fantasies of eating lunch in a shipping container....brilliant.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Suggested tweaks for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge 2.0 - Fanboy Fixin's

- Once an hour, the Star Wars main theme will play at an ear splittingly loud volume through every speaker in the land, even on the rides, interrupting their show. Before the song plays, an announcement will inform everyone to stop what they're doing and listen to it with their hand over their heart.
- Rename Oga's Cantina to "Mos Eisley Spaceport Cantina". Change nothing else.
- Place buttons around the land that, when pressed, announce a random classic character's name, loudly. "Yoda." .... "Yoda." .... "Yoda." .... "Luke Skywalker." ... 'Yoda."
- Replace Hondo with Han Solo, who is letting you fly his ship for... reasons.
- Retheme Docking Bay 7 to Dexter Jettster's diner. It's not from the Disney Star Wars films, so it must be good and worth it, right? Young Obi Wan Kenobi is eating inside, even though old Obi Wan Kenobi is walking around outside and can be seen through the windows. Force Ghost Obi Wan also appears in the land at night via projections.
- Replace the food in Docking Bay 7, now Dexter Jettster's Diner, with Death Star shaped chicken nuggets, Death Star Burgers, Death Star everything
- Retheme the Milk Stand to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru's farm because that's where we first saw blue milk. You can even have their charred corpses on the side for immersion.
- The area around the ROTR entrance is a little plain, maybe stick in a giant inflatable Darth Vader and other OT characters for photo ops.
- Resistance Flight School - an X-Wing-themed spinner ride.
- A Darth Vader M&G where you get to reenact the "No, I am your father" scene with him because nostalgia.

 

[Kram Sacul]

Suggested tweaks for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge 2.0 - Fanboy Fixin's

- Once an hour, the Star Wars main theme will play at an ear splittingly loud volume through every speaker in the land, even on the rides, interrupting their show. Before the song plays, an announcement will inform everyone to stop what they're doing and listen to it with their hand over their heart.
- Rename Oga's Cantina to "Mos Eisley Spaceport Cantina". Change nothing else.
- Place buttons around the land that, when pressed, announce a random classic character's name, loudly. "Yoda." .... "Yoda." .... "Yoda." .... "Luke Skywalker." ... 'Yoda."
- Replace Hondo with Han Solo, who is letting you fly his ship for... reasons.
- Retheme Docking Bay 7 to Dexter Jettster's diner. It's not from the Disney Star Wars films, so it must be good and worth it, right? Young Obi Wan Kenobi is eating inside, even though old Obi Wan Kenobi is walking around outside and can be seen through the windows. Force Ghost Obi Wan also appears in the land at night via projections.
- Replace the food in Docking Bay 7, now Dexter Jettster's Diner, with Death Star shaped chicken nuggets, Death Star Burgers, Death Star everything
- Retheme the Milk Stand to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru's farm because that's where we first saw blue milk. You can even have their charred corpses on the side for immersion.
- The area around the ROTR entrance is a little plain, maybe stick in a giant inflatable Darth Vader and other OT characters for photo ops.
- Resistance Flight School - an X-Wing-themed spinner ride.
- A Darth Vader M&G where you get to reenact the "No, I am your father" scene with him because nostalgia.

George Lucas partners statue with R2D2

Instagram Falcon ramp photo spot

Watto’s Scrap Yard playground

 

[Mickeyboof]

Or... just fire the clueless Imagineers who are responsible for this embarrassing disaster and just create a land that celebrates all of the Star Wars universe past, present, and future like Star Wars fans of all ages want - problem solved.

Watching latest episode of Imagineering doc and listening to them talk about the making of Star Tours - wow, it must really make Baxter’s stomach turn when he wanders through the lifeless, abandoned movie set of Batuu with no magic, humor, whimsy, nor emotion.

Living your Star Wars fantasies of eating lunch in a shipping container....brilliant.

Tony was on a podcast where he alluded to his dislike of the story telling in Galaxy’s Edge. It’s pretty clear he’s trying to be a supportive teammate... but they got it wrong and everyone knows it.

 

[Mickeyboof]

Is Hollywood studios still doing that awful stage show on the portable parade float trucks?

