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No Sleep For The Newest Scoundrel In Galma
7/28 -7/29/19: Live Your Story – Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge & The Last Jedi Cast Event
July 28th, 2019
The day had arrived! It was finally here. Today was my Live Your Story class aka my entry training for GALAXY'S EDGE. I was so excited when I woke up this morning. You have no idea. I could not wait to see what was in store for today. Especially since it meant I would at least get to go inside that special training building they had built next to the new cast trailer.
Sydnee picked me up this morning and we also went to Chatham to grab Caitlin before heading to Studios. We did get stuck behind quite the slow car that made us think we were gonna be late, but luckily they got out of our way at some point and we made it to Studios with ample time for me to dump all my costumes then go to clock in at the trailer. From there, we were pulled into various groups for a costume fitting.
Again, I've been in and out of the company for a minute. Getting my costume the first time was super cool. When I was enrolled in change-o-matic at Disneyland and had costumes altered to fit me specifically, that was cool. This topped it off. They had special temporary changing rooms set up where those of us who were going through SWGE training today could see what sizes worked for us. It felt like we were getting fitted for prom except this was better because prom means high school and nobody wants to go back to high school (I had two bomb proms and I still would never return to high school. Ever.)
Once they had given us our sizings, we got to check out our first set of costume pieces which I didn't take a photo of at the time because we were held to some confidentiality in regards to revealing them. We couldn't post any photos of ourselves in them until cast previews began when "guests" were officially allowed to take photos in the land. I would've taken all the photos, but you know... I liked to keep my job.
After putting my costume in my locker to grab later, I went back to the trailer with everyone else where we were led into Oga's Hangar and began training for the day.
I'm not exaggerating when I tell you this was the best day of training I've ever had in my Disney career. I think the only other two that come close were Once Upon A Time Is Now (Magic Kingdom Property Orientation) and Step Into The Magic at Disneyland (their equivalent of Welcome To Ops). This was amazing and crazy thing we never left the hangar, if only for breaks.
Our facilitators were just so fantastic in demonstrating the level of immersion we were supposed to create in the land along with the stories we got to create ourselves, learning about the proprietors... I could go on and on. The land is so rich with story that I barely even got to touch upon with day-to-day interactions. I don't think I can even truly cover it well in one update so I'm not gonna bore you with it, but it's so cool. I highly recommend that when we reopen you actually ask some in-depth questions about Batuu, Black Spire Outpost, the proprietors found throughout like Dok, Savi, Mubo, Zabaka, etc. There is so much there and I was taught about it all today and how it affects me.
To give you an idea of how much story I built up with this class as the basis, we ALL have lived on Batuu our whole lives and we do not live in Black Spire Outpost, but work there. We all come from one of three surrounding communities. I was born in Peka, the quaint fishing community, but got bored of that life so I moved to Galma which is the big city where all the illegal pod racing and droid battles happen. I attained a knack for droid building and repairing which caught the attention of Mubo who took me under his wing, especially when Bina took an interest in me as I started helping her taking care of the porgs. I then managed to work my way to being one of Savi's gatherers. I now do that mostly on the daily while still repairing droids on the side as well as taking care of Bina's recent shipments of new porglets for the creature stalls. I'm a very busy self-sufficient member of the community, who only fends for themselves. Do not expect me to have much interest in taking a side on if I'm with the First Order or the Resistance (but I definitely am over these Stormtroopers breathing down my neck at Savi's on the daily).
I'll tell you right now that my story is not nearly as detailed as some Batuuans I work with. Seriously. And in all honesty, I didn't even have that much from day one and it's taken time to really flesh it out with how I behaved on planet. For the record, on planet is anything that happens on Batuu while off planet is anything we wouldn't know about since we live on Batuu and don't know much about the outside world (hence why we would never know about Mickey Mouse or the Tower of Terror, etc. etc.)
A lot of information thrown at us but in the most fun exciting way. We even got to do some scanning with our communicators and such. Just lots of ways to get us acquainted with the language of Batuu and the most basic of theming. It was so cool and by the end, like in Traditions, we received our nametags which was the only thing I could share at the time.
Still have it. Never had to replace. I wore it with pride. And yes, the writing underneath my name is my name in the native language of Aurubesh.
Once we received our name tags, it was time for all of us to clock out and head out still abuzz with this new information, that at the time we could not share but is now pretty common knowledge. Sydnee and I stopped by costuming to get more pieces before she drove me home with her. I was in business casual for the class so I changed out of that and into something more comfortable then went to Disney Springs.
When I got to Springs, it was just starting to rain and was heading into a downpour. I was really craving Earl of Sandwich which was all the way on the other side from where I normally entered Springs so I booked it inside there right before it got really nasty.
