Star Wars Galaxy Edge is Adding OT Trilogy Characters to the Land

[VandVsmama]

I think this is awesome. you SHOULD be able to meet Darth Vader in Star Wars-land! I'm stoked that Mando is in Galaxy's Edge now, too...he's awesome.

 

[Mike_M]

I know I’m very much in the minority on this opinion, but to me this breaks the theme of the land and turns it into just another greatest hits land.

Whatever your opinion is of the Sequel Trilogy, at least Disney was trying to make something unique and focused. Should it have just been Original Trilogy based to begin with? Maybe. But by making this change, it now thematically makes no sense.

Think if they put modern humvees in Indy or had Sallah talking on a cell phone in the safety spiel. People would call that out for being obvious errors in the period. That’s how some Star Wars Fans will see this change.

If Disney wants to make Galaxy’s Edge OT, then they should retheme Rise of the Resistance to that period, and change the ship in the First Order (Now Imperial?) area to be something more in line with that era as well.

I know I sound picky, but it’s details like that WDI usually is very specific about and I’d hate for them to just phone this in.

 

[JerrodDragon89]

I know I’m very much in the minority on this opinion, but to me this breaks the theme of the land and turns it into just another greatest hits land.

Whatever your opinion is of the Sequel Trilogy, at least Disney was trying to make something unique and focused. Should it have just been Original Trilogy based to begin with? Maybe. But by making this change, it now thematically makes no sense.

Think if they put modern humvees in Indy or had Sallah talking on a cell phone in the safety spiel. People would call that out for being obvious errors in the period. That’s how some Star Wars Fans will see this change.

If Disney wants to make Galaxy’s Edge OT, then they should retheme Rise of the Resistance to that period, and change the ship in the First Order (Now Imperial?) area to be something more in line with that era as well.

I know I sound picky, but it’s details like that WDI usually is very specific about and I’d hate for them to just phone this in.

Fantasyland literally has characters from different movies and time periods

This is also what Fans have asked for, the time line was dumb and made it where the characters people wanted to see were locked away. They tested it with Luke last year and it worked and now we get Han and more

 

[Mike_M]

Fantasyland literally has characters from different movies and time periods

This is also what Fans have asked for, the time line was dumb and made it where the characters people wanted to see were locked away. They tested it with Luke last year and it worked and now we get Han and more

Again, I’m sure I’m very much in the minority with my opinion.

Galaxy’s Edge isn’t FantasyLand. It’s something different. More specific. More immersive. More like Main St if you have to compare it to another existing Land. A Tesla driving down Main St would stick out like a sore thumb. What they are doing to Galaxy’s Edge is no different.

I’m of the age where the Original Trilogy speaks more directly to me so this isn’t an argument saying Rey and Kylo Ren are better than Luke and Vader. I personally prefer the OT.

I just believe it was meant to be something very unique, special, immersive, and this change will break that permanently.

If they changed the entire land and both rides to that era, I’d be less bothered by this. But as it stands, they are sticking the wrong characters into an era and environment where they don’t exist in the stories.

 

[disneychrista]

I know I’m very much in the minority on this opinion, but to me this breaks the theme of the land and turns it into just another greatest hits land.

Whatever your opinion is of the Sequel Trilogy, at least Disney was trying to make something unique and focused. Should it have just been Original Trilogy based to begin with? Maybe. But by making this change, it now thematically makes no sense.

Think if they put modern humvees in Indy or had Sallah talking on a cell phone in the safety spiel. People would call that out for being obvious errors in the period. That’s how some Star Wars Fans will see this change.

If Disney wants to make Galaxy’s Edge OT, then they should retheme Rise of the Resistance to that period, and change the ship in the First Order (Now Imperial?) area to be something more in line with that era as well.

I know I sound picky, but it’s details like that WDI usually is very specific about and I’d hate for them to just phone this in.

Rise of the Resistance area is staying in the sequel-verse. It is only the area by the Millenium Falcon that is going to be the original trilogy. My understanding is that you will never see Darth Vadar and Rey (or whoever) in the same area.

 

[MonocularVision]

I would probably be more disappointed with this if Disney hadn’t cheapened out and had delivered on the promises about the interactive and story-based dimensions of the land to begin with. Instead a bunch of it was held back for the closed Starcruiser experience because… well, that cost $4k+ to do it.

Ultimately, the sequels haven’t drive the same interest and love into the series that the originals did for my generation so back to the greatest hits it is.

 

[Mike_M]

I would probably be more disappointed with this if Disney hadn’t cheapened out and had delivered on the promises about the interactive and story-based dimensions of the land to begin with. Instead a bunch of it was held back for the closed Starcruiser experience because… well, that cost $4k+ to do it.

Ultimately, the sequels haven’t drive the same interest and love into the series that the originals did for my generation so back to the greatest hits it is.

This is a good point. I remember the first time I went there and discovering that the outcome of Smuggler’s Run no longer would follow you into Oga’s Cantina as I had heard it was meant to. That was a little disappointing.

Even so, it still felt like you were stepping into a connected Star Wars Adventure where it all was related to each other in some way. The resistance is hiding just outside the town and the friction between the two areas could be felt in the interactions with the walking characters. It was interactive theater with a specific story to tell. Even the rides referenced these things.

That aspect will definitely be lost now.

 

[BrianL]

I know I’m very much in the minority on this opinion, but to me this breaks the theme of the land and turns it into just another greatest hits land.

Whatever your opinion is of the Sequel Trilogy, at least Disney was trying to make something unique and focused. Should it have just been Original Trilogy based to begin with? Maybe. But by making this change, it now thematically makes no sense.

