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Hi, I'm Mr. Daps and I'm here at the
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Disneyland Resort where it is an
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exciting time to be a Star Wars fan as
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there are new offerings, more offerings
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than I think ever before. And I'm here
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with Assa and Michael who are going to
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tell us all about the new exciting
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things that can be found in Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge. Who wants to go first?
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Assa, how about you? We are so excited
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to be launching a brand new mission for
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Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run where
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you and five of your closest friends are
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going to get to go on an incredible
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bounty hunting adventure alongside the
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Mandalorian and Grou. And what's really
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cool about this new mission is that
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we're not just going to one location,
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but depending on what our flight
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engineers decide, we get to either go to
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Bestpin, Endor, or Coruscant. I love
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that. And so this new adventure kind of
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comes as the Mandalorian and Grou is
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coming out on Friday technically I guess
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as you come up with these ideas of like
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hey we could do this with the Millennium
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Falcon. What was that process like? Well
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we started with uh Dave Fona and John
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Favro right we really wanted to make
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sure that the experience that our guests
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would have in the park felt connected to
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the film that they were creating. So, we
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spent a lot of time talking about story
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and the structure and what were some of
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the themes of the film that we want to
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see reflected but in the attraction
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experience for our guests.
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>> Cool. And and the attraction now there's
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going to be more, I don't know,
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playability, I guess you could say, for
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all of the different people on the crew.
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Could you talk a little bit about how
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you determined, hey, we're going to
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we're going to have the engineer do
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>> Yeah, so we took this opportunity to
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enhance all three of the roles. So, for
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our pilots, we got even more responsive
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flight controls. However, we've also
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guaranteed that no matter how you fly,
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you're always going to get a cinematic
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>> For our gunners, we've upgraded uh their
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pews, so they're even more responsive.
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You get a lot more feedback. It's even
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more satisfying to blow up TIE fighters.
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And then for our flight engineers,
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there's a ton to do. So, not only do you
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get to repair the ship, you also get to
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tractor in some cargo for a Honda if you
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>> You have the opportunity to call Grou on
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your little video screen. And then
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critically, you have that opportunity to
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decide which of those three planets
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you're going to go visit. That is very
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cool. I can't wait to experience this.
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And probably multiple times because you
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never know what you're going to
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experience on that. Like even currently,
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we don't know we're going to experience.
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That's what's so fun about it. So,
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Michael, we've also seen the expansion
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of the timeline in Star Wars Galaxy's
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Edge, which I've been having a blast
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>> Could you talk a little bit about how
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that came to be and and why?
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, you know, Assa
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kind of keyed into it a little bit by
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saying several more than 18 months ago,
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we started looking at the attraction
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change over and with that big amount of
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a change over to the land that really
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made us gave us a chance to think about
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do we adjust the timeline completely. We
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had done some minor adjustments bringing
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the Mandalorian in um a few years ago as
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you know. Um and then of course last
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year we brought Luke Skywalker in and
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that was obviously met with a lot of
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excitement. So, we thought, well, maybe
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this is the chance to sort of look at
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the deeper Luke Skywalker story and
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bring in Darth Vader, his dad, and his
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sister. Why not? And so, that really
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allowed us to kind of think about we
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have the Millennium Falcon, let's bring
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in Han Solo, let's bring in Leo Orana,
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let's bring in Darth Vader. Let's find a
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way to make these stories make sense in
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our world of Batu, but still have Ry
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hanging out by the resistance camp,
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still have Mando hanging out in the
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outpost. It's really the best of all
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worlds for Star Wars fans. If you love
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Star Wars like we all do, I mean, what
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aren't you going to love about seeing
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Han Solo, Darth Vader, Mandalorian, Ray?
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It's it's really a feast for the Star
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>> I love it. And and it's been so fun to
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see all ages and all different levels of
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Star Wars fans connect because, you
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know, they may not know some of the deep
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cuts, but they're like, "Oh, I know Han
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Solo." Like, everybody knows that. Could
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you talk a little bit about the the
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collaborative process or the culture
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that allows awesome things like this to
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happen in Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, but
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with what you guys do?
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>> Yeah, I mean obviously the work that
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hopefully our fans have gotten to
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experience and then very soon with the
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updates to Millennium Falcon Fighters
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run, there are massive massive teams of
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people that work diligently for years to
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make this all happen. But critically,
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it's not just us at Imagineering. All of
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this work happens in lock step with our
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partners at Lucasfilm. So everybody from
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Industrial Light and Magic to Skywalker
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Sound to, you know, John Williams music
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team and of course all of the great
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story support that we get. It really is
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an entirely blended and integrated team.
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>> I love it. And and I'm assuming it
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becomes like probably one of the most
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fun places to work completely honest.
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But uh is this something that you
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foresee that like oh we could the sky's
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is the limit like with the Millennium
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Falcon in the future potentially more or
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>> Absolutely. I mean we we've always
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thought of both the land and the
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attraction as platforms for
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storytelling. What's so great about the
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Star Wars cannon is it continues to grow
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and evolve and the goal is to create a
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place that can similarly evolve and
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>> I love that. So, as people come into
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Star Wars Galaxy's Edge and experience
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Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run this
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summer, what is something maybe for each
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of you that you would like to make sure
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to kind of highlight, like take a look
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at this or experience this in a certain
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way to give a little bit of added magic
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for those that are watching this video?
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Yeah. Well, I think one of my favorite
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things are all of the little Easter egg
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moments that our partners at ILM hid in
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the media for the attraction. So whether
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you're on Tatooine uh or on Endor, an
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Eagle Eye fan is going to spot these fun
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little nuggets that I don't want to
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spoil, but we spent a lot of time making
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sure that they were there.
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>> I mean, for me, the land has been
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beautiful for years, but to stand in the
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middle of the land, just take in and
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hear John Williams score play throughout
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the land. It puts you in a movie a way
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you've never experienced before, it I
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mean, it's giving me chills thinking
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about it right now. And to hear the the
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Vader theme when he arrives, hearing
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that iconic music to me is just the
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icing on a beautiful Star Wars cake that
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I just love completely.
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>> I do too. And there is so much to see
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and do and experience at Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge. You don't want to miss
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it. Kids rule summer is happening as
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well. So, there's something for
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everybody at the Disneyland Resort this
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summer. Make sure to stop on by, check
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it out, let us know what you're most
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excited about at Star Wars Galaxy's
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Edge. But make it a great week,
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everybody. Keep kind. We'll see you in