I got The Original sandwich on this visit with a root beer and pasta salad. All hit the spot perfectly. EoS never disappoints for me. Unfortunately, all chairs were taken by people who were hiding from the rain and not eating, but can't do anything about that except take incriminating snaps of them because I'm shady. No, I do not have them in my possession but I did not have space to eat and had to stand and it sucked so yeah I wasn't too happy.
The rain started to let up eventually after I finished my food so I headed out and wandered around Springs a bit, watching the lightning as it faded off into the distance and never any moves back.
Click to watch!
My retail therapized heart just loves Springs.
I did however have plans to catch another film at AMC this evening so I went there to go see...
The new Tarantino venture, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, was the film of choice this evening.
I don't think I ever gave much comment to this film but I really enjoyed it. Tarantino is a weird, not-great guy but I love his films. This was no exception, especially since it had my baby Leo in the lead and Margot Robbie doing her Sharon Tate Old Hollywood best. Brad Pitt however was the standout, as evident now by his Oscar win. He was just so good. They all were but Brad just was so much fun to watch. It was such a funny film and honestly writing this makes me want to re-watch.
I got out from AMC pretty late so I went immediately home. I basically had a bus to myself it was so late. When I got home, I did my laundry then passed out prepared to sleep in since I had another fairly late evening the next day.
July 29th, 2019
Today was gonna be a mostly chill day. The next day was my first day of On-The-Job training at Galaxy's Edge and that evening I had pretty late plans so I wasn't gonna push myself too too much. I did however need my haircut so I woke up and immediately headed to do that that day. I wanted to make sure I looked my best for my first day as a Batuuan.
After I got back from getting my hair did, I went to sleep for a bit then woke up again to actually get ready for my evening out. I wrote a bit for this TR, watched more Stranger Things and then did finally preparations for the evening.
And what was happening this evening? The Last Jedi viewing at Hollywood Studios!
Yup, they were hosting a cast event in Studios where we got to watch The Last Jedi in the Frozen theater way way late at nights. Courtney had told me about this and we both signed up so she was gonna pick me up tonight so we could go together. I was super hype. The only negative to going though was that I had to be only a few hours after the event ended since my training tomorrow was super early so it was gonna be rough but worth it. I mean... what better way to start my first week in Galaxy's Edge with the film that preludes the land!
Courtney picked me up from Vista at 11pm that night. I met her out front where we saw a transdev bus getting towed. It was a wild scene since there was very little room for anyone to go into housing. Wild.
Soon enough we were at Studios and waiting in line to get into the park since they had to check us in with our blue IDs and such. They had really cute fanfaire going on for the event. I believe there was Star Wars music playing throughout the park and all Star Wars colors everywhere. Also, there were some Galaxy's Edge cast out front wishing us Rising Moons and such. I played around with some themed language with them since I really hadn't been able to in the classroom setting. It was so much fun.
On our way to the Frozen theater, Courtney and I decided to stop for some photos in an empty Studios.
They had a little line to get inside the theater where Stephen, one of the WDW Ambassadors, was interviewing all the cast members waiting to get in. Red carpet style.
When we got up to him, he asked Courtney about her shoulder porg, Morgan, and they mostly took up the interaction. I didn't talk with him, but it was pretty funny to watch.
After him, we waited to get a photo in front of the special photo op they had out there.
The person they had out front taking the photos was actually my Traditions facilitator, Chris (the one who proposed to his husband on a Disney Cruise) and he recognized me. He asked if I was in his Traditions and I realize that I was. We didn't stop to chat for too long but it was cool to run into him. I'd be seeing a lot more of him later.
Inside the theater, we were able to choose from a selection of refreshments and snacks. Of course, Courtney and I stocked up on popcorn. It was wild seeing the Frozen theater looking like this though.
After chilling for a bit, I saw Lauren M and Celia, my co-workers from Sunset, so I said hi to them. Once we had settled for a bit and caught up on all our socials, it was time to watch The Last Jedi as introduced by our esteemed ambassadors.
At the time, TLJ was probably my least favorite Star Wars film (it is now my favorite... how times have changed!) so it was a weird experience watching but it was clearly a room of Star Wars fans so they all had fantastic reactions. It also brought me back to the fantastic experience I had seeing this one opening day in theaters, the only Star Wars film that has that distinction for me. (We'll talk about my TROS viewing experience soon enough.)
It was a super fun night with lots of free popcorn which was most important.
Bless Courtney for getting me home so I wouldn't have to wait for a late bus that would allow me only an hour of sleep rather than the two or three I ended up getting. I thanked her bunches, obviously. I hit the hay pretty quick when I got home, but no sooner was I up for my first day as a Batuuan villager.
