Why Disney Doesn't Want You To Know Galaxy's Edge Flopped 

You don't have Star Wars without Han, Liea, Luke, Ahsoka, the 501st, Anakin / Vader, Kenobi, Qui-gon, no ALIENS!!!! Where are the Twileks, Bounty Hunters, Bothans, Calimar, Quodans, Rodians, or Wookies...

This is a PERFECT example of what happens when they believe "Disney knows best." and not their fans/customers. Hopefully this is a wake up call & reality check for them.

I feel like Disney made Star Wars feel too commercialized. I know it's always been a franchise to make money but it's never felt that way

If they had made it Jabba's palace, or cloud city, or even Nabo city it would have had far more interest.

Thats what they get for turning down my Robocop-Land idea.

I'll be honest, for the past couple of years, I've gotten the sense that Disney is approaching Star Wars when the mindset of "It doesn't matter what we do, people will buy it anyway." This is the result of that mindset taken too far.

Look up pictures of a fan-made concept called "Lucas World". When Disney announced they were making a Star Wars themed park, THAT is what i imagined it would look like. Not this off-brand Jakku flop that they built so people would like the sequels more.

We need a ride where Anakin complains about sand for 3 hours, I'd pay $120.00 for that.

Disney needs to hire the fighting Toon Town Family for evenings at Galaxy Edge Street Fights! That would fill the park to capacity!🤣

Star Wars land should have been in the original the timeline. Give us Darth Maul, Vader, stormtroopers... Get rid of this first order crap.

So basicly, its an expensive mall, no familiar things to see, and so far one ride, eventually 2. No wonder no one goes there. There aint anything to do unless you spend 200-600 bucks on craps like light sabers, building a droid, or just eating. Give me a Lord of the rings park instead.

Disney needs to fire the marketing people. Yup, he saids it .."An expensive mall"

4:25 Actually Jakku is just off-brand Tatooine. Meaning if Batuu is off brand Jakku then it’s actually Off-Brand Off Brand Tatooine

Do you think Universal would have created "Fantastic Beast" land instead of a Harry Potter land? I think not!

Remember that almost all of the anualpass holders have been blacked out of park admision for the next few months. They account for over a million locals. That is why the land is empty.

it's gotten to damn exspensive to get in. Before galaxy edge opened it $120.00 just for admission. Since they jack up the price every time they add something and they can afford not to. Disney has gotten way toooo greedy

one ride? $10 soda? $20 sandwich? no prequel trilogy representation? yeah thats a no from me dawg

They need to do what Battlefront 2 (2017) has done: mix up the eras a bit. In Battlefront 2 you can play as Sequel, Prequel, and OT characters, all across those three eras. Yeah it’s not as immersive, but it’s super fun and really makes the game feel like Star Wars (when it works). When you play as a clone and see Anakin barge past you into oncoming fire you can’t help but get excited, and when you play as Vader and come across that same Anakin it can be awesome to duel him and determine who is greater. The game is not exactly in an excellent place due to bugs but goddamn if I don’t feel like I’m part of the Star Wars universe. There isn’t anything bad about trying to get people excited about the sequels, but Disney has to remember that older fans would seriously prefer the original trilogy or even the prequels when visiting a Star Wars park. The issue a lot of people had with Battlefront was that it only focused on one third of the Star Wars films, something that its sequel has started gaining heat for with over a year of prequel content, and the same thing is happening with Galaxy’s Edge. They’re focusing too much on just one part of the enormous franchise that is Star Wars

I dont need Disney to tell me the park failed because every single RU-vidr already made a video about it

There are 2 variables to why Disney parks (especially Galaxy's Edge) isn't doing well, the first being how much they jacked up the price, to where getting a 1 day/1 park ticket today is $150, and a 1 day park hopper is $200, if you're staying for longer, it's gonna cost you even more, with just a slight decrease in price for each day. This makes going to the parks unreasonable for non pass holders, which only make up around 30-40% of the overall guests that would visit the parks. The other major problem Disney seemed to ignore is that Galaxy's Edge, though based on a popular franchise, is a land that doesn't fit with the rest of the park. Each other land within Disneyland is based not on a franchise, but on a general theme, and the rides themselves represent the franchises. Tomorrowland, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Critter Country, Main Street USA, and Toontown are all based around a general theme, to which going too them isn't geared to a specific fan base, but instead to the general public. This is why Disneyland was so successful, because up until Galaxy's Edge, it didn't matter what you were a fan of, you could visit any part of the park and find rides and attractions you enjoy, even if you say, don't like peter pan, you can just go across the road and ride Snow White. With Galaxy's Edge though, they have to rely on a specific fan base, a fan base that isn't just divided, but over half of whom wouldn't even want to go to Disneyland, so now Disney has to deal with trying to attract non SWs fans to that specific land that adds even more expensive shit on top of the already expensive ticket prices.

