A New Era Begins: The Expanded Timeline of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge

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Welcome to Daps Magic, Disney and
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excited for today's episode because it's
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all about Star Wars. That's right. We
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are talking about Star Wars Galaxy's
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Edge and its expanded timeline. And
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anybody who knows me knows that I have
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been a fan of Star Wars since I was a
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little kid back then. We had to watch it
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over to DAPS HQ and we'll have more
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conversation about Star Wars Galaxy's
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Edge and the expansion of the timeline
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because I think there's a lot to talk
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about. In fact, more than we can talk
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about in just one podcast. But that is
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okay cuz we're going to give it a shot
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anyway. So here is what's happening.
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Should we get into it? I think we
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should. On April 29th, Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge will see its timeline
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expanded. Unless you happen to be going
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to Disneyland After Dark, Star Wars
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night the night before, in which case
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you will get to experience this a few
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hours early. And I will say just a few
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hours because this thing starts at 9:00,
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goes to like 1:00 if I recall correctly.
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And technically, that means you'll have
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three hours before everybody else, four
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if you count the hour that's actually on
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the 29th. But when it does, we are going
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to see a lot more Star Wars stories
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coming to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge at
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Disneyland, I should stipulate. So, what
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are we going to see? We are going to see
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original series characters at Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge. We're going to see the
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Mandoversee characters in Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge. And we'll continue to see
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the most recent uh sequel trilogy, I
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guess we could call it, characters also
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in Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. They're all
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going to be in different places. They're
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all going to represent different
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timelines, but I think it's going to be
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a very, very cool thing. So, what are we
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going to see when this happens? We're
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going to see the timeline for Batu that
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we've had since it opened in 2019
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basically be unlocked. And because of
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this, you won't have that fixed moment
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in time when you go to Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge. really this has already
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been unlocked the moment they started
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bringing in characters from different
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movie or really different uh shows I
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guess you could say on Disney Plus they
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started unlocking this timeline when we
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saw you know Boba Fett and Mando and
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Ahsoka we've had a lot of really fun
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characters come especially at Disneyland
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to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. What this
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will also do is this land will continue
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to live but in a different way. Okay.
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And if you've watched some of the
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animated series, you can come up with
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some unique ways that this is working.
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Um, I won't get into all of that because
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that would be an entire podcast of its
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own. But there are ways you could
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rationalize this still fits within the
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Star Wars galaxy. There will also be
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questions on, hey, is is this all canon
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still more questions to be asked and
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answered by somebody who's probably much
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more well situated than me? I would tend
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to guess somebody at Lucasfilm or Walt
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Disney Imagineering can make that um
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call. I guess I don't know who would
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make that. Dave Fona. Dave Fona would be
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the guy to make that call now. But what
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we are going to see is these different
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eras all living within this living land
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that Star Wars Galaxy's Edge and it will
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be a lot of fun. So with this unlocked
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version of Batu, we actually have seen
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in books and stuff a lot of these
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characters visit Batu. But here is what
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we're going to see now. The one that
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they led with really was Darth Vader and
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his stormtroopers. He will be coming to
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search for Luke Skywalker on Batu. He's
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going to be in the place right where
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really most of us would expect him by
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the tie echelon coming in where
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previously the resistance or not the
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resistance the first order was coming to
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Batu in Blackspire Outpost. If you've
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been watching TV at all lately they're
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already teasing this. There's an ad for
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u this kids summer deal that they have
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for $50 a day for kids uh to go to the
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Disneyland Resort. And this this
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advertisement actually shows Darth Vader
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in Star Wars Galaxy's Edge with his
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Stormtroopers. And if you look closely,
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I believe you can still see the First
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Order banners in the background. You
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can't see the logo, which I think is the
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way they got around this. But um I was
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amused when I noticed it on during a
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baseball game earlier today, actually.