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7/28 -7/29/19: Live Your Story – Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge & The Last Jedi Cast Event
July 28th, 2019
The day had arrived! It was finally here. Today was my Live Your Story class aka my entry training for GALAXY'S EDGE. I was so excited when I woke up this morning. You have no idea. I could not wait to see what was in store for today. Especially since it meant I would at least get to go inside that special training building they had built next to the new cast trailer.
Sydnee picked me up this morning and we also went to Chatham to grab Caitlin before heading to Studios. We did get stuck behind quite the slow car that made us think we were gonna be late, but luckily they got out of our way at some point and we made it to Studios with ample time for me to dump all my costumes then go to clock in at the trailer. From there, we were pulled into various groups for a costume fitting.
Again, I've been in and out of the company for a minute. Getting my costume the first time was super cool. When I was enrolled in change-o-matic at Disneyland and had costumes altered to fit me specifically, that was cool. This topped it off. They had special temporary changing rooms set up where those of us who were going through SWGE training today could see what sizes worked for us. It felt like we were getting fitted for prom except this was better because prom means high school and nobody wants to go back to high school (I had two bomb proms and I still would never return to high school. Ever.)
Once they had given us our sizings, we got to check out our first set of costume pieces which I didn't take a photo of at the time because we were held to some confidentiality in regards to revealing them. We couldn't post any photos of ourselves in them until cast previews began when "guests" were officially allowed to take photos in the land. I would've taken all the photos, but you know... I liked to keep my job.
After putting my costume in my locker to grab later, I went back to the trailer with everyone else where we were led into Oga's Hangar and began training for the day.
I'm not exaggerating when I tell you this was the best day of training I've ever had in my Disney career. I think the only other two that come close were Once Upon A Time Is Now (Magic Kingdom Property Orientation) and Step Into The Magic at Disneyland (their equivalent of Welcome To Ops). This was amazing and crazy thing we never left the hangar, if only for breaks.
Our facilitators were just so fantastic in demonstrating the level of immersion we were supposed to create in the land along with the stories we got to create ourselves, learning about the proprietors... I could go on and on. The land is so rich with story that I barely even got to touch upon with day-to-day interactions. I don't think I can even truly cover it well in one update so I'm not gonna bore you with it, but it's so cool. I highly recommend that when we reopen you actually ask some in-depth questions about Batuu, Black Spire Outpost, the proprietors found throughout like Dok, Savi, Mubo, Zabaka, etc. There is so much there and I was taught about it all today and how it affects me.
To give you an idea of how much story I built up with this class as the basis, we ALL have lived on Batuu our whole lives and we do not live in Black Spire Outpost, but work there. We all come from one of three surrounding communities. I was born in Peka, the quaint fishing community, but got bored of that life so I moved to Galma which is the big city where all the illegal pod racing and droid battles happen. I attained a knack for droid building and repairing which caught the attention of Mubo who took me under his wing, especially when Bina took an interest in me as I started helping her taking care of the porgs. I then managed to work my way to being one of Savi's gatherers. I now do that mostly on the daily while still repairing droids on the side as well as taking care of Bina's recent shipments of new porglets for the creature stalls. I'm a very busy self-sufficient member of the community, who only fends for themselves. Do not expect me to have much interest in taking a side on if I'm with the First Order or the Resistance (but I definitely am over these Stormtroopers breathing down my neck at Savi's on the daily).
I'll tell you right now that my story is not nearly as detailed as some Batuuans I work with. Seriously. And in all honesty, I didn't even have that much from day one and it's taken time to really flesh it out with how I behaved on planet. For the record, on planet is anything that happens on Batuu while off planet is anything we wouldn't know about since we live on Batuu and don't know much about the outside world (hence why we would never know about Mickey Mouse or the Tower of Terror, etc. etc.)
A lot of information thrown at us but in the most fun exciting way. We even got to do some scanning with our communicators and such. Just lots of ways to get us acquainted with the language of Batuu and the most basic of theming. It was so cool and by the end, like in Traditions, we received our nametags which was the only thing I could share at the time.
Still have it. Never had to replace. I wore it with pride. And yes, the writing underneath my name is my name in the native language of Aurubesh.
Once we received our name tags, it was time for all of us to clock out and head out still abuzz with this new information, that at the time we could not share but is now pretty common knowledge. Sydnee and I stopped by costuming to get more pieces before she drove me home with her. I was in business casual for the class so I changed out of that and into something more comfortable then went to Disney Springs.
When I got to Springs, it was just starting to rain and was heading into a downpour. I was really craving Earl of Sandwich which was all the way on the other side from where I normally entered Springs so I booked it inside there right before it got really nasty.
I got The Original sandwich on this visit with a root beer and pasta salad. All hit the spot perfectly. EoS never disappoints for me. Unfortunately, all chairs were taken by people who were hiding from the rain and not eating, but can't do anything about that except take incriminating snaps of them because I'm shady. No, I do not have them in my possession but I did not have space to eat and had to stand and it sucked so yeah I wasn't too happy.
