SW Celebration Orlando: Star Wars and the Disney Parks Panel

[Jones14]

Spoiler

Tom Fitzgerald and Anthony Daniels were the special guests.

The Episode 8 planet is going to be Crait; it's the planet from the trailer that felt podracing-esque.

 

[danlb_2000]

SPOILERS AHEAD (someone please remind me of how to do the tag).

Tom Fitzgerald and Anthony Daniels were the special guests.

The Episode 8 planet is going to be Crayp(?); it's the planet from the trailer that felt podracing-esque.

Crait.

Just surround it with [Spoile][/Spoile] but use the whole word.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

SWE Panelists:
Wendy Anderson
Doug Chiang (Lucasfilm production designer)
Scott Trowbridge (WDI Star Wars Portfolio Lead)
Pablo Hidalgo (Lucasfilm Story Group)
Asa Kalama
Chris Beatty (MK NFL)

 

[Mouse3268]

There are some really cool pictures from this event appearing online. Including one where they show how they are going to have a podracing engine cooking meat at one of the restaurants.

 

[Bill Cipher]

New concept art, courtesy of laughingplace.com

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Based on the concept art, I suspect the planet SWE takes place on was the rejected "exotic/crime city" planet from TFA.

 

[danlb_2000]

 

[Bill Cipher]

From laughingplace.com

 

[danlb_2000]

 

[Bill Cipher]

From laughingplace.com

 

[Bill Cipher]

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Beat me to it

 

[danlb_2000]

"You will be able to assist the Resitence, support the First Order, or take a job from a bounty hunter. The storytelling will happen around you."

Almost sounds like they are going to try to take streetmosphere actors to the next level.

 

[Mouse3268]

Mike @ Blog Mickey‏ @Blog_Mickey 2m2 minutes ago
How you pilot the Falcon will matter. If you're a terrible pilot, you might be treated differently in the land. Can build a reputation

 

[LieutLaww]

You will be able to assist the Resistance, support the First Order, or take a job from a bounty hunter. The storytelling will happen around you.

You and your flight crew will control the Millenium Falcon. You won't just ride it. Each person will have a different role.

Choices will matter. It will not be the same experience for everyone.

Your decisions will follow you around the land.

 

[Mouse3268]

Based on everything I've read about this, it appears they have absorbed everything possible from Harry Potter World, applied it to Star Wars, and then cranked it to 11.

 

[Jones14]

Spoiler

They showed a behind the scenes video with more concept art from the land. Much of the aesthetic seems to be a sci-if Harambe mixed with IOA's Port of Entry of sorts. VERY brief shot of Big Bird testing.

More backstory on the planet itself. Used to be thriving and vibrant, but has fallen from grace a bit and has become a haven for the more "interesting" crowd.

New concept art for live performers. So far, all humanoid aliens/humans. Interactive details in the land itself, but nothing indicating guest triggered "Force" interactions.

"We're gonna be using rooftops, ladders; you're not gonna be sitting in a chair passively. Things will be happening around you."

New droids with their own personalities. You can help the Resistance OR the First Order through interactions in the land.

"You and your flight crew will pilot the Millenium Falcon." You won't be able to fail your missions entirely, but you do have control and there will be consequences if you don't fly well.

There will be more than two AT-AT's.

 

[LieutLaww]

If your decisions follow you around I wonder if that means Magic Band integration in the land ?

 

[LieutLaww]

Disney has developed a new technology that brings realistic lightsabers into the real world.

 

[danlb_2000]

Disney has developed a new technology that brings realistic lightsabers into the real world.

Amputations will be a special upcharge.

 

[Bill Cipher]

"Disney has developed a new technology that brings realistic lightsabers into the real world."
Anyone have a link to those patents for light sabers in a controlled environment from a while back ago?