Why Galaxy's Edge Needs to Be Rethemed to the Original Trilogy 

Re-themeing would go a long way, but what it really needs is aliens. it's supposed to be a sprawling spaceport but the only alien walking around is Chewbacca. they could have a few cast members in different clothing combinations and swappable masks and gloves/sleeves to give the illusion of multiple different aliens walking around the land doing various tasks

When you go to Universal, you step directly into Diagon Alley and Hogsmede, places I have seen in the movies for years. What is a Blackspire Outpost? Disney should have made an entire Star Wars Park with separate "lands" for each trilogy rather than wedge Galaxy's Edge into Hollywood Studios. 😕

Having just gotten back from there. I dont mind the theming. Its the layout and pricing. It is essentially a Shopping mall looking like Star Wars with a couple of rides thrown in to call it a park. It needs more rides and more space. It also doesnt help with the Galactic Cruiser hotel announcing pricing in the astronomical amounts. 6k for a family of 4 for 2 night. THey need to add to the land, get more rides and incorporate new lands and stories and I think it will do better.

Disclaimer: I have not been to Galaxy’s Edge but I really don’t have the urge to. I was watching the Mandalorian over again and happened upon the GE special that came out with all the celebrities telling you about it. Near the end, fans are let in and some are crying when they see the Millennium Falcon for the first time. The whole time I’m thinking, yeah they’re emotional but it’s because they’re thinking about Han, Luke and Leia. They aren’t getting emotional seeing Rey’s Falcon

I remember growing up how much I dreamed about one day going to a Star Wars amusement park. Disney somehow managed to screw it up so badly by replacing the setting I envisioned with an unrecognizable corporate brand that cares more about merchandise than immersion.

Can't believe how badly Disney missed the mark on star wars.

Still massively perplexing that it wasn't OT especially after Disney's experience with Cars land and Pandora of placing you into the movie. Or after Universals success with Harry Potter. Galaxys Edge is a Major disappointment.

I'd honestly also love to see a prequel galaxy's edge as well. Battle droids would be awfully hard to work, but you could have a pod-racing coaster and full-size versions of iconic SW ships. The OG trilogy deserves theming though.

Disney should have followed Universals model and created multiple Star Wars lands each based in a different trilogy in a different park. It was the only way to appeal to all Star Wars fans on both sides of the Original trilogy and Disney Trilogy rift (plus I would have loved to see a packed OT land and an empty DT land lol).

George Lucas still owns majority merchandise rights over the o.g trilogy mercy that’s why they’ve tried to lean towards the sequel trilogy in the parks

The Sequels really are an albatross around the neck of the Star Wars brand. First I can tell you as somebody that was in my late 20s when the Prequels kicked off people didn't immediately start shitting on them the way they did with the sequels. Yes there were fanboys that didn't like them and there were questionable issues and flaws in them but a sizable portion of the fandom liked them a great deal. And more than half a decade of The Clone Wars tv series only enhanced the perception of the Prequel movies. It also helped that Revenge of the Sith was the highpoint of that series and so the Prequels ended on a high note that was relatively controversy free (NOOOOO and lost the will to live not withstanding). More than that the Prequels truly felt like Star Wars in a way that the Sequels didn't. Everything felt like it all belonged in the same Universe together and it had a reasonably coherent over arching theme and storyline. Now I've been a Star Wars nerd since I walked out of A New Hope back in 77 thinking it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen as a 5 year old. And the longest 3 years of my life felt like the wait between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi so I can promise you I'm part of the demographic that is supposed to predisposed to hate the Prequels and I just never did. They fit into the Universe like a comfortable pair of jeans. Maybe they were threadbare in a few spots but they belonged. I remember walking out of the Force Awakens feeling...... disappointed. They killed Han in a pointless way, Rey had no backstory, Luke wasn't even in the damn movie except for a few seconds at the end, Kylo Ren seemed like a petulant child and since when does somebody pick up a lightsaber and best a trained Sith, wounded or not? And they just shit all over a legion of fans that had been devouring expanded universe material since the early 90s. While Lucas chose not to incorporate any of that into the prequels he at least had the good sense not to thumb his nose at the fans who loved it. Clearly the creators of the sequel trilogy decided they knew best how to continue the story of the OT and gave a giant middle finger to everybody who thought otherwise. And then they doubled down on that with The Last Jedi and it bit them in the ass hard. By the time the Rise of Skywalker came out there was really not much that could be done to fix the problem besides scraping it all and starting over. Which seems to be the persistent rumor behind the franchise these days. Dave and Jon have thrown the Star Wars brand an absolute lifeline that saved it from a certain death and they are doing it by exploring the area of time all the fans wanted to see after the OT and by creating well crafted stories built around likable and well developed characters. As the implications of what the Sequel will mean for these characters as they grow to be more and more popular become obvious I think it will become ever more obvious that Disney will have to borrow a page from their own mishandling of the brand and consign the sequels to legends and create a new canon. Once that die is cast retheming of Galaxy's Edge will become a necessity.