The rain started to let up eventually after I finished my food so I headed out and wandered around Springs a bit, watching the lightning as it faded off into the distance and never any moves back.
Click to watch!
My retail therapized heart just loves Springs.
I did however have plans to catch another film at AMC this evening so I went there to go see...
The new Tarantino venture, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, was the film of choice this evening.
I don't think I ever gave much comment to this film but I really enjoyed it. Tarantino is a weird, not-great guy but I love his films. This was no exception, especially since it had my baby Leo in the lead and Margot Robbie doing her Sharon Tate Old Hollywood best. Brad Pitt however was the standout, as evident now by his Oscar win. He was just so good. They all were but Brad just was so much fun to watch. It was such a funny film and honestly writing this makes me want to re-watch.
I got out from AMC pretty late so I went immediately home. I basically had a bus to myself it was so late. When I got home, I did my laundry then passed out prepared to sleep in since I had another fairly late evening the next day.
July 29th, 2019
Today was gonna be a mostly chill day. The next day was my first day of On-The-Job training at Galaxy's Edge and that evening I had pretty late plans so I wasn't gonna push myself too too much. I did however need my haircut so I woke up and immediately headed to do that that day. I wanted to make sure I looked my best for my first day as a Batuuan.
After I got back from getting my hair did, I went to sleep for a bit then woke up again to actually get ready for my evening out. I wrote a bit for this TR, watched more Stranger Things and then did finally preparations for the evening.
And what was happening this evening? The Last Jedi viewing at Hollywood Studios!
Yup, they were hosting a cast event in Studios where we got to watch The Last Jedi in the Frozen theater way way late at nights. Courtney had told me about this and we both signed up so she was gonna pick me up tonight so we could go together. I was super hype. The only negative to going though was that I had to be only a few hours after the event ended since my training tomorrow was super early so it was gonna be rough but worth it. I mean... what better way to start my first week in Galaxy's Edge with the film that preludes the land!
Courtney picked me up from Vista at 11pm that night. I met her out front where we saw a transdev bus getting towed. It was a wild scene since there was very little room for anyone to go into housing. Wild.
Soon enough we were at Studios and waiting in line to get into the park since they had to check us in with our blue IDs and such. They had really cute fanfaire going on for the event. I believe there was Star Wars music playing throughout the park and all Star Wars colors everywhere. Also, there were some Galaxy's Edge cast out front wishing us Rising Moons and such. I played around with some themed language with them since I really hadn't been able to in the classroom setting. It was so much fun.
On our way to the Frozen theater, Courtney and I decided to stop for some photos in an empty Studios.
They had a little line to get inside the theater where Stephen, one of the WDW Ambassadors, was interviewing all the cast members waiting to get in. Red carpet style.
When we got up to him, he asked Courtney about her shoulder porg, Morgan, and they mostly took up the interaction. I didn't talk with him, but it was pretty funny to watch.
After him, we waited to get a photo in front of the special photo op they had out there.
The person they had out front taking the photos was actually my Traditions facilitator, Chris (the one who proposed to his husband on a Disney Cruise) and he recognized me. He asked if I was in his Traditions and I realize that I was. We didn't stop to chat for too long but it was cool to run into him. I'd be seeing a lot more of him later.
Inside the theater, we were able to choose from a selection of refreshments and snacks. Of course, Courtney and I stocked up on popcorn. It was wild seeing the Frozen theater looking like this though.
After chilling for a bit, I saw Lauren M and Celia, my co-workers from Sunset, so I said hi to them. Once we had settled for a bit and caught up on all our socials, it was time to watch The Last Jedi as introduced by our esteemed ambassadors.
At the time, TLJ was probably my least favorite Star Wars film (it is now my favorite... how times have changed!) so it was a weird experience watching but it was clearly a room of Star Wars fans so they all had fantastic reactions. It also brought me back to the fantastic experience I had seeing this one opening day in theaters, the only Star Wars film that has that distinction for me. (We'll talk about my TROS viewing experience soon enough.)
It was a super fun night with lots of free popcorn which was most important.
Bless Courtney for getting me home so I wouldn't have to wait for a late bus that would allow me only an hour of sleep rather than the two or three I ended up getting. I thanked her bunches, obviously. I hit the hay pretty quick when I got home, but no sooner was I up for my first day as a Batuuan villager.
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to being right with me now lol And yes, I am trying my best to be safe and social distance well as I'm sure is the rest of my cast and friends. We all want this to be over soon. 
and I buy those types of bags when I see one I like.
.....(not a real word but it fits).
To me you fit MK better, sprinkling Pixie dust, and the costume was super cute. I've never forgiven Studios for closing Sweet Spells.