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But he will be in that area. Not a huge
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surprise. It's kind of keeping that
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corner of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. the
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villain's corner, if you will. Um, I
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wouldn't be surprised if we see him also
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kind of go into the areas that currently
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Kylo Ren can be seen uh looking for
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resistance spies. And that would not be
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a surprise at all. I would also not be
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surprised if he's has something similar
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that he's doing where he's looking for
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um rebel spies or something, you know,
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like I think there will be something
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happening, something immersive,
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something simple. Hopefully there will
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be a a moment of arrival for Darth Vader
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because I think that would be super cool
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too. And uh little kid Mr. Daps would
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just geek out about that because ever
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since I first saw him doing uh well
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showing up for Jedi Training Academy, he
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was kind of the foil for the whole
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training. Uh I have thought seeing him
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interacting and living in in in the
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story would always be a really really
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cool thing. So, I'm very much looking
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forward to that. I think it's going to
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be absolutely fantastic. Um, it might be
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one of my favorite things that will be
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part of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge once it
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finally gets this this expanded
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timeline. Then head on up. Imagine
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you're walking into Star Wars Galaxy's
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Edge. If you've been on a tour, if
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you've actually been to Disneyland Star
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Wars Galaxy's Edge, imagine you're
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walking up and you're going past the
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cantina and there it is, the Millennium
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Falcon. It's that thing that we all
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dreamed we would never see and all
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wished that someday we would and then
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Disney made it possible with Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge. So we see the Millennium
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Falcon and there right around the
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Millennium Falcon we will find in in
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these general areas we will find the
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original trilogy characters mainly Han
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Solo and Princess Leia. Luke could be
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around that area too. He might be a
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little bit over by the uh by where u uh
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by Sabbis, you know, we will see. We
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will find out. But the big three,
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they're going to be there. The ones that
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you know from the original three movies.
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And you know, I wouldn't be at all
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surprised if occasionally you see
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Chewbacca there cuz one great thing
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about Chewbacca is he's been just about
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in every timeline. So, you can kind of
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throw him anywhere. But you are going to
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get to see Han Solo somewhere near the
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Millennium Falcon. And I think that's
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if there wasn't anything else happening
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with this expansion, that might be the
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coolest thing that's coming. And and I
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can't wait to see that. You also see
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Princess Leia and you will also see uh
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the Luke Skywalker. This will be the
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Luke Skywalker that is more I guess you
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could say mature and a little bit I kind
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of think this is taking place right
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after the original trilogy. So like
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they've they've had their big adventures
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together and now they're on Batu. Yes,
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there's a little bit of that weird how
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does a timeline all fit, but that's
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where you know use your imagination.
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That's that's half of the fun of
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Disneyland anyway, right? And and so
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that will be in that area already. The
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cantina Oga's cantina has been updated
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to kind of make it more timeless and
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there were some references to the first
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order that have been dropped and I think
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the houseian references were also
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dropped and I would not be surprised at
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all if we see some updates to the music
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that that uh fit into the story lines
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that are being added to Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge as well. So then we keep
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moving along. We're heading over to the
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marketplace in that kind of middle area
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of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge and Batu and
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that is where we're gonna start finding
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the Mandoversee characters and and that
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might be Ahsokotano, that might be the
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Mandalorian and Grou. Uh, we might even
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get something else just because we do
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have a new movie coming out with the
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Mandalorian and Grou and and so there
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could be, you know, these these surprise
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and delight characters that pop up at
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Disneyland in Star Wars Galaxy's Edge as
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time moves forward and as we get to see
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what this kind of flexible land you can
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really do. It's it's kind of taking
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almost a play
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or a page out of the playbook for
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Avengers Campus where I would love to
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see, you know, maybe it'll rotate
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characters in even more, keep some core
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characters always, whether it's Darth
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Vader, Han, Luke, Leia, and um Chewbacca
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and and Ray probably. But I think you
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could see some some moving around of
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other characters, you know. Maybe it's
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Mando and Grou. Uh maybe it's uh Boba
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Fett. you, you know, I would tend to
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guess Mando is going to stick around.
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Um, but I could see, you know, Ahsoka
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could be here for a while and then maybe
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somebody else. I don't know. Or maybe
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they add somebody to the all of those as
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well. Um, they haven't officially
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announced that yet, but um, the ones
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they have announced currently are the
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ones that we're we're talking about with
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Mando and Grou and and Ahsoka in that
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middle section. And then you head on
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over to the resistance camp and that is
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where you'll find Rey. That's you'll
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probably find Chewbacca over there, I
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would assume, as well. Just looking at
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how it would all balance out. Um because
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then you have a couple of characters in
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each part of the land. And I think that
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just adds to the immersion and the it
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brings the land to life that much more.