A re-themed Galaxy’s Edge would be so awesome. Some of my favorite trips to Disneyworld was when I was attending Star Wars Weekends Celebration. Original characters in a exclusive Star Wars parade. Original trilogy actors signing autographs and putting on special panels where they talk about their experiences working on the classic movies. Star Wars stage shows with a DJ during the exclusive fireworks. Plus I loved the exclusive Weekends gift shops where you can pick up exclusive merchandise. Today’s Galaxy Edge has none of that fun and interactive excitement. If we were to get a new Original Trilogy Galaxy’s Edge it would feel like Star Wars Weekends 7 days a week

Funny thing is the reason I have 0 interest in visiting Galaxy's Edge is because of the sequel theme. Why would I waste so much money to re-live movies I absolutely despise? If they change it to OT or Prequels I'd go.

Even with the re-theming from the "sequel" to "original" trilogy, I would like to at least hope that there'll be a few hints of the prequel trilogy here and there (like the appearances of Mace Windu, Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, and (if given a 2nd chance) Jar Jar Binks, either as meet & greet characters or as merchandise figures or busts)

Batuu was actually created by Timothy Zahn for the canon Thrawn trilogy.

And also, all their future projects seem to take place around the og trilogy (or shortly after), while there’s no idea on when we’ll revisit the sequel era again, in around 5 years the park will most likely feel outdated, since those aren’t the characters we are following anymore (you could say the same thing about the og cast but i think they are iconic enough to carry it)

Imagine seeing the Emperor and Darth Vader in the throne room on Rise, instead of Kylo and that red-headed guy. It would be 1000% better!

I’m not a sequel hater, and actually I’m very curious about the New Republic era, so the era is not really the problem for me. The key is not making it a known place. And of course, the sequel era does not have the iconic locations the OG trilogy has, so of course the relation is comprehensible. Also the missed opportunity of not making the various Galaxy’s edge locations, based on different planets, that would really put the Galaxy on the Galaxy’s Edge brand.

It sucks that the Imagineers were all ready to go with the original trilogy, until KK put her foot down, because it sounded great. At least Rise of Resistance looks like it could easily be changed to Empire Strikes Back if needed. I can't wait until the end of the Bob's era...

The Last Jedi was the only halfway decent movie in the sequel trilogy! It only ruined Luke's character because TFA forced it to. TFA is the worst part of TLJ.

I wish there were more Empire/First Order themed place. I love the futuristic esthetic and would have loved to see it more than Rise of the Resistance

Maybe create a time rift storyline around the land that would enable them to incorporate all three trilogies?

When SWGE opened the best park was the extended park hours. It reminded me of the days Disney was opened late into the evening. It made the visit much more enjoyable.

I just got home from the park a few days ago. Never been before and I just felt so underwhelmed. I get the theme. Space rocks and outposts and things. But that was it. HOTH. Endor. Put me in a death star. And that's not even a fraction of thrilling places. The "attractions" were just merch booths. Making droids. Selling lightsabers. I had more fun with the Toy Story themed world than star wars. And that hurt to say.

