Anaheim (CNN Business)'Star Wars' fans have a lot to look forward to in 2019. 'The Mandalorian' debuts on Disney+ in November and 'The Rise of Skywalker' hits theaters the following month. But for those who want to feel like they've truly been transported to a certain galaxy far, far away, nothing will rival the immersive experience of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
Scott Trowbridge is the studio leader at Walt Disney Imagineering and the creative force behind Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
Billed as the largest expansion ever at Disney's theme parks, visitors who descend on Galaxy's Edge can fly the Millennium Falcon, grab a drink at Olga's Cantina and rub shoulders with Hondo Ohnaka, a pirate first introduced in the 'Clone Wars' animated series.
Galaxy's Edge opens on May 31 at Disneyland in California and on August 29 at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida. CNN Business got an exclusive first look at the new theme land at Disneyland last month.
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Scott Trowbridge, the creative force behind Galaxy's Edge, rendezvoused with us at itsspace port, Black Spire Outpost, to talk about what guests can expect when they show up.
This interview has been edited and condensed. Watch CNN Business' interview with Scott in the video above.
We are in the heart of the space port at Black Spire Outpost, which is the kind of the center of this thriving, bustling, remote trading port on the planet Batuu.
It's been said that this is the most immersive land that Disney's ever done. Explain to me what that means.
I think when we say immersive, I think that means it's big. It has scale. It doesn't just reveal itself all to you in one view. You actually have to explore it a little bit. There are things to discover. It's also immersive because it has that attention to detail, and that attention to authenticity.
If everything looks like a very shallow facade, and there's no depth behind things, there's no ability for you to believe that there's an activity over there and someone lives in that apartment and that door goes someplace.
We want the experience to feel deep. We want the place to feel deep, so that your relationship with it can also have that kind of depth.
And that bleeds into the whole story of 'Star Wars' itself.
The events that happen here in Black Spire Outpost are true in the world of 'Star Wars.' They're not isolated from the rest of 'Star Wars' storytelling. The things that happen here are true throughout this entire kind of canon of 'Star Wars' storytelling.
Okay, so I pilot the Millenium Falcon in Smuggler's Run, and let's say I lose my shipment. What would happen to me in the rest of this land?
You might sidle up to the bar, and the bartender at the cantina might lean over and say, 'Hey, word on the street is Hondo's not too happy with you. I'd watch out if I were you, because I think your name's on the list of the local bounty hunter.'
For those guests who want to play 'Star Wars' with us, we have ways. Using their own personal technology, if you opt in, and want to play with us, you don't have to, there's no obligation, but there's an invitation to come and play 'Star Wars' with us.
Is there anything you can tell me about the 'Star Wars' hotel?
Okay, what is it?
Think of that as a sister project in Florida. At that experience we're going to invite you to spend a couple days in a 'Star Wars' story — in a focused 'Star Wars' story that takes place over a couple of days. More on that to come.
What is the most innovative technology you have in this land?
We have an experience here called Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance that's going to open later this year. And for the first time, we're actually making an attraction concept that I think is as epic in scope and scale as 'Star Wars' is. So it's the biggest attraction we've ever built. It utilizes multiple, what we might call ride systems, all working together to create one experience.
We know we have to get it right for the fans. That's been something we felt from day one. People have been dreaming about stepping into this world for 40 years. There's a lot of high expectations about paying off 40 years of dreaming. On day one we knew we had to address that, over-deliver against those expectations. I hope we have.
How's the experience in Galaxy's Edge different than anywhere else in the Disney parks?
[Disneyland] is the park that Walt Disney himself oversaw personally and built. He created this. You can kind of think of it as the world's first virtual reality. He created these environments that you could walk into, believe that you were in these places, whether it was some tropical jungle or the Wild West, or some kind of futuristic world of tomorrow. He built these places, invited you to step into them, meet the characters who lived there and pretend.