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And I think that's something that's
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really exciting. And and if they weren't
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doing anything else with the land,
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that's exciting on its own. And because
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who didn't like who doesn't imagine as a
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Star Wars fan seeing Han Solo with the
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Millennium Falcon? Like that is such a
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bucket list dream. I feel like and I
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can't wait to like of all of the things
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that are coming that might be what I'm
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most excited about just because it's
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kind of one of those things when we
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first heard about Star Wars Galaxy's
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Edge a decade ago, maybe a little bit
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more. I think there were there were
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things that we were all thinking about
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what we would imagine would be in Star
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Wars Galaxy's Edge. we see this this
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image and it, you know, I think this the
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Millennium Falcon was on it. So, in your
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brain, you're automatically going, "Oh,
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well, Han and Chewbacca and maybe Leia
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and Luke, you know, all of these these
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characters are going to be there and and
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they're going to be chased by Darth
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Vader perhaps." And and then when they
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weren't, I don't know that it was a bad
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thing, but I also think it might have
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been a missed opportunity. and and I'll
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get into a little bit more of that in in
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just a minute. But, uh, all of that's
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going to be very fun. And and then
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they're going to update the the
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atmosphere and the land itself. And this
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is, I think, a secondary win on the part
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of Disney and and Lucas Film as they're
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expanding this timeline because along
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with with Dreaming of seeing Han Solo
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and the Millennium Falcon, there's
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another thing that is as much of a
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character as anything else is in Star
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Wars, and that is the music of John
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Williams. And when the New Land opened,
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it did have music of John John Williams.
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In fact, it's a beautiful new score, and
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it's it's absolutely beautiful. Um, but
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you don't really hear it
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flushed out anywhere. Like, you hear it
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a little bit when you're in Millennium
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Falcon, Smuggler's Rung, and there's a
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couple other places where you hear John
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Williams music, but it's not it's not in
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the land as you're going through it, and
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it's not making Star Wars come to life.
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in the way that you would normally
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expect. Like I think we all know that
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the characters in Star Wars aren't
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hearing the Star Wars theme as they're,
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you know, running down the hall facing
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off against Stormtroopers of of the
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Death Star, but we hear it and we kind
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of have that expectation that when we go
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and we experience a Star Wars story that
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we're going to we're going to still hear
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it. I mean, we hear it in Star Tours.
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We've heard it for decades in Star
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Tours. You hear it in uh in Millennium
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Falcon Smugglers Run. You hear it in uh
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Rise of the Resistance. And I think
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there was an u I don't know if it was an
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expectation, but I think some of us
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there was that sense of like this is
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amazing.
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I kind of wish there was John Williams
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music in it. And and I think for some
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people that were, you know, maybe older
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than me and and really like connected
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with it even more, there was that sense
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of like, well, where's the John Williams
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music? And and so I think this is as
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much as bringing Luke and Leia and Han
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into this story and Darth Vader,
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bringing their music in is going to do
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something that's absolutely incredible
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as well. And I I love the thought of
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hearing the themes that John William has
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created over the last what five decades
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into this land and hearing how they do
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that and how it connects with what's
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going on around it and and how they they
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make it in world but also our Star Wars
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world that we know and love. So, that's
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going to be very fun to see. Um, as we
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hear, you know, the Imperial March or we
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hear the the Force theme and um a lot of
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things like that. We'll also have some
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some updates to the the physical, I
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guess you could say, areas of the land.
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Obviously, it's not going to be uh the
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first order area around the Thai echelon
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anymore. And already uh black spire
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surplus is um our first order cargo has
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been turned into black spire surplus.
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And so this is now a kind of a military
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salvage operation where you can buy
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anything from the Galactic Civil War.
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And and it really opens a lot of doors
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for being able to have merchandise from
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a lot of different parts of the Star
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Wars story. And I think that's going to
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play out pretty well. And uh it'll be
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fun to see how that works, too. They're
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also going to update Savi's workshop a
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little bit and connect uh Luke
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Skywalker's interest in um the gatherers
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from Savi's and the history of
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lightsabers. So, I would expect to see
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the story tweaked with that a little
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bit. And um and I wouldn't be that's
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another place I would not be surprised
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if we see Luke Skywalker
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out in that um that area outside of
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Sabis, you know, and and that's where
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actually I met him for the first time
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for season of the Force and uh during a
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media event. So I would not be surprised
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if that happens there as well. And I
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think that could be a very exciting
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thing uh to see and experience as well.