It needed to be themed appropriately as not being a part of any trilogy and not having their decor be based on any one era. If they just did one ambiguous place they could’ve had it work with all Star Wars content instead of limiting it to only certain characters. If it wasn’t for the forced new trilogy theme they could’ve had all characters from all eras of Star Wars traverse the park. This way they could have different actors dress as whatever character for the time of day and send them out so fans of any era can enjoy the park. By forcing the park to comply to any one era of Star Wars it cuts off fans of the og, prequels, sequels, or any of the side content like the mandalorian or clone wars. This means if they made new content in the future even this would be left out instead of just having a random planet theme that’s not directly shown as any one era. They could’ve even used projectors to change eras every hour instead of making the park theme permanently sequels where every hour the characters would change out their rounds for different ones from whatever the theme of the hour is. Such as having different faction art appear via projectors into different buildings instead of permanently having resistance/first order things everywhere. I love the og but I also love the prequels and series as well and I hate the sequels but I wouldn’t want any fans of Star Wars new or old left out from enjoying the park. By making the era themes change every hour or every few hours they could make a larger portion of Star Wars enjoyers get to enjoy what they love most about the franchise. And I also believe all different things from all parts of the Star Wars eras should be permanently present. As for rides I believe the millinum falcon should be changed to Han Solo with Hondo during the time of the og trilogy, the rise of resistance can stay the same but a new ride should be added for strictly the prequels so each era has a ride dedicated to it and all fans can have something they enjoy. And I agree that lord x-wing should be repainted to be Luke’s, the first order ship can stay, the new and old droids can stay, but a new ship should be added from the prequels era as well. This way no fans are left out. If the park stays set to one particular era I just don’t want to go there because as much as I love the og I wouldn’t want to be forced to miss out on the other things I love most about the franchise and I believe I would be missing out on something. By having a mash up of all content and changing the themes via projectors every hour or so I could enjoy everything I love about the franchise. If they had different characters come out with those changes I’d be even more excited, imagine one hour leia, Han, Luke, Chewie were out in the past but the next hour was prequel characters and clone wars characters like obi wan, anakin, rex, Ashoka, bad batch, mace but then in the next hour they had mandalorian themes with different factions of mandalorians traveling around like bo katan, din, boba, Sabine, night watch, and more? Or sequels fans could have their favorite characters. No fans would be cut off from their favorite thing about Star Wars. By making the park a set time period they cut off the potential to add new content in the future or cater to all fans. A one set trilogy or show as the theme is a mistake just because of how many different fans there are to the different parts of this franchise. There’s too much difference in themes between each trilogy to choose one permanently without cutting off fans who like a different part of it.

They should retheme to original trilogy and there's enough room for a small but decent coaster experience either based off the trench run or the endor rundown. Star Tours on the other hand, should increase ride experience and throw all "locations" in the ride. The whole "light sabre" shop, I do recommend it over than buying from some website that price it higher that Savi's Workshop. I can see these upgrades to happen. I can see a digital Leia & Luke with Vader to fill "Rise..." or maybe a young Wedge. And play it out like the end of Rogue and the beginning of 1st film of "escaping with the plans" . "Smugglers.." should follow the principles of destroying the Deathstar like in Jedi with a small trench run leading inside the deathstar to destroy the core. That concept itself on both rides would gain heavy traction with real of star wars fans. Scrap that little stunt stage and add a small star wars flat ride or a small coaster experience that goes through that park themed area. The blue and green milk should be upgraded as well. Legit milk but properly flavored as for the blue milk would taste like blueberries, that would sell a lot better because that alone is still getting mixed reviews, almost like a very thin milkshake where it's not too thick but at the right consistency. Due to aesthetics, it would be decorated as either Tattooine or Endor. There's too many shops and food and utilize the space for some small ride or attraction. For "Rise.." Vader and General Tarkan. In both WDW and Disneyland, they should move the star wars properties in Galaxy's Edge, for Disney to make room for newer rides. Reconstruct The Stars Wars launch bay (meet & greet) and Star Tours. "Wall-E", is a Disney feature set in the future to be placed in Tomorrowland, it could replace the star tours (if moved) for that spot. Get ride of Pizza Port because there's a unused show building that could be used for something. I recently heard that Disneyland might get rid of autopia due to mechanical and maintenance costs and to house the Tron light bike coaster. A possible use of the damaged tracking of the Peoplemover to make that coaster happen.

I honestly think it is amazing being themed to the sequel trilogy, they are making it relevant for the kids.

They could easily change the millennium falcon ride to the the OST because the ride is reprogrammable and would be more iconic being with original Star Wars characters while your on the classic millennium falcon. For the rise of the resistance ride it would be super hard to change it and it probably wouldn't be worthwhile for Disney, it could also be changed by you being on the Death Star and trying to get to the rebel base and not the resistance base. Although, I do love the current ride. Having the prequel Star Wars trilogy would be hard because it wouldn't fit in as much and would not be as marketable even tho it would be super cool. As for The Mandalorian, it would work because that takes place during the OST.