So disney continues to ruin the star wars name in hopes of ripping people off with their version of everything because they seem to hate the fact that we enjoyed movies back when they were good and actually had effort put into them.

Of course Galaxy's Edge is dead. It's in a city we've never heard of with characters we dont know. No Luke. No Leia. No Han. This isn't Star Wars. It's Ruin Johnson-Kathleen Kennedy land.

Galaxy's Edge looks like a junk yard populated with characters that no one recognizes. Seriously.

Imagine if they made a giant Death Star you can walk into

Star Wars fans: would love to see Coruscant, Degobah, Hoth or Endor. Disney: lets build a Tatooine rip off

They banked on people liking the new trilogy way more so they based the land on it. That didnt pan out. They needed to base the land on the original trilogy, or at least parts of it.

What is Star Wars without the characters, designs, soundtracks, places and stories which made it famous in the first place? Answer: Very very empty!

When my children ask me, "Why did Disney close down?" I'll tell them, "They had rats the size of people and rats who posed as Disney executives, they were infested and were forced to close down."

Yes! Everything you talked about I agreed with 100 percent! I rode the ride twice in the same day wondering why there’s no wait time, or where all the characters are. I got bored with it quick. It was cool to see everything, but once I did it I was like “okay there’s nothing else to do” I was expecting more character interaction at least and not everyone being dead haha

"Hey! Come to the Disney Star Wars universe where everyone you knew is dead!"

STAR WARS: THE GALAXY'S MALL

I went to galaxies edge, it was alright but it would’ve been better if it was more focused on the original trilogy and had real Star Wars locations like you said. Also the ride is only good if you’re in the front seat

Disney is learning that the few people on Rian Johnson’s twitter comments/replies who like the the new movies aren’t enough to support a theme park.

Disney will never ever ever admit to a failure, weather its toys, movies, or a tv show, they will always blame people, or their vendors, " Solo didnt flop because people got tired of Disneys bad decisions, it floped because of the sexist, xenophobic, racist, haters etc " - Out of Touch Disney CEO

1. A lot of open space with nothing going on. 2. We only met two employees that seemed to care. Everyone else was like "just let me do my job and leave me alone." 3. The app/game thing is fun, but it drains phone batteries like crazy. 4. I'm not a fan of the new stuff, so basically I didn't understand a lot of the references. 5. I'm not rich enough to waste money on expensive stuff.

Shouldn’t be too hard to remodel as mos eisley.

Universal is killing it. Galaxys Edge looks like one long street of "Give us money."

I think Disney assumed that simply saying "Star Wars" or referencing Star Wars is a golden ticket, and that they didn't need to worry about the story, characters, etc.. While it would be VERY expensive, they should have a separate Star Wars theme park, dividing it into "Episodes", and each "Episode" have areas from the corresponding episode (e.g. the Senate Chamber in Episode I, Hoth in Episode V).

Know what else is missing from the Streets of Star Wars Land? STAR WARS! The Falcon and a few Storm Troopers don’t make it Star Wars.

Hey everyone, lets go spend all our money to go to a Star Wars themed shopping mall based on a planet we have never heard of and around characters we have no attachment too. Sounds fun right?!

It's not Star Wars enough for the Star Wars fans. It's not Disney enough for the Disney fans. They should've tested the concept in Hollywood Studios at Disney World, worked out all the kinks, *then* bring it to Disneyland.

I never realized Mos Eisley was a shopping mall. Was there an Orange Julius next to the cantina?