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There will also be some other props and
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stuff changed throughout the land that
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you can expect to see. Um, when you go
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on up to Oga is probably the same. Like
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there'll be changes and there will be
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things that stay the same and that'll be
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fun. Um, I also think the nighttime
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elements of the land are going to
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connect even better. Um, they were
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loosely connected in kind of a
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Here's what I will say. So, we have
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Shadows of Memory: Skywalker Saga, which
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is the projection show over the
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Millennium Falcon. It's beautiful. It's
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fantastic. It connects the most recent
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sequel trilogy with the original trilogy
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and the prequel. Like, it's basically
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the entire Skywalker saga shared
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on the walls with beautiful music. It's
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It's a beautiful show. If you haven't
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seen it, either get there in person or
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check it out on YouTube. But as with all
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things, the videos are never as good as
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experiencing it in person. Uh when
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you're in person, you're hearing and
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feeling that music all around you and
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you're seeing and experiencing the
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lights and the the crowd energy and all
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of that stuff and you just can't beat
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it. But um that will continue on, but I
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do think it won't make you wistful for
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having what they're now going to be
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offering with the expanded timeline. And
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I think that's a really smart move on
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Disney's part. Um because one of the
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things that I think it did very
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effectively is it connected with the
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characters that we know and love. And it
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kind of made me miss them a little bit.
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And that was actually one of those times
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I remember seeing it one of the first
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few times I saw it and thinking, "Oh
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man, I wish you know we had Luke
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Skywalker here." or you know, I just
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started thinking more about these things
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and and the possibilities and the
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whatifs, which I think as Disney fans,
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that's one of our most fun things we do
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is like, well, what if you did that or
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what if like we we talk about this stuff
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all the time. That's half the fun of it.
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But now they are. And so the what if is
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going to be a what is and you're going
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to get to
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basically spend the day with these
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original trilogy characters that you
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know and love and then see the bigger
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picture story up on on the uh cliffs
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above the Millennium Falcon in the
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evening. They will also continue to have
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Fire of the Rising Moons, which if you
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haven't had the chance to see that yet,
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definitely check that out. That is Star
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Wars music put to whatever fireworks
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show is happening in the parks. It's
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fantastic. It's so much fun to hear the
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Star Wars theme blasting out into the
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land as you see, you know, fireworks
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exploding in the sky. It's it's I can't
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say enough good things about it. They've
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really done some great things in ways
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that I think open up the land and make
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it that much more enjoyable in the
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evening. Uh because it is, I will admit,
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it's a little bit hard to find and see
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characters at night because it is a
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darker part of of Disneyland at night.
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That's not a bad thing. It adds to the
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immersiveness. You hear the, you know,
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the area sounds of of big creatures
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walking in the dark and and little
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noises and scattering and crackling of
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of twigs or whatever. But sometimes it
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it is a little bit harder to recognize,
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oh that big shadow is Chewbacca over
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there or that's Ray walking by or you
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know Darth Vader, he's dark so we will
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see how that goes and if he comes out at
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night. Who knows? Um I would think it's
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awesome if he did. And I think there
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could be some really cool pictures and
19:33
video if he is out at night with his
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stormtroopers cuz I think he could do
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some really fun uh things with light and
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and he just he looks scary during the
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day. Imagine what he'll look like at
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night. So it will be absolutely
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fantastic to see that. So
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this is all really cool,
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but I think there's a bigger question
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behind all of this and that is the why
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behind it. And when we look at anytime
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Disney does anything, you have to ask
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the why. So recently, Thomas Masloom,
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the former president of Disneyland
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Resort, now Disney Experiences, talked
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about how they postponed the closure of
20:11
Monsters Inc. Mike and Solely to the
20:13
Rescue. And the why behind it was they
20:15
realized that there wasn't enough in
20:18
Disney California Adventure for kids to
20:20
do as it was. And if they closed one
20:22
more thing, that made it harder for
20:24
families with young kids to be in that
20:26
park. And currently, as you've seen on
20:28
ads, I'm sure, they're really focusing
20:31
at the Disneyland Resort and beyond on
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making it a welcoming and accessible
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place for families with young kids. And
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and so the why behind that is let's make
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it more accessible. Does this change the
20:43
overall plan for what the Disneyland
20:44
Resort's doing? Currently, no. But there
20:47
was a why of this is why we're doing it.