The bb units in the drod shop could just make the excuse they were phase 1 prototypes

I think they could easily re-theme it to post-OT but in the era of Mandalorian.

It being in the furthest forward time point makes sense. That way they can explain any references to everything else. If it were set in the OT, then they wouldn’t be able to add mando related content for instance, because mando happens after the OT.

They'll never do it as long as Kathleen Kennedy draws breath. Everything thing Disney LucasFilms has made has detracted from/tore down OT characters. She hates the OT and its fans. I will go a step further. Star Wars does not belong in Disneyland. Walt would not have all of this outside IP in his park. Heck the greatest Disney attractions weren't based on anything not even Disney movies. Pirates of The Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain were created out of whole cloth by the Imagineers. Star Wars deserves it's own standalone park. Marvel just seems to screw up whatever it's added to. Give it its own little park too. What it did to Tower of Terror is an abomination.

The thing about the original trilogy is that no one hates it. The prequels and sequels are universally well received and beloved. There may be fans who like the prequels of sequels better, but no one hates the OT with the burning passion that some people feel about the other trilogies. I also feel GE could do very well in a timeframe set pretty immediately after the war which could help make a bit freer with continuity, still being an explored couple of years yet square in the OT era still and Batuu could show an era of post imperial reconstruction while rebels finish taking out the last staggering dregs of the empire still killing about on the planet. This gives the land the freedom to make merch and reference to anything from the OT if they wanted, like walk around Ewoks or something. This would also allow Droid Depot to get away with BB units as new experimental designs.

Totally agree and it would be great to have Dark Vader and other characters from the original trilogy/prequel movies - I never really liked the sequels because it felt like they needed to check all the boxes and didn't focus on the story. Also some actor choices are debatable - I would love to see that but I don't think this will happen

Really, replacing the characters from the sequel trilogy would probably be enough.

Disney blew it with what they did. I haven't even wanted to go. They had a perfect opportunity to completely re-theme Epcot center. Each country could have been a different planet and there's a Deathstar sitting right there in front. I don't think they know how to think outside the box anymore.

As someone that hates the sequel trilogy, I don’t actually mind galaxies edge being themed after it because i like the look of the sequel trilogy and they aren’t retelling the story of the sequel trilogy because if they did, that would make for awful rides. It’s not even that you are wrong. It’s just it doesn’t bother me.

I think they can do it similar to how Universal Studios did Jurassic Park/ World. One park can stay sequel trilogy themes while the other can be Original Trilogy themed.

Galaxy’s Edge is great but it could have been amazing if it was Tatoonie. You would have had grown men crying if this was the case. You could have had the Mos Eisley Cantina with a full animatronic band and docking bay 94 I’ve seen a few videos saying that the original plan was to have it Tatooine and Kathrine Kennedy changed it half way through meaning it could be changed back. Smugglers run could be redone as escape from Hoth and rise of the resistance could Be changed to escape the Death Star

Or better yet: make it have no time in the any trilogy. Make seem as if it can be any of the trilogies (except for the Sequels because anyone with a brain can tell that no matter what they say or try the Sequels will never work at all. For instance: one day Old Republic era and the other day Original Trilogy era.

I think it should be themed as all the trilogies, not just the OT. This is because you have a growing amount of PT fans, and you don’t wanna isolate a specific fan group.

I don’t think a retheme to the OT is the answer. Re-theming to the world of the Mandalorian, however, makes all the sense in the world. If anything, THAT is what Disney would do.

Star Wars needs its own land. Have small segments of different eras. Do something like Endor,Naboo,tatooine,hoth,mustfar, Coruscant. Etc. Something from all the series. They can skip the sequels for all Icare.

Or they could have the park take place in different time periods depending on the day or time of day. Maybe during the Morning it's during the Clone Wars. Batu is a neutral planet but both the Republic and Separatists are trying to sway it one way or the other. In the Afternoon it's the OT. The Empire forcibly took control but Rebel spies are trying to liberate it. Then towards the end of the day it's the sequel trilogy.

Personally I prefer the prequel trilogy but I know why it can’t because they don’t have animatronics advanced enough that can interact for battle droids like they have people in costumes for stormtroopers

The solution is simple. If the wine is sour throw it out.

