Star Wars themed land announced for Disneyland

[Curious Constance]

If I was an imagineer, I'd be "accidentally" letting cast members overhear all kinds of crazy stuff.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

If I was an imagineer, I'd be "accidentally" letting cast members overhear all kinds of crazy stuff.

IMAGINEER 1 (loudly whispering): Do you think anyone knows about our plans for a Meet the Robinsons trackless dark ride roller coaster hybrid?

Looks around furtively.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I don't mean this as a dig at you for sharing, but who cares what a Frontierland merchandise hostess thinks about locomotive engineering or construction?

As an ex-CM, I care.

 

[Phroobar]

IMAGINEER 1 (loudly whispering): Do you think anyone knows about our plans for a Meet the Robinsons trackless dark ride roller coaster hybrid?

Looks around furtively.

IMAGINEER 2: good thing people don't know this Star Wars thing is all a cover for our Robin Hood / Sherwood Forest land.

 

[Curious Constance]

IMAGINEER 1 (loudly whispering): Do you think anyone knows about our plans for a Meet the Robinsons trackless dark ride roller coaster hybrid?

Looks around furtively.

Imagineer 3: Gee, Bob, I really hope people don't catch on to the fact that Star Wars Land will eventually be spreading throughout the entire park which will be renamed Star Wars WORLD.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

IMAGINEER 4:

 

[Phroobar]

Imagineer 5: I hope they don't find out that we are testing the new people mover back here.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Please stop equating AA figures to the actual discrimination and horrors that the Native American people have endured.

THANK YOU. Someone here made a completely inappropriate and insensitive joke relating to the Native American scenes on the river and actual Native Americans, and it made me very angry.

Something like that does not make for good material to make jokes of. The title of that article is insensitive and needs to be changed.

 

[Curious Constance]

THANK YOU. Someone here made a completely inappropriate and insensitive joke relating to the Native American scenes on the river and actual Native Americans, and it made me very angry.

Something like that does not make for good material to make jokes of. The title of that article is insensitive and needs to be changed.

David Koenig, the author, wrote those Mouse Tales books. And tends to over exaggerate everything which is why I don't read his articles. He knew if he gave his article that title, everyone would click it because it sounds likes it is new information. But no, it's not, and my opinion of him just sank lower.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The portrayal of Native Americans in Frontierland doesn't ignore the truth about the past, but portrays things the way they could have and should have been, with everyone living in harmony. It's like that episode of DS9 where Sisko refuses to partake in the Vic Fontaine holosuite program because of the treatment of blacks in 1960s Las Vegas, but then Cassidy Yates gets him to come to his senses! The Native Americans on the Rivers of America are portrayed as a unique spiritual culture living off the land. Sounds about right!

 

[dweezil78]

The portrayal of Native Americans in Frontierland doesn't ignore the truth about the past, but portrays things the way they could have and should have been, with everyone living in harmony. It's like that episode of DS9 where Sisko refuses to partake in the Vic Fontaine holosuite program because of the treatment of blacks in 1960s Las Vegas, but then Cassidy Yates gets him to come to his senses! The Native Americans on the Rivers of America are portrayed as a unique spiritual culture living off the land. Sounds about right!

That may be the case currently, but originally they were depicted as violent and responsible for torching the settler's cabin and leaving him dead in his front yard with an arrow thru his chest.

 

[Disney Analyst]

That may be the case currently, but originally they were depicted as violent and responsible for torching the settler's cabin and leaving him dead in his front yard with an arrow thru his chest.

Oh how I miss the Disneyland of the past. So offensive, so unapologetic, so different.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I believe the white man was also portrayed as violent!

 

[Phroobar]

If only the Kardashians didn't occupy Bajor this all could have been avoided.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

That's in Jersey, right?

 

[Stevek]

The title for this article makes me angry. History or not, Disneyland is a theme park. Please stop equating AA figures to the actual discrimination and horrors that the Native American people have endured.

Terrible clickbait by David and Mouseplanet. I figured that site was above it but it's becoming more and more clear that the more time these folks spend devoting every second of their lives to Disney, the more sanity they lose.

 

[Figments Friend]

IMAGINEER 4:

I'll have what he's having......


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[Animaniac93-98]

That may be the case currently, but originally they were depicted as violent and responsible for torching the settler's cabin and leaving him dead in his front yard with an arrow thru his chest.

This scene also presented fire in a negative and stereotypical light.

I'm glad Disney decided to show more sensitivity towards combustible elements

#StopCH4+202--CO2+2H2OShaming

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

WDW improved that scene by eliminating the fire and adding a fog machine! Imagineering at its finest!

 

[Donaldfan1934]

I don't even know what to say.

• Reads internet rumor that Disney is using every design trick in the book to hide SW Land from the rest of DL.
• Runs with that idea to a fan site and argues that by these efforts the designers are admitting that SW Land is an awkward fit with DL's core principles, and that's terrible.
• Is gently reminded by other posters that this is just a rumor and that the concept art created by the same designers clearly shows towering rock formations that could possibly be visible from many areas inside the park beyond SW Land.
• Responds by comending Disney for trying to hide SW Land, but because of this possibility the designers probably won't be successful, and that's terrible.

At some point you need to just call crazy what it is.

Sometimes words just don't translate well through the Internet. Yes, its a rumor. But Considering that it is a likely rumor, I felt that I should weigh in on it. Yes, if they're going to do it at all, I belive they need to try and hide it. I will commend them for that effort regardless of the fact that they may or may not fully be able to hide it. But the fact that they need to go to extra extents to hide it confirms to me that they're bending over backwards to put a square peg in a round whole. Bacially, I think the land's a disaster on multiple complex levels. You don't have to agree with me, you just need to get where I'm coming from before you go calling me crazy.