20:51
So why does this matter? Why are they
20:53
doing this for Star Wars Galaxy's Edge?
20:55
Uh there's there's a a theme that I've
20:59
I've picked up and uh Asa Kalama from
21:02
Walt Disney uh Imagineering and I might
21:04
have just butchered his name, but um
21:06
basically talks about how Star Wars
21:09
Galaxy's Edge is all about deconstructed
21:12
theater and and really it's it's not
21:15
something where you just sit there and
21:16
you watch the stories. It's something
21:18
where you get to be a part of them and
21:20
live in these Star Wars stories and you
21:23
get to be them. you know, you see kids,
21:26
you know, looking for the First Order
21:28
with Ry or avoiding the First Order with
21:30
Ry, I should say. Or maybe it's
21:33
interacting with currently Kylo Ren and
21:36
the Stormtroopers as they're seeking out
21:38
uh the resistance and and the the spies
21:41
that come with it or any sympathizers.
21:44
And and so it's a really interactive
21:46
thing. It's not necessarily a stand and
21:49
wait in line, take your picture, get
21:51
your your uh signature, and then head
21:54
off. And when they do this, it brings
21:58
the land to life quite a bit more
22:01
because then you're getting pulled into
22:03
their story and you're getting to be a
22:05
part of their story and and that story
22:09
now has become part of your story. And
22:12
the bigger picture of that being is
22:14
Disneyland Resort and all the Disney
22:16
parks are really about making memories
22:18
and making those memories with your
22:20
loved ones that will last a long time
22:22
with the business side of this being is
22:24
you make good memories, you have a lot
22:26
of fun, you're coming back and and
22:28
Disney stays in business. Everybody
22:30
wins. And when you start thinking about
22:33
this,
22:35
this is a a thing that could be an
22:39
opportune moment is when you're trying
22:41
to think of engaging everybody in the
22:44
stories of Star Wars and then you don't
22:47
necessarily have the characters that
22:50
connect from Star Wars with all of the
22:52
fans that are in the land, you're not
22:55
reaching the full potential of this
22:58
deconstructed theater premise. And and I
23:01
can tell you from firsthand time after
23:03
time I've watched as you know like
23:05
Harrison Dola comes out with Chopper.
23:08
Love these characters. I think they're
23:09
fantastic. They had when they arrived at
23:12
Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland some of the
23:14
biggest crowds I've ever seen. Like
23:16
people were were cramming in to see them
23:19
and and very excited to see them. But
23:22
one of the things I observed as I
23:23
continued to watch is quite often it was
23:27
the younger fans that were super excited
23:31
to see and meet these newer characters.
23:35
And the older fans were happy to be
23:38
there, were happy that there was Star
23:40
Wars, but weren't necessarily geeking
23:43
out in the same way that, you know, the
23:47
people that that grew up watching these
23:50
newer characters do. And and that's
23:52
completely okay. That's that's natural.
23:55
And um the first clue I got that maybe
23:58
there was something more to this was
24:00
when Boba Fett came to Galaxy's Edge. I
24:04
saw a different demographic suddenly
24:07
wanting to hop up and get in line. It
24:09
was some of the dads, a lot of the dads
24:11
actually, because they're like, "Oh, I
24:12
know that guy." And, you know, some of
24:15
them, and a lot of them also know, you
24:17
know, Mando and Anzok and whatever, but
24:20
they're more of the the
24:23
I'm going to call them educated Star
24:25
Wars fans. I don't know. They're little
24:26
deeper Star Wars fans, but the the
24:29
average casual viewer maybe didn't know
24:32
Mando as well. maybe didn't know Ahsoka
24:34
as well, maybe didn't even know who
24:36
Chopper and Harrison Dola are, but
24:39
they're like, "Oh, I know that guy." And
24:41
and they got super excited about that.
24:43
And I was like, "Oh, that's kind of fun.