They would sooner tear the whole area down than retheme

Yes! I've been thinking the same thing for years now. Re-theme to even be post ROTJ and lets see the Mandolorian and baby Grogu there walking around! Now THAT would get me interested in going there.

I don’t think they really need to take it all the way back in time and remove all aspects of the sequel trilogy. The work involved is far more than you suggest. Sequel X wings have a totally different design, especially with the engines. A simple re-paint would not please actual fans. Keep the time setting, but change the location to Tatooine and incorporate elements of all 3 trilogies. Create a universal environment and take us on a journey through the entire saga. Changing Smuggler’s Run is fairly simple since it is a digital mission. Give us the real Cantina. Add a Pod Racing ride. Why just Storm Troopers? Include Jawas, Tuscan Raiders, Ewoks, Hutts, Zabraks, Twi’leks, Rodians, Mon Calamari, Gamorreans. Make it feel like a diverse alien space port.

I don’t think they’re gonna retheme because of how Disney is trying to push the whole Star Wars “Rey is the best character” story to please all the nonsensical feminists.

Imagine if they actually took advantage of that wooded area to make a launched dueling family coaster themed around the Endor speeder bike chase.

I really liked your point about the music. One thing I don't like about Galaxy's Edge is there is no background music playing anywhere. I get that Disney was trying to make it as immersive as possible, but when every single other land in Disney World (except Pandora) has music playing at all times, the lack of music gives the area a weird feeling in my opinion. Like its almost too quiet. Furthermore, for me at least, part of the reason I feel so immersed in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is that film music is playing at all times, which really gets you in the feel and mood of Harry Potter as well as makes you feel like you've stepped into the movie.

The fact that it isn’t themed around the og trilogy is insane to me. Those are the most iconic movies of the franchise, those are the films you think of when you hear Star Wars.

Not to mention that they missed a huge opportunity in not theming the place around a known location. The best theme park attractions take you someplace you've always wanted to be. You go to Hogwarts! Or Beast's Castle! Or Diagon Alley! for crying out loud. Not "Beauxbatons" or "A Place Maurice might have Visited" or "A Wizarding Mall in Bulgaria". I get that choosing a location automatically negates certain choices and opportunities, but how much more excited would you be to go to Mos Eisley or Bespin or Coruscant as opposed to an unknown Baatu? There's just no emotional pull to Baatu.

My main issue with Galaxy's Edge is the cast theming is way too one sided with everyone in rebel character. When we went to Galaxy's Edge area of the park, my brother and I wanted to find a place to buy first order themed merch- we asked a cast member who roleplayed us about getting rebel merch instead and how the first order was bad. We didn't have kids with us, we just wanted to find a shirt to buy, there was hardly anything first order or 'bad guy' themed to buy in Galaxy's Edge, sucked.

It was a huge mistake not to have Star Wars music in the land. The immersion they were going for falls flat with no streetmosphere. It's pretty lifeless compared to the rest of the park.

I would maybe even like a little prequel section too! For all of the...interesting problems of the prequels, they had a lot of interesting planet designs! Naboo, Coruscant, Geonosis, Kamino. There’s some neat stuff!

Now THAT is a re-theme I would be on board with.

The First Order's probably doing a bunch of sponsorships for RAID: Shadow Legends to pay for Starkiller base

The worst part? This isn't the first cultural Sci-fi icon to be given a "land". Las Vegas had Star Trek the experience and it was emersive , You were in Quark's Bar , You were on the Enterprise D. Fans want to step right into the fantasy they know, they want to live it. What is Batu? Why do I want to go there? As a fan I never imagined what it would be like to be there. This just doesn't work. Attraction that existed 12 years ago in a Vegas hotel put Galaxy's edge to shame.

You really hit the nail on the head when you said "the problem with the sequel trilogy is I don't believe what's going on, I don't buy what I'm seeing". EXACTLY!!! Right from the start you have this mega empire 2.0 where didn't we destroy that in the FINAL victory of the originals? And so much along those lines, destroying planets is really "here we go again, but how?!" And...The Force is some far off myth that's just a legend of, what, thirty years ago? Etc etc....it just wasn't believable.

