And Disney liked that they could populate it with whatever, and whomever they came up with in the coming years. Batuu, as it was later named, would essentially be a blank slate. It would take some inspiration from Tatooine, but not be restricted to what audiences had already seen before. In the world of Star Wars, this new planet would be located in the outer rim. With a new focus on telling stories from the upcoming sequel trilogy, and beyond, the designers opted to create a new planet location altogether, rather than selecting one from the upcoming film. So, they threw everything away, and started from scratch. They began to realize that there were going to be a lot more Star Wars stories ahead of them, than behind. While Imagineers had spent a couple years designing a land based on a location made popular by the original film in 1977, a tide was turning within Disney to look towards the future of the franchise.
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And so, the location for the land inside of Hollywood Studios was changed.Īround this time Disney was also working on their first Star Wars movie since purchasing the company. You shouldn’t be able to see the land until you’re already in it. They wanted the grand reveal you get when entering Diagon Alley.
An open-layout land spotlighting an existing attraction wasn’t going to cut it anymore. Reports that higher-ups at Disney told the Imagineers that they needed something more immersive more impressive. It has been rumored that the opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley in the summer of 2014 changed the direction of the vision for what a Star Wars land should be. Although, it’s possible that the space that would’ve been opened up by closing the Streets of America and the Backlot Tour could’ve been used for Florida’s own version of Cars Land, located right beside Toy Story Land, had it not been used for Galaxy’s Edge. If they had stuck with this rumored version of a Star Wars land, we may not have gotten a ride as immersive as Rise of the Resistance. While the park was in need of more family-friendly attractions, many have derided these early plans for seemingly including what would’ve essentially been yet another Dumbo clone. Not much is known about what new attractions were being developed for the area, but rumors at the time pointed to a walk-through Millennium Falcon exhibit, an attraction where you get to ride a Bantha, and some sort of flat ride themed as Tie-Fighters or X-Wings. And the Indiana Jones Stunt Show would be torn down to make room for additional attractions. An inside version of the Jedi Training Academy would take over one of two theaters near Echo Lake.
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Nearest to Star Tours would of course be the Mos Eisley Cantina. Imagineers reportedly spent nearly two years developing this concept, which was originally going to be based on Tatooine, namely the Mos Eisley Spaceport. New themed shops and dining would be added, as well as a couple attractions, to help fill out the land. The proposed land would be designed around it, taking over much of the Echo Lake area of the park. The earliest plans seemed to keep the existing Star Tours attraction in place, using it as the anchor for the land. The park was desperately in need of new attractions, and the franchise already had somewhat of a presence.
Be sure to check out the video version for additional visuals below.ĭisney’s Hollywood Studios was an obvious early choice to host additional Star Wars themed attractions after the Lucasfilm acquisition.
Let’s go over what the original Star Wars land might have been, and how the land we did get changed along the way. Eventually named Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the lands we got in 2019 were completely different from what was first designed during those early years-and, not even exactly what was officially announced. In 2015 Disney announced they would be building two massive lands based on the franchise, one at Disneyland and the other in Walt Disney World. After purchasing Lucasfilm in 2012, Disney tasked Imagineers with designing new Star Wars attractions for their theme parks.
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