24:44
I like that a lot." But then what really
24:47
influenced my perspective is when Luke
24:49
Skywalker came and I remember standing
24:53
down by the marketplace and I watched a
24:56
little boy walk up and ask asked to, you
24:59
know, meet Luke and take a picture or
25:00
something. And then I saw the dad walk
25:03
up and join him. And then I saw the
25:05
grandfather also looking around for
25:07
someone to take the camera so that
25:09
grandfather, father, and son could all
25:12
get a picture with Luke Skywalker, who
25:14
they were all ridiculously excited to
25:18
meet. And in the moment I saw that, I
25:20
started thinking more about
25:23
who was watching and who was interacting
25:25
with these different characters. And and
25:28
I saw that having Luke Skywalker there
25:31
really opened up the level of passion to
25:34
a whole new demographic of of fans at
25:38
Disneyland. Were they, you know, heavy
25:41
deep in Star Wars fans? I don't know.
25:44
What I do know is I was seeing suddenly
25:47
a much older demographic equally excited
25:50
in the land as the younger demographic.
25:52
And traditionally where I would see that
25:54
is everybody's excited to see the
25:56
Millennium Falcon. No surprise there.
25:59
Where I wouldn't see it necessarily,
26:01
everybody's excited to see Chewbacca and
26:03
R2-D2 as well. Like, but when Luke
26:07
Skywalker showed up, suddenly it went to
26:09
an entirely new level. And I saw the
26:11
entire family ridiculously excited to
26:15
meet this character. And that's where
26:16
you start thinking more of like, oh,
26:18
well, let's add Darth Vader. Let's add
26:20
Han Solo. Let's add Princess Leia. When
26:23
you start adding these characters from
26:25
these different eras, you're also
26:27
connecting with fans from different
26:29
eras. And is that making the timeline of
26:33
the land a little bit more comp
26:35
complicated for the purists that are
26:37
like, well, no, I have this minute, this
26:39
moment in time that's a that's a canon
26:42
moment in time. Yes, it's making it more
26:44
complicated, but is it a gift to these
26:47
families that are making really core
26:49
memories? they're gonna take with them,
26:51
you know, maybe for a lifetime if it's
26:53
that one time they get to go to
26:54
Disneyland in their life. Absolutely.
26:56
And I'm excited to watch the people
26:59
interact and geek out and get to meet
27:02
their favorite Star Wars characters,
27:04
whether it's Rey from the most recent
27:06
trilogy or Mando and Grou for, you know,
27:10
even the next new movie for brand new
27:12
fans or maybe it's and Leia and and
27:15
Luke. It's it's going to be something
27:17
that's very very special, I think. And
27:20
and I hope I encourage you actually as
27:22
you go into Star Wars Galaxy's Edge
27:24
after this change, just watch people
27:27
watch them be excited to see their
27:29
characters, their favorite characters, I
27:31
should say. Watch them excited to see,
27:33
you know, Han next to the Millennium
27:36
Falcon. Watch them excited to see I was
27:38
watching I spent probably 20 minutes on
27:40
Sunday watching Chewbacca work on an
27:43
X-ring X-wing in the resistance camp. It
27:47
was so much fun. Watch people have fun.
27:50
Like that is such a great thing. Like we
27:53
go to Disneyland, yes we go to have fun,
27:56
but I think it adds to the fun when you
27:57
see everybody else having fun as well.
27:59
So, I really think that's what the Y is
28:01
about is creating more memories for more
28:04
people and and really connecting in that
28:07
way that that maybe just didn't quite
28:10
happen the way it was envisioned uh when
28:13
they first opened Star Wars Galaxy's
28:15
Edge. And that's not to say there was
28:16
anything wrong with it because, you
28:18
know, my mind was blown when I walked
28:20
into Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. I loved
28:22
it. I can't tell you how many hours I
28:26
spend just walking around Star Wars
28:28
Galaxy's Edge and just living in the
28:30
Star Wars universe. I I think it's such
28:33
a cool thing. I don't even have to do
28:34
anything. Sometimes I have a camera,
28:36
sometimes I don't. Sometimes I take
28:37
video. Most of the time I don't. Like I
28:40
just like being there and being in the
28:42
world of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge,
28:44
especially when we don't have a lot of
28:46
Star Wars content coming out moviewise
28:49
recently. That's going to change. That's
28:51
exciting. I should note for those of you
28:54
that are going to Star Wars Galaxy's
28:56
Edge in Florida at Disney's Hollywood
28:58
Studios, these changes are not there.