Great take on this whole topic. While Galaxy’s edge is cool, it feels really hollow in theming. Disneyland is usually so great with immersion in the parks. I feel like it is because of the “hollowness” of the sequel trilogy. Original trilogy or even slightly before would be a great timeline to set it in. Maybe take place during rebels (still see all the characters but before the empire fell)

I’m really surprised the hotel isn’t even og trilogy considering anyone with enough money to stay there is also old enough to grow up with the 3 ogs

I think you hit the nail on the head. I was so disappointed with the new star wars movies that I haven't even bothered to see the last 2. And the fact that Disney made the huge mistake by not using the original trilogy for the theme of the land was just another Huge mistake. I'm glad I found your channel, your honest and very precise problems with all that Disney is screwing up with it's decisions about the theme parks. Keep up the great content 👍

Setting it during the galactic civil war era gives you a ton of freedom. As long as they are careful, they can sell merch and use any characters starting g at the Solo movie all the way through to mandalorian. Solo, Rebels(also gives access to clone wars characters like ahsoka and maul), rogue one, fallen order game, original trilogy, battlefront campaign, mandalorian. So much more freedom for merch, characters and theming. The only thing you have to do is make sure certain characters are not out at the same time. P.s Also, watch rebels. Its very good overall. Starts out weak like clone wars but gets incredible as it goes.

Galaxy's Edge is like the Wizard of Oz with neither the Emerald City nor the munchkin village.

I really enjoyed Galaxy’s Edge in DL. I like your ideas on re-theming and think it would improve an already amazing immersive experience. With regards to the prequels becoming more popular as time has passed I feel most of the credit needs to go to Dave Filoni and his series of cartoons that really created the universe that backs up the prequels.

From what I’ve read on a couple Disney forums part of the reason for Flight of Passage has such long wait times is because of the ride system has a overheating problem. So instead of two theaters running at once the staff as to switch between the two every few hours or the system over heats leading to a evacuation of both rides. The manufacturer is a flight sim group that was used to their equipment only running for a few hours a day and failed to consider the fact it would be running 10+ hours with no brakes.

Although a retheme to the original trilogy would be fantastic for guest experience and worthwhile for Disney, it will never happen as the current execs are only willing to do the bare minimum to make as much profit as possible. As long as people visit galaxy's edge and Disney makes money from it, it will not change (except for a possible mandalorian expansion, which Disney would also do the bare minimum for in order to have an attendance boost and sell more baby yoda merch)

The original trilogy events are big historic moments in the sequel trilogy. They could make a ride that is an "attraction" with in the world of Star Wars where Galactica citizens can be immerse in a simulation of these "real" events.

While I think it would be *nice* if the land was re-themed, there's absolutely no way they'd do it. You mention swapping things out as if they're easy or cheap, but in reality they are not

As someone who was both a Star Wars fan (emphasis on the WAS. Thanks Disney) and an annual passholder for the first seven months of Galaxy’s Edge’s existence, it gets old real quick. I had a blast on my first visit, but there’s nothing new to see after that. After the first few weeks of hype wore down, I (and seemingly most other guests) rarely visited Galaxy’s Edge. Even after Rise of the Resistance opened the land was always empty. There’s simply nothing more to see once you’ve looked at the surface level. It hasn’t always been that way either, as evidenced by the lasting popularity of pretty much every other land in the park. Why should someone visit an expensive shopping mall with delusions of grandeur when they can go ride Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, or any number of other high quality*, reridable classics? *Note, the rides were high quality THEN. Chapek has slashed budgets to the point that you’d be better off going to Six Flags for an immersive and reliable ride experience.

The problem with Galaxy's Edge was the cut elements. Disney spent a lot of time at Knotts Berry Farm taking notes on Ghost Town Alive and wanted to mimic that model in Galaxy's Edge. Stages and platforms are built throughout the land for characters to be present on and interaction. And that table service restaurant with a live show would make it a place to visit. The roaming droids and stunt shows throughout the land would have added much needed life. The only element they would need to create would be something for guests to interact with a la Harry Potter's wands. Give people the opportunity to use "the Force" on things.

I think it needs to be rethemed, but *not* to the original trilogy, but rather the series as a whole. That's one of the reasons why Wizarding World works so well at Universal, it has no set timeframe in the universe, allowing for all merch and food sales to make perfect sense, and it allows all the rides to be set whenever the heck they want. So, for Galaxy's Edge, you can have the actual land themed to the series as a whole, then the individual rides take place at certain points. You can have Rise of the Resistance still set in the sequel era, you can have Smuggler's Run set in the OT era and replace Hondo with Jabba, and you can have a pod race launch coaster set in the prequel era.