"These aren't the rides we're looking for. You can go about your business.. Move along"

I want a coruscant town. They could actually put a mall there and get away with it. They also need a dunk tank where you can dunk commander fox

Too expensive to goto Disneyland for 1 is $150 and 2=$300, going to Knott Berry Farm

I've seen more SW characters I'm interested in at Weird Al concerts.

Sounds like "Meh The Force Be With You. Or Not. Whatever."

Imagine making a Mickey Mouse land but Mickey is nowhere to be found, only a bunch of rats!

Lol watching footage of this land makes me realize how butchered Star Wars is Jesus.

I know for myself and my Disneyland Facebook group of a few thousand west coast Canadians, we very intentionally avoided booking our annual trips around opening of Star Wars!! I think a LOT of people had this same idea. Everyone THOUGHT it would be nuts and nobody wants a packed Park experience. Funny how in hindsight, I regret avoiding it, as it looks like it would have been the best time to go with such low traffic and wait times in general.

jakku is already off-brand tatooine... so Batuu is a copy of a copy... sounds like some postmodern nightmare

Let's be honest. It looks very generic, ordinary and boring. But Disney will never admit it.

Star Wars shouldve been left alone after Return of the Jedi.

In the subject of theme parks, I'm kind of upset that they have to tear down A Bug's Land for Marvel. Now don't get me wrong I love Marvel like the next guy but Bug's Life is like my favorite movie and it's a shame that it's slowly being forgotten.

Static robots and space vehicles with no real effects... triple boring Right Darth Kennedy? 😉

I think them separating guests at the gate to ensure no white males could experience the Resistance/good-guy themed attractions was the final straw.

Good, so imma pull up without whacky people all over the place, I see this as an absolute win!

Disney fans saying universal harry potter rides are not creative, shows how smart Disney fans are lol.

From what I got out of this it seems like built this land for the more current generations with their new movies and tv shows not realizing that most of the attendance would be grow men and women who enjoyed the OT and the prequels

Maybe disney should maybe invest in rebuilding the land they destroyed to make up for that worthless Star Wars ride

There are longer lines for the women’s restroom in Galaxy’s Edge than at the Falcon video game ride! 😂

$150.00 to get in. $100.00 to build a droid (not counting buying accessories.) $200.00 to build a lightsaber. $50.00 to eat and drink. Total : $500.00 FOR ONE PERSON!

The Falcon has the wrong antenna. I think the theme park's focus on the sequel trilogy is the mistake.

There’s... There’s more planets than just sand covered ones Disney...

As long as people keep giving their $$ to Disney .. they will keep doing this junk.

I’ve been there and the real issue is that there just isn’t much to do there.

Like going to a Fast and Furious land but it's all based on Tokyo Drift.

Bottom line, it costs too much, they had promised there was going to be lots of places to explore, but that just ended up as lots of retail stores, that everything cost lots of money, only one ride? Now if there were 5 or more rides, maybe better, or if they made the place as old Star Wars land, the first movies, not a made up land. Sad

1. $149.00 1 day 1 park price 2. Their low tier Passholders are blacked out 3. $25.00 to park

I was just there. It wasn't even close to empty, but for one of the biggest franchises for one of the biggest company's, in one of the biggest amusement parks in the world, you would expect so much more. I think it's because of bad marketing. They advertised it like it was sold out, and that turned people off, they thought it would be way to busy, and now their are no crowds that were making people afraid to come.

Quality > quantity Disney would be the masters of quantity versus quality.

"It feels like you're in Harry Potter." Whoa, whoa buddy, keep it PG.

All of this could’ve been avoided if back in 2012 -13 some creatives all got in a damn room and discussed episodes 7 - 9, instead of winging it.

Universal: Fast & Furious Supercharged is the biggest flop in Theme Park history Disney: Hold my beer

Michael, no one's ever really gone.

They shouldn't have blocked out the California season pass holders, once the locals can get in I think it'll fill up.

I went a few weeks ago and thought it was good for what it was. It felt like walking around a movie set and, as you mentioned, there’s really not much to do. Other than the one right that is open at the moment, all you can do is eat and shop. One of the major attractions is the Cantina, but the reservations for it were completely booked by 8:30 AM when I went. I wholeheartedly agreed that there is no familiarity to it. It just feels like some random sci-fi town on some other planet that just happens to have storm troopers on it. Was it worth the experience? Yes. The attention to detail is impressive. Is it on point with Wizarding World of Harry Potter? By no means.

where's the people? in the same place the star wars characters are....jajajaja NOWHERE to be found there

I would've loved a park based on the Jedi Temple in Coruscant. Probably implausible, but my preference.

