Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[marni1971]

It is my understanding that Figment was created by Disney not Kodak. @marni1971 any input? Also when do we expect anything to go vertical at DHS? Too soon? What about where Cat Canyon was? =p

Yup. Figment can be traced back to Professor Marvels sidekick for the aborted mid 70s Discovery Bay Carousel Theatre. By Tony Baxter.

 

[Monoblanco13]

Yup. Figment can be traced back to Professor Marvels sidekick for the aborted mid 70s Discovery Bay Carousel Theatre. By Tony Baxter.

Always amazed by your vast knowledge of Disney. Thanks sir.

 

[marni1971]

LOL yeah. They did a nice job on this one. Would have been nice to have seen a specific WDW version as well.

I guess George was too busy. No one told the PR department.

 

[michmousefan]

If you look, there are nods to WDW, like the AT-AT and um um prob some other things I am missing

Look up to see the Falcon. Works really well on mobiles, but you have to download an app.

 

[ChesterKiwi]

I'd be okay with Ratatouille or Inside Out...

Weren't there Inside Out plans for Imagination or Wonders of Life?

I think Imagination was/is a rumor. The Wonders of Life plan was just a fan-made idea by one of the members here.

 

[WildcatDen]

So...Star Wars Land? Streets of America? Spring 2019? Who's in?

Matches what Serpico is saying. Kinda odd how the Pandora - 2017, TSL - 2018, and SWL - 2019 is still, for the most part, possible. Too bad in looks like dinner at Harryhausen's in 2020 is not going to happen. I was looking forward to some Flab Cake and Howling Hamachi. . .

 

[marni1971]

Always amazed by your vast knowledge of Disney. Thanks sir.

I knew I had a bad image somewhere

 

[FigmentJedi]

I know that when Kodak dropped sponsorship of Imagination, Disney bought the rights to Figment from Kodak, that's why he's still around. But from what I understand (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Disney did not buy the rights to Dreamfinder at that time. Has Disney since bought the rights to use Dreamfinder from Kodak?

It is my understanding that Figment was created by Disney not Kodak. @marni1971 any input? Also when do we expect anything to go vertical at DHS? Too soon? What about where Cat Canyon was? =p

Yeah, the Kodak owning FIgment and Dreamfinder rumor is bus-driver tier nonsense. You don't see Kodak's name on any of the Dreamfinder merch they've produced since the late 2000s or on the comics, plus you know, this is Disney we're talking about, a company that has one of the most vicious reputations for guarding their intellectual properties and character copyrights. Of course they wouldn't let Kodak have a chance at owning characters created as mascots for their park.

 

[PhotoDave219]

With all those droids and the Empire helping, can we assume construction will be finished soon?

These are the guys that built a second Deathstar in less than a decade, and that required mining entire planets for the materials.

They had "reduced labor costs".... And by reduced, I mean against their will.

 

[ChesterKiwi]

They had "reduced labor costs".... And by reduced, I mean against their will.

Slave labor from Geonosis these days really helps to keep construction costs down, don't you know?

 

[dstrawn9889]

kashyyyk not geonosis

 

[FigmentJedi]

With all those droids and the Empire helping, can we assume construction will be finished soon?

These are the guys that built a second Deathstar in less than a decade, and that required mining entire planets for the materials.

They had "reduced labor costs".... And by reduced, I mean against their will.

I'm sure there's also some Zygerrian supervised labor going on in Florida too.

 

[ChesterKiwi]

kashyyyk not geonosis

In old canon Geonosians were most definitely used, among other species...but does that even matter? It's a pointless debate in the context of this thread.

 

[brb1006]

I knew I had a bad image somewhere

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I never seen that image before.

 

[wdwgreek]

Disney celebrates official groundbreaking on Star Wars Lands in both Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios

What are the nods to DHS in the image, I see the thunder mountain but what references did they CGI draw in for WDW? And if a groundbreaking did occur in DHS, what is it? Do they count the demolishing of the premier theater the groundbreaking?

 

[FigmentJedi]

In old canon Geonosians were most definitely used, among other species...but does that even matter? It's a pointless debate in the context of this thread.

Now the Empire wiped the Geonosians out to keep things secret, the only known straggler being a sterile Geonosian queen that resorted to connecting to a droid factory to make a surrogate hive of more insectoid battle droids.

Involvement of Wookiee slave labor's still a factor though I think.

 

[Mawg]

I noticed some cargo packages addressed to Walt Disney World. Knowing Disney, the only reason DHS's SWL is opening later is because they decided to send these using the cheapest shipping option available.

Disneyland is shipping WDW their trash.

 

[danlb_2000]

What are the nods to DHS in the image, I see the thunder mountain but what references did they CGI draw in for WDW? And if a groundbreaking did occur in DHS, what is it? Do they count the demolishing of the premier theater the groundbreaking?

I really think they using the term "groundbreaking" figuratively. Demo and land clearing work has clearly been going on at both parks for a while so I don't think anything special happened today other then them saying "we have broken ground".

 

[Kamikaze]

I really think they using the term "groundbreaking" figuratively. Demo and land clearing work has clearly been going on at both parks for a while so I don't think anything special happened today other then them saying "we have broken ground".

Ceremonial.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Will there be a separate Star Wars Land construction only thread to update on progress at DHS?