Although I’m a big Star Wars fan, I kind of agree with the direction they took in this case. It’s harmless enough that anyone can approach it, even if you never watched any of the movies or if you only watched the sequel trilogy, which, let’s be honest, a lot of children have only watched the new movies unless their parents are big fans of the OG trilogy. Star Wars isn’t as easy to translate as Hogwarts, Hogsmeade and Diagon alley. The galaxy is too ample and it’s impossible to please everyone. It’s not perfect and it’s still in its infancy, there’s plenty of room for growth. When TWWoHP opened it had 3 attractions, the castle which was amazing, even though everything felt plastic, the ride of the Hypogriff which was a tiny roller coaster for kids and the repurposed Triwizard tournament dragon challenge with very little theming, with only the triwizard cup in the middle of the queue to establish what it was. Everything else was also cutely decorated stores and it still made me cry out of excitement. The intention to theme everything is there. It’s just a bigger challenge.

The park (WDW) is awesome but I’d definitely prefer it to either be based around the OT or The Mandalorian. I’m not a sequels fan at all (TFA is alright) but being based around the sequels hampered it slightly for me. I hate the way the first order stormtroopers look. RotR is fun but again hampered by the sequel skin of the ride. How can I take Hux seriously in the ride when he was an absolute buffoon in the movies? Not too mention a lot of the dialogue is cringe much like the films lol. But again the ride is still fun but it should be the empire.

Hi, We're Disney, and we own some of the most iconic and recognizable characters of all time. Let's throw them away for these unknowns. That should be good for business.

I wish Disney would acknowledge the prequel trilogy especially seeing as that trilogy is really popular right now

Disney's brand of Star Wars IS damaged. Period.

The most disappointing part about Galaxy's Edge is that Kylo Ren is the antagonist in Rise of the Resistance. It's such a brilliant attraction but when you're confronted by a whiney character that you just want to slap, the experience is practically ruined.

I think it would be cool for the different Disney parks to have different eras. Like Orlando can be orignal trilogy and Anaheim could be prequel trilogy. Didn’t has too many direct clones. Even if they had the save underlying ride mechanics it would be a cool reason to one day visit the other parks across the country or in France/Asia. Probably would add cost on Disney’s end but I think it would be worth it for them. They could even use it in advertising like “gotta see them all”. This variation would give fans more to see while costing Disney less than making new areas.

Personally I don't think it needs to be rethemed, I just think that it needs to be more immersive. They need aliens in Ogas being social and being part of the story, as if they're locals hanging out. The interactivity of your progress from Smugglers Run would be great, and if a bounty hunter actually engaged you, as originally proposed would happen, would be fantastic. They need droids moving about in the land. The merch should be better designed to fit a planet from another galaxy. It would be cool if everyone mission on Smugglers Run was different, like they do on Star Tours. They could easily change out the First Order ship for a TIE fighter, or more generic transport, change the dish on top of the Millennium Falcon, and at different times of the year switch between the OT and sequels. It wouldn't be that expensive, and they could cover a lot of fandom and lore. The only difficult thing would be implementing more prequel lore.

I 10000% agree with you on this video the Disney star wars movies suck. I will even go further to say I get bummed out on star tours when I get stuck with a theme from the new movies. I would love if Disney just paved over their Star Wars movies and pretended as if they never happened

Every time I go and ride Rise of the resistance I yell boo when Rey comes out… it’s petty but I do it out of love for Star Wars lol

Now that I think about it, it would be easy. Just change the screen footage, the costumes, and the decor. The hardest part would be changing the space ships completely associated with the sequel era like that first order ship, and redressing the animatronics. One problem, companies like Disney have been pretty obsessive lately about trying to convince people to ditch the past, and are very stubborn about it too. If how they’ve been treating Luke’s character in recent years, I don’t think they want to put him a position for people to like him.

I've seen both in California and Florida. They're definitely fun, but could have been absolutely amazing with the original trilogy material. I will say the Rise Of The Resistance ride is amazing though, to be fair.