"What they've built is essentially a really expensive mall and the one ride that's open is a video game." - perfectly put!

I was actually just at Galaxy's Edge last week and to me it felt like walking around a decorated, desert, with star wars ships, some characters, and a lot of stores. The Falcon was fun to fly and you do actually control it more or less. Like when you push the buttons to shot stuff, it shots stuff and when you stop, it stops. It is pretty cool. Some part's feel really surreal, and others kinda do just feel like walking around...well...a decorated, desert that's also a shopping center. I was okay with the planet being "made up" cause from what I heard anyway it's supposed to be a real planet in the next movie? Idk how true that is, but that's why the part of it "not being real" hasn't bugged me. It is way to much money for everything tho. I want some stuff, but I can't justify the price on most of it. You brought up good points in the video that I really can't disagree with tbh. I did enjoy it tho I do really hope they open up the second ride soon tho.

$150 to watch Lego head Kylo play cat & mouse with Rey for 45 minutes. How thrilling.

There's a reason why JK Rowling went with Universal for the HP parks. She told Disney to kick rocks.

I can't wait for the marvel land and buy an Iron Man helmet for $1,000 dollars or more or probably less

Thank KK, Ruin Johnson, and the LFL story group for giving us a modern era of Star Wars that people do not care about. Subverting our expectations and running it right into the nearest asteroid... Thank Bob Iger for allowing them to do it unchecked. Is he afraid to fire KK? Sure looks like it.

Tickets are too much and the land feels too much like a cash grab. Soulless

It gets old very fast. See it once and you don't need to ever go back !

"I'm a Star Wars fan!" *calls Kylo Ren a Sith*

The park is slow because every single annual pass besides the top tier is blocked. Once passes unblock it’ll be insane again. And once rise of the resistance finally opens it’ll be cray

Their first problem was not making a Star Wars based park but a Star Wars based MINI MALL.

you're right, it was nothing more than a mall with a big video game in it. it was not the star wars that i grew up with. i didn't recognize anything i just figured it was star wars 2.0 i only know star wars 1.0. i asked an employee in one of the clothing shops if the outfit i was looking at belonged to obi wan; she replied "obi who?" i said from the first movie then she said "movie?" i get that the "cast members" are supposed to stay in character but i got so irritated with that particular "cast member". so they can't even reference my beloved star wars?!?!?

Actually it's due to an off season for California's pass holders Ending of June - beginning of July is an off month.

00:23 “not one Star Wars fan that wouldn’t get excited” I’ve been a Star Wars fan for 42 years...NOT EXCITED

"Yeah, park attendance is down dramatically but guest feedback and satisfaction is really high!" That's exactly *why* satisfaction is high. Friends and I go to DL about once a week. We all say we would have bet $50,000 that what were seeing now with crowds would *never* have happen. We're still surprised. But also still loving it.

Galaxy's Edge is not a theme park it is PART of a theme park like Toon Town (BTW whatever happened to Roger Rabbit?)

Also i think everyone thought at the same time it's going to be crazy packed so I am going to wait.

I am a Signature Passholder, and can confirm 100% that Disneyland has *not* been dead, has not been a ghost town. Smuggler's Run has had wait times of 40-90 minutes. It may not have been astronomically successful, but is not 'dead' by any means.

Blame Kathleen Kennedy and infant-man-face Rian Johnson.

I much rather have a empty park and short wait lines then a full park and hours waiting in line any day.

Disney:"Yeah we'll build a Star Wars themed amusement park see an that's what I hear all the 'cool' kids are into these day. We'll half ass it by only only putting in one ride see an if it works out we'll put in another, meanwhile we'll charge like a wounded bull for all the merch like $200 for some crappy DIY light sword that usually costs $10 as a stock filler at a dollar store. Boys I tell ya we're gonna be rollin in it, just slap that Star Wars logo on the side of everything and we're golden" Galaxys Edge: Crickets quietly chirp