More Details on The Star Wars Makeover of Tomorrowland.
Few months ago it was revealed that the plan to add Star Wars to Tomorrowland was put on hold indefinitely. Now some more details emerged while still no exact date has been set for the project to begin…
Apart from the news about the makeover there is something else extremely interesting. It looks like J.J. Abrams and company will have to spill the beans about the Episode 7 characters and plotlines even before the script is finished. The lucky guys to get the Episode 7 bits are the Imagineers assigned to the Star Wars Tomorrowland project.
As before the source for these Disneyland news is micechat:
“The current plan will see the complete reskin and remodel of the main Tomorrowland buildings flanking the entry walkway off the Central Plaza. The theme for the opening act of Tomorrowland will be a futuristic looking “space port”, that frames the existing attractions nicely while setting up the environment for all the new Star Wars experiences planned for the back half of the land whenever they finally get approved.
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The real substance of the Star Wars Land project, the new rides and shows, are all backfilled into phase two of this Tomorrowland project. And phase two is all still on temporary hold for Disneyland, and appear to be simply cancelled for Disney’s Hollywood Studios out at WDW. The optimists at Imagineering however are using this additional time stuck in limbo to their advantage. The Imagineers assigned to the Star Wars Tomorrowland project have now been debriefed on the characters and plotlines coming for Star Wars Episode VII that opens in theaters in about two years. The original plan for Disneyland’s Tomorrowland relied heavily on characters and plot points from the first three Star Wars films, with attractions like a Millenium Falcon walk-thru on the old PeopleMover platform, a wild Tatooine cantina replacing Tomorrowland Terrace, and a speeder bike ride through an Ewok village where Autopia currently sits. Those key attractions are all still part of phase two, but they are being layered or tweaked to include references from Episode VII that will be released in theaters at least 18 months before any of those attractions open.”
Anyone working there? 🙂
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Will this also be done in Disneyland Paris? I hope so since I’m from Belgium and the Disneyland theme parcs in the US are a bit out of reach 😀
i sure do hope so as well, i´m also from europe, but if they do, it will probably take a long time, they have to see how the one in america turns out first
I would imagine this may be eventually rolled-out across all the Disney parks. But I wouldn’t hold your breath!
BTW – I’m a big fan of DLP and have visited 5 times in the past 8 years :o)
Sounds incredible 🙂
If only it could be done by the time Celebration VII in Annaheim comes around.
Sounds cool I would go just to see it all
How can the Imagineers be debriefed on ep7? They know nothing! They were probably briefed. Carry on.
What does Episode VII have to do with anything? Because everything described in this article sounds like they’re milking the Original Trilogy.
I’ve been saying for years it would be cool if there was a Star Wars theme park, and that was one of the main reasons I was excited to hear about the Disney buyout initially. I’ve grown up going to disneyland and riding star tours, and to have an entire land based off of Star Wars? That’s like one of my childhood dreams coming true.
I want my super fucking awesome Battle of Yavin Simulator…
I’d take this with a grain of salt. MiceChat is a FAN SITE, and one infamous for its rumors as well.
I was sent this a few days ago, might be interesting, apparently the engineers were briefed: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TSzDOof0M7U/UsxvZ4u9oMI/AAAAAAAADLE/LW6WMJsUpgU/s1600/SWLand.jpg
This is a hypothetical Star Wars Universe Dream Park Map based off an old 1966 Disneyland Map. It was made a few years ago by Tom Hodges, a freelance artist who’s worked for Lucasfilm on various projects over the years.