Think if they put modern humvees in Indy or had Sallah talking on a cell phone in the safety spiel. People would call that out for being obvious errors in the period. That’s how some Star Wars Fans will see this change.

If Disney wants to make Galaxy’s Edge OT, then they should retheme Rise of the Resistance to that period, and change the ship in the First Order (Now Imperial?) area to be something more in line with that era as well.

I know I sound picky, but it’s details like that WDI usually is very specific about and I’d hate for them to just phone this in.

See, I prefer a "greatest hits" land. The whole total immersion "it's real" put on was a bit much. I blame Wizarding World for that. Like, it's a theme park!

That's not to say that I didn't really like SWGE the way it is either - I thought it was great! I just don't think it has to be SO immersive (like when the menus didn't even tell you what "Tip-Yip" was!

 

[Mike_M]

See, I prefer a "greatest hits" land. The whole total immersion "it's real" put on was a bit much. I blame Wizarding World for that. Like, it's a theme park!

That's not to say that I didn't really like SWGE the way it is either - I thought it was great! I just don't think it has to be SO immersive (like when the menus didn't even tell you what "Tip-Yip" was!

Yeah, I do see a lot of people with that opinion.

In the end, it was probably designed to appeal the most to a narrow group of Star Wars fans. Just kinda sucks that I’m in that narrow group.

 

[OlliePop27]

See, I prefer a "greatest hits" land. The whole total immersion "it's real" put on was a bit much. I blame Wizarding World for that. Like, it's a theme park!

That's not to say that I didn't really like SWGE the way it is either - I thought it was great! I just don't think it has to be SO immersive (like when the menus didn't even tell you what "Tip-Yip" was!

But the problem was that it wasn't immersive in the way it was planned to be. There was tons of dead space and quiet areas. It was all just kind of "off." They originally were going to have fight sequences on roofs and motion all around. The land as it ended up was just kind of "there" and left me pretty disappointed.

 

[irlandaise]

I know I’m very much in the minority on this opinion, but to me this breaks the theme of the land and turns it into just another greatest hits land.

Fantasyland literally has characters from different movies and time periods

That comparison doesn't make sense. Fantasyland was not created around a specific movie franchise. Galaxy's Edge was.

 

[Tinkaboo]

It's similar to having both Sam and Steve Rogers appear as Captain America over in AC...they don't appear during the same time of day...Sam is usually day, Steve at night..best of both worlds

 

[mdmost]

I can appreciate what they were going for with setting Galaxy's Edge as its own separate storyline. It didn't work but they tried it. Pivoting away is also fine. I don't really care about meeting characters outside of if my daughters want to meet them but I get that's a big thing for others. I hope they don't change Rise. It's a great ride and it doesn't need OT touches. It's okay to make the land just a mix/multiverse. Let's get another ride in there to make it something to revisit. The Mando overlay for MFSR will help greatly with that.

 

[Kit Jackson]

It's okay to make the land just a mix/multiverse.

This is part of the reason why I love the Lego Star Wars shorts on Disney+. They do not take themselves too seriously, they are not overly concerned with official canon, especially as it related to the timeline, and are just incredibly enjoyable silly fun. I wish the parks (or at least Disneyland) would have gone more with that kind of vibe.

People at Lucasfilm working with Imagineering could probably come up with some in universe explanation to satisfy the super intense fans (Kylo Ren experimenting with some kind of dark side power/object, strange force anomaly caused by reason(s) ____, and there's options too).

 

[JerrodDragon89]

That comparison doesn't make sense. Fantasyland was not created around a specific movie franchise. Galaxy's Edge was.

The timeline is now done

So anyone can show up. If you guys want lore then this is portal for the world between worlds and because of that anyone can show up

This is what the Fans want and like anything you can't make everyone happy. If like 1/10 people don't like this, its a win and mostly fans are happy about this and want the prequels next.

 

[mdmost]

You guys really thought Disney would just make this move without some "lore" behind it?

https://aiptcomics.com/2026/01/15/galaxys-edge-marvel-comics-star-wars/

The story sends Luke, Leia, and Chewbacca to Batuu on a secret mission for critical intelligence—only for the trio to uncover a dangerous relic that puts them directly in the Empire’s crosshairs.

 

[Kestryl]

I’m glad that I got to experience the “time capsule” style before they started making changes. It’s a unique setup that I don’t think we’ll see again for a long time, if ever.

 

[irlandaise]

Fantasyland literally has characters from different movies and time periods

That comparison doesn't make sense. Fantasyland was not created around a specific movie franchise. Galaxy's Edge was.

The timeline is now done

Probably; we'll have to see how they handle this. There's been some discussion of keeping different-era characters in different parts of GE. But whatever happens in GE, your comparison to Fantasyland is still not relevant.

So anyone can show up. If you guys want lore then this is portal for the world between worlds and because of that anyone can show up

I don't know who "you guys" are. I have not stated an opinion one way or another about adding original trilogy characters to GE. I was simply pointing out that doing so is a much different situation than adding characters from a different movie to Fantasyland.

 

[BrianL]

Probably; we'll have to see how they handle this. There's been some discussion of keeping different-era characters in different parts of GE. But whatever happens in GE, your comparison to Fantasyland is still not relevant.

Yes, there does sound like there is some seperation in the areas, which works because GS is big enough (not that I personally believe that it matters at all). That said, what they really need is an attraction with no height requirement!

 

[mom2rtk]

My 6 year old son loves Star Wars. You would think he's into the newer characters. When we visit Galaxy's Edge, his question is where's Darth Vader?

A 6+ year mistake for the ages (since the land opened).

Right up there with "New Coke".