Ironically, the Sequel Trilogy is so aesthetically similar to the Original that it would be relatively easy to re-theme Rise of the Resistance as 'Rise of the Rebellion'.

As much as I want this to happen it never will. Even if they did spend the money to do it, it still won’t work because of Smuggler’s Run and Rise of the Resistance. They’re both too integrated in the sequel trilogy and would absolutely make no sense to be there if the land was rethemed.

Disney fails to understand that people love Star wars NOW because they loved the original Trilogy. EVERYONE loves the original trilogy!! Disney is messed up.

My father went to the first time to Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge last week and he was like… - Where’s Darth Vader? Where’s R2-D2? Boba Fett, or Even Darth Maul?? And i agreed, it’s really disappointed that this amazing zone is so exclusive to a trilogy that people in general don’t even LIKE.

It kinda is like the original trilogy already. The “sequels” just painted the X wing blue and simplified the X-wing and Tie fighter design 🤣. Hell even the AT AT in Rise of the Resistance is the OT model and not the sequel version (likely because they probably copied the one they had on Star Tours). Galaxy’s edge is totally soulless, they just cleared the minimum check marks to make it look good in paper.

You just made me wish there was SWTOR music in Galaxy’s Edge instead

For crying out loud, we JUST wanna see, idk, ewoks? Imperial stormtroopers? Boba Fett and Darth Vader, hello? Not even any aliens, no tusken raiders or rodians or hammerheads? Come on! How could they forget the heart of Star Wars?

I agree that it should be rethemed. However, I just think the chances of them actually doing this are close to zero. The amount of money they would have to spend gutting out large models and retheming ROTR would turn them off from doing it. Every single trooper in the ROTR pre show would need to be changed. Many of the ships around the land, changed. ROTR's million dollar animations, changed. Its just not likely in the slightest that they would want to commit to such a change.

I agree on the Galaxy Edge retheme but I disagree on the Rian Johnson take as The Last Jedi felt the least corporate of the three. If you want to see what a corporate star wars movie looks like, look at Rise of Skywalker.

Setting visitors into a fascist environment where armed stormtroopers call you out is absolutely the low point of Disney Imagineering, and doing so within our current political environment shows an impeccable talent for doing the wrong thing in the most tasteless way imaginable. The whole concept needs to be abandoned. Filmic background music is absolutely needed in this area. The whole excuse that "this is reality" falls apart if there's background music ON THE RIDES. There's GOT to be a waterfall added and some movement. Being in a place so focused on space and yet knowing that a space ship will never arrive in the air is only one of the many ways Galaxy's Edge sets everything up to disappoint the returning visitor. It was really cool the first time. Now what? Does this planet have no festivals or holiday celebrations that might bring seasonal joy to the grimness of the experience, or would that defeat the whole "torture" theme that runs throughout?

I don't think we'll ever see a re-theming. A re-theming would essentially be an admission that the Disney stewardship of the franchise has been a failure. It's akin to why CA Adventure and Disneyland are the same price, even though CA Adventure is clearly the inferior park. If CA Adventure was priced lower, then that would be Disney admitting that the park is inferior, which they would never do.

I was kinda disappointed that Disney did a theme park land than a full-blown theme park! I definitely want a big full-blown theme park based on the STAR WARS franchise that covers everything in a galaxy far far away!

Disney keeps trying to convince us that their era of Star Wars is the one we should be liking. But yeah, it all seems geared toward new fans rather than the millions who have loved Star Wars for over 40 years.

I think that galaxy edge problems are everything whats wrong with disney. Imagine universal would design their harry potter land after the cursed child or the fantastic beasts series. To theme the star wars land after the upcoming sequels was a high risk high reward move. Did it pay off? I don't think so. Universal would have played it safe and themed it after original triology. Look at rise of resistence. It may be a good ride, but it is a relict from the tfa era of star wars. It has some nostalgic value to see characters like finn and hux in their prime. But this attraction makes already no sense at the debut of the last jedi. Now Disney is stuck with two star wars lands that are sequel themed. But the sequel triology is a disaster for disney. Even Disney knows this and that they are going back milking the originals and even the prequels underlines it. To retheme galaxies edge is a huge investment. But i think that disney should first fix star wars as a ip. Then they can retheme it. Rise of resistence is a relative new ride and until it needs an overhaul, disney can use this time to rebuild the franchise.