Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge logo
- "On a remote outpost planet, new adventures await..."
- ―Construction sign at Disney's Hollywood Studios
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is a themed land currently in development by The Walt Disney Company, slated to open in 2019 at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.
History
Concept art
Disney CEO Robert Iger first announced at the D23 Expo on August 15, 2015 that the company would be building a Star Wars-themed land in Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and in Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. The announcement stated that these lands would be fourteen acres in size, making them the largest single land expansions in company history. The two attractions announced for the land included a ride that puts guests behind the controls of the Millennium Falcon and a ride that throws guests into the middle of a battle between the First Order and the Resistance. It was also announced that the lands' setting would be an outpost on a yet-to-be-seen planet on the edge of the Outer Rim Territories, just before Wild Space.[1] During the Q1 FY17 Earnings call for The Walt Disney Company on February 7, 2017, Iger announced that the new lands would open in the year 2019.[2] During the "Star Wars and Disney Parks: A Galaxy in the Making" panel at Celebration Orlando, Asa Kalama of Walt Disney Imagineering stated that what they were building would be canonical.[3]
In the lead up to the annual D23 Expo, the Disney Parks Blog unveiled a logo for the event "Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: A Galaxy of Stories", which would debut on July 14-16.[4] The event allowed for guests to catch a glimpse of the locations, starships, creatures, and droids that would populate the outpost that will act as a setting for the park, as well as the unveiling of a detailed model for the 14-acre theme park that would debut in 2019, alongside artwork and media showcasing its development.[5]
Appearances
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Miscellanea
Bibliography
Star Wars-themed Lands Coming to Disney Parks on StarWars.com (backup link)- New Details Announced for Star Wars-Themed Lands for Disney Parks on the Disney Parks Blog
- "[[]]" — Star Wars Insider 172
- Disney Parks Imagineers and Lucasfilm Collaborate on Star Wars-Themed Lands | Disney Parks on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- D23 2017: Doug Chiang Talks Designing Star Wars-Themed Land for Disney Parks on StarWars.com (backup link)
- D23 2017: Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Revealed as Name of Star Wars Lands in Disney Parks and More on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Kylo Ren's New Ship, The Last Jedi Cast at D23, & Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Poll: What's the Coolest Part of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge? on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ Star Wars-Themed Lands Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts, published by Disney Parks Blog on disneyparks.disney.go.com (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp)) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ Star Wars-Themed Lands at Disney Parks Set to Open in 2019, published by Disney Parks Blog on disneyparks.disney.go.com (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp)) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ FULL Star Wars Land panel - New details, artwork revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2017 by Inside the Magic, published by YouTube on www.youtube.com (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp)) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ 'A Galaxy of Stories' Coming to D23 Expo by Jeffrey Epstein, published by Disney Parks Blog on disneyparks.disney.go.com (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp)) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ D23 Expo 2017: 'A Galaxy Of Stories' Title & Logo Revealed For 'Star Wars' Land by Jason LaSalata, published by Jedi News on www.jedinews.co.uk (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp)) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21
D23 2017: Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Revealed as Name of Star Wars Lands in Disney Parks and More on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge name, details announced for Walt Disney World, Disneyland - D23 Expo 2017 by Inside the Magic, published by YouTube on youtu.be (July 16, 2017) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1
Matt Martin (@missingwords) on Twitter: ""Harkos" and "Dok-Ondar"" (backup link (missingwords/status/886636944741941248) not verified!)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Inside the Magic (@InsideTheMagic) on Twitter: "Hondo from Star Wars Rebels will be enlisting guests to ride the Millennium Falcon. #D23Expo2017" (backup link (InsideTheMagic/status/886352278277337088) not verified!)
- ↑ Matt Martin (@missingwords) on Twitter: "Guys, we can meet HONDO!!!" (backup link (missingwords/status/886352309424234496) not verified!)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 FULL Star Wars Land panel - New details, artwork revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2017
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) on Twitter: "Disney announces a Star Wars themed immersive resort hotel for WDW with costumes, a storyline for every guest, windows that only show space" (backup link (panzer/status/886360646433910784) not verified!)