29:01
I'm going to say yet, I would tend to
29:03
guess they will be there at some point,
29:05
but that has not been announced. There's
29:07
no rumors about that. Like, that is not
29:09
something you can expect anytime soon,
29:12
you know. But D23 is coming up. So,
29:14
maybe D23, the ultimate Disney fan
29:16
event, there will be announcements and I
29:18
will be like, "Hey, guess what? It's
29:20
coming, but we will we will report on
29:22
that on dapsmagic.com
29:24
if and when that ever were to happen.
29:27
But that's okay. For what it is right
29:31
now, this gives the opportunity, at
29:34
least at Disneyland, for fans of all
29:36
ages, to come together as a family,
29:38
enjoy Star Wars Galaxy's Edge together.
29:41
Everybody gets to see some of their
29:42
favorites. Maybe not all of their
29:44
favorites yet, but you know, there's
29:46
lots of time in the future. We will see
29:47
what happens. So, what comes next? Well,
29:51
I'm assuming we will probably have more
29:53
tie-ins coming in with the Mandalorian
29:55
and Grou when it comes in May. We
29:57
already know we're getting the updated
29:59
version of Millennium Falcon Smugglers
30:01
rung with that. I would not be surprised
30:03
if we had a character from the movie pop
30:05
up and show up for a limited time in
30:08
Star Wars Galaxy's Edge as well. I would
30:10
also expect that to be in that middle
30:12
area of the of the land, but you never
30:16
know. like they could swap it or
30:18
something just because they're like,
30:19
"Hey, we've got the new version of the
30:21
ride. So, let's let's put Mando and Grou
30:24
and that era over by the Millennium
30:26
Falcon for a little while and we'll move
30:28
Han and Luke and Leia into the middle."
30:30
I don't know. Like that's just me
30:32
spitballing and and anything could
30:34
happen. But I wouldn't be surprised if
30:37
we do see more offerings from The
30:39
Mandalorian and Grou when it comes to uh
30:42
movies and when we also get the new
30:44
update for Millennium Falcon Smugglers
30:46
Run. I think that's going to be super
30:48
exciting. I also think that's going to
30:50
really reinvigorate reinvigorate let
30:53
excuse me uh that attraction and and I
30:56
will I will be very curious to see what
30:59
the wait times are for that what the
31:01
repeatability is for that like I think
31:03
this breathes a lot of new life into
31:06
this attraction and I think it really is
31:09
kind of what we all hoped it would be
31:11
from the very start and I hope this is a
31:15
I don't know first step or a first
31:17
chapter or something for this attraction
31:19
in that or second step and second
31:20
chapter that they can build on cuz it
31:23
would be very cool in the future if just
31:25
like they do with Star Tours when new
31:28
things come out they update the
31:29
attraction. I would love to see
31:31
something similar happen with Millennium
31:34
Falcon Smugglers Run. Um I also think in
31:36
the future there's a lot of
31:38
possibilities for robotic characters
31:41
coming to the land. We just had Olaf
31:45
debut at Disney Adventure World at
31:47
Disneyland Paris. And if you haven't
31:50
seen him, go look it up on YouTube or
31:52
just go over to Disneyland Paris and
31:53
check it out. But this this character is
31:56
ridiculous. Like he looks like exactly
31:59
what you would expect Olaf to look like
32:01
if he were to hop out of the animated
32:04
movies or specials and walk up to you in
32:06
World of Frozen. And
32:09
Kyle Laughlin, who's running R&D for uh
32:13
Walt Disney Imagineering, has said now a
32:15
couple times in an interview and then
32:17
also in a panel in uh Disneyland Paris,
32:20
that he's not the end of the story.
32:23
There's more characters on the way.