 

[Mickeyboof]

Suggested tweaks for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge 2.0 - Fanboy Fixin's

- Once an hour, the Star Wars main theme will play at an ear splittingly loud volume through every speaker in the land, even on the rides, interrupting their show. Before the song plays, an announcement will inform everyone to stop what they're doing and listen to it with their hand over their heart.
- Rename Oga's Cantina to "Mos Eisley Spaceport Cantina". Change nothing else.
- Place buttons around the land that, when pressed, announce a random classic character's name, loudly. "Yoda." .... "Yoda." .... "Yoda." .... "Luke Skywalker." ... 'Yoda."
- Replace Hondo with Han Solo, who is letting you fly his ship for... reasons.
- Retheme Docking Bay 7 to Dexter Jettster's diner. It's not from the Disney Star Wars films, so it must be good and worth it, right? Young Obi Wan Kenobi is eating inside, even though old Obi Wan Kenobi is walking around outside and can be seen through the windows. Force Ghost Obi Wan also appears in the land at night via projections.
- Replace the food in Docking Bay 7, now Dexter Jettster's Diner, with Death Star shaped chicken nuggets, Death Star Burgers, Death Star everything
- Retheme the Milk Stand to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru's farm because that's where we first saw blue milk. You can even have their charred corpses on the side for immersion.
- The area around the ROTR entrance is a little plain, maybe stick in a giant inflatable Darth Vader and other OT characters for photo ops.
- Resistance Flight School - an X-Wing-themed spinner ride.
- A Darth Vader M&G where you get to reenact the "No, I am your father" scene with him because nostalgia.

Are you okay?

 

[Movielover]

Well, we could do that, but let's see, the Mandalorian exists five years after Jedi, this land (for some idiotic unknown reason) it is firmly locked after Episode 8, but before Episode 9 - FOREVER. So....if the Mandalorian takes place approximately 25 years before Episode 8, and since he's portrayed as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy, not something one would achieve in his youth, we can assume he's at least 30, carry the one, divide by pi, and....

According to WDI and their idiotic self-imposed rules, you CAN'T get the Mandalorian character Disney is highly promoting on Disney+, but you CAN get a retired, AARP Mandalorian walking around for very brief periods of time before he gets winded and needs to rest (assuming he’s doesn’t die in the series, than nope).

Oh, and in regards to the new highly anticipated Kenobi series? Can't get any exciting new characters from that series either - FOREVER. WDI thought it would be better if they were all dead and forever banned from a "Star Wars" land.

Oh, and if there are any cool breakout characters in Episode 9 that the kids would want to see - nope, they are banned FOREVER. That includes any future movies, TV shows, video games, etc. that take place after Episode 8 or too soon before Episode 8.

Anybody still think locking the land into an exact time and place (when Star Wars is a timeless, infinite universe) was brilliant?

Just like it cheapens New Orleans Square and Fantasyland! And Tomorrowland... and Cars Land...... Pandora..........



I love watching the Imagineering doc, because almost every single design and placemaking principle was abandoned for Galaxy's Edge.

Everything they've learned in all these years of creating lands that quickly inform the guest was just thrown out the door.

I couldn't help but laugh hearing the guy talk about Walt's design principles- the stages of seeing a steeple from the distance, passing through the town at it's base... noting the colors and the windows, the people who live there... all the way until you're at the door and you physically feel the metal of the ****, and enter the place you saw from miles away.

Its hilarious because you walk into Galaxy's Edge, past the details and the world... up to the steeple to find it has a fence around the place you want to go.

It has four characters walking around doing practically nothing but play fixing static ships.

But there is an app and a book!


EDIT: the word k n o b is banned? ? Come on.

Yes, we need another Star Wars land outside of Star Wars land! Just like Boba Fett having to roam around next to the Tomorrowland pizza place because he can’t enter Batuu, because um....immersion or something. Brilliant!

What story telling element. Please share with us this GREAT STORY that justifies not having any of the DECADES WELL KNOWN STAR WARS CHARACTERS in the land, which is the reason Disney payed $4 billion for in the first place to have access to use those CLASSIC CHARACTERS,???

Or... just fire the clueless Imagineers who are responsible for this embarrassing disaster and just create a land that celebrates all of the Star Wars universe past, present, and future like Star Wars fans of all ages want - problem solved.

Watching latest episode of Imagineering doc and listening to them talk about the making of Star Tours - wow, it must really make Baxter’s stomach turn when he wanders through the lifeless, abandoned movie set of Batuu with no magic, humor, whimsy, nor emotion.

Living your Star Wars fantasies of eating lunch in a shipping container....brilliant.

 

[Joesixtoe]

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I hope no one was on that train, although I'm sure there was.. but anyone having enjoyment seeing this, lack empathy. Need to reexamine your heart. Trust me I'm no PC individual, but there should be limits to certain things.