32:25
They'll be coming to more locations. And
32:27
that's an exciting thing to think about
32:29
because you start dreaming of
32:33
possibilities of what could come to
32:36
different parks and which characters
32:37
could be made from this robotic
32:40
technology. And and there's a lot of
32:42
robots in the realm of Star Wars that
32:46
could come to life and be in Galaxy's
32:50
Edge. And I don't know what that looks
32:52
like. I'm not making any predictions
32:54
other than I think it would be very cool
32:57
to see more robotics brought into the
33:00
land. We currently have R2-D2 on a
33:02
fairly regular basis, but you know what
33:05
if we saw some other ones? You know,
33:07
we've had the BDX droids in the past,
33:09
but they were really just a a step. Like
33:12
that's that's
33:14
one step in the evolution of what Disney
33:16
can do. And they've come so far in the
33:18
last couple of years when you look at
33:20
how quickly they can create these
33:22
characters and bring them to life. And
33:25
you know, maybe even with the
33:26
Mandalorian and Grou coming out in uh in
33:29
May, we will get the return of the BDX
33:31
droids. I don't know. Like that's just
33:33
speculating. But I do think there is the
33:36
possibility for some of these, you know,
33:39
unique characters to come to life and to
33:43
really bring the land to life even more,
33:46
even if they're behind a gate or
33:48
something like that's fine, but there's
33:50
there's a lot of space for adding these
33:55
characters to the land and bringing them
33:57
to life even more. Maybe they interact
33:59
with, you know, Luke Skywalker. I don't
34:02
know. There's there's lots of
34:03
possibilities, but uh you know, I would
34:07
love to know what would you like to see
34:09
coming to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge? What
34:12
would you make happen if you were the
34:14
one that got to make those decisions?
34:17
Like, uh what if I could put this
34:19
character into the land? What would be
34:21
your character that you would add to
34:22
land? What if we could make this robot
34:25
come to land? What would be that that
34:27
robot? I'd love to know your thoughts
34:28
and your your dreams about what could
34:31
come to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge as they
34:33
open up the story lines, open up the the
34:36
possibilities really with it because
34:38
what this does is it no longer confines
34:40
them into this one space. You know, they
34:42
can really go anywhere with the stories
34:44
they tell and the characters they bring
34:45
in now. And that's an exciting thing.
34:48
So, as we start to wrap this up, I I do
34:52
want to remind you that Disney is a
34:54
business, but it's a business that
34:57
really is about the the emotion of
35:01
memories. Like, it's it's creating those
35:04
memories. It's having those feelings.
35:06
It's connecting at the heart, not just
35:09
with what's in front of you, but with
35:10
the people in front of you and the
35:12
people next to you and the and the the
35:13
ones that you get to experience it with,
35:15
whether it's your family, your friends,
35:17
the cast members. It's the human
35:19
connections that Disney is really
35:21
leaning into as part of its business
35:24
model right now to make these memories,
35:27
to make these connections, and to really
35:31
build a business on that. And I think
35:33
that's a fantastic thing. And as you
35:36
look at the expansion of the timeline of
35:38
Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, that is a huge
35:40
step in that direction. It's helping
35:42
connect different fans with different
35:45
stories that they grew up with and and
35:47
that's going to be something that's
35:49
super exciting. So, if you want to know
35:52
more about this, head on over to
35:53
dapsmagic.com.
35:55
We've got all of the coverage about the
35:56
expansion of the Star Wars Galaxy's Edge
35:58
timeline up there. We will have more as
36:01
it happens. We will be at that
36:03
Disneyland after dark Star Wars night.
36:04
So, we will have coverage from that. We
36:06
will also have coverage the next day
36:08
when I return to get photos and videos
36:10
and who knows what else. We'll we'll get
36:12
as much as we can of this expansion
36:14
because I think it's something that's
36:16
very exciting. I think it's something
36:17
that we should be thanking Disney and
36:19
Lucasfilm for because it it really is
36:24
it's something positive. It's something
36:26
special and and I just think it's
36:29
something that we've wanted and that'll
36:31
be great. If you want to have more
36:32
conversations about this, head on over
36:34
to Daps HQ. I'd love to chat with you
36:36
more about that. We will be talking
36:38
about this in the future, especially on
36:40
Daps After Dark, which is our exclusive
36:42
show for DAPS HQ after Geeks Corner on
36:45
Tuesday nights. We have a blast. We'd
36:47
love to have you there with us as well.
36:49
But that is about all the time I have
36:51
for you this week. And I think my voice
36:53
is starting to die, so you know, that's
36:55
okay. Uh anyway, I hope you are having a
36:57
absolutely fantastic week. As we go into
37:01
the next week and the Netflix month and
37:03
all of this new expanded timeline with
37:05
Star Wars, I encourage you to stay
37:06
positive, make it a great week, keep
37:09
kind, and we'll see you in the parks.

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