I think what we've built with Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is so far, the best example, the most, the largest and the most detailed example of what Walt [Disney] set out to do with the original Disneyland, that we've done yet to date.
How is this place going to tell the 'Star Wars' story for the next 50 years?
This trading port is really a stepping off point for all kinds of new stories and we have so many stories we want to tell.
That's one of the great things about 'Star Wars,' there will never be an end to the number of 'Star Wars' stories that we can tell.
Choosing your favorite Star Wars movie can be like choosing your favorite kid. As any parent can tell you, that’s not as difficult as it sounds. Some kids are inherently lovable and easy to take pride in, while other kids, well…. Star Wars movies have similar personalities. They can be full of delightful surprises and brimming with potential, or they can be maddeningly obtuse. But even the ugly ones—the ones that don’t seem to even want to try, who go out of their way to break our hearts—we love them too. They’re still part of our family, for better or worse.
You know a true Star Wars fan if he or she is still upset about Jar Jar Binks. The rest of the world has moved on and found other things to be annoyed by, but the true believers simply can’t. Because as much as we despise Jar Jar, as much as he makes our skin crawl, he’s still part of the canon. We can’t divorce ourselves from him, because whatever our personal feelings, he’s part of the Star Wars mythology.
That said, here is the definitive ranking of all the (current) Star Wars movies, from the the incontestable worst to the irrefutable best. This ranking isn’t opinion, by the way; it’s hard science. And you can’t debate science.
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There are so many reasons Episode I should be one of the best Star Wars films. But it fails in a myriad of spectacular ways. After such a long absence for the series—something many of us took to mean the long-promised episodes one through three would remain forever ingrained in our imaginations—a new Star Wars movie was the greatest gift we never thought we’d live to see. We would have been grateful for anything. The film could’ve been Boba Fett playing Dejarik with Chewbacca for two hours and we would’ve hailed it a masterpiece.
Instead, we got an astonishingly obnoxious alien named Jar Jar Binks, who said profoundly unfunny things like, “Ex-squeeze me,” and a needlessly complicated plot about intergalactic taxation on trade routes (or something…honestly, we stopped paying attention after a while). Sure, it gets bonus points for athletic gymnastics among the Jedi and a promising bad guy in Darth Maul. But then lost all that goodwill when they killed him off (as far as we knew at the time) after one lousy lightsaber battle…and then let Jar-Jar live.
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This prequel committed an unforgivable sin (at least among those of us who cherish the Star Wars movies like gospel): It made Boba Fett uncool. Did anyone of any age watch the original trilogy and think, “I wish Boba Fett’s narrative arc had been more like The Courtship of Eddie’s Father?” (Also, Yoda doing judo kicks in the air like a level-nine black belt was disconcerting, not awesome. It’s like suddenly discovering Grandpa has been taking jujitsu lessons for decades. Or learning that Chewbacca is inexplicably speaking with a British accent. Stop messing with the natural order, Lucas!)
Overall, this addition to the series is (surprise, surprise) too heavy on the CGI and too light on the character development. And then there’s the tiresome romance between Anakin (Hayden Christensen) and Padmé (Natalie “How’d I Get Into This Mess?” Portman), seemingly written by someone who had never been in a relationship with another human being. A sample line: “You are in my very soul, tormenting me.” Come ooooon. If the writers needed a primer on how to do a Star Wars romance, they should’ve just revisited Han and Leia’s tryst in Empire Strikes Back. “I love you.” “I know.” Boom, two sentences, done!
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It’s a perfectly fine science fiction movie, with a fast-paced plot, stellar action, stunning visual effects, and captivating side characters. (Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian is a particular standout.) But the character at the center of it all, that’s not Han Solo. Harrison Ford is Han Solo. If he’s not playing Han Solo, then it’s not a Han Solo movie. Alden Ehrenreich is a fine actor, but he’s not Han Solo. There’s really nothing else to say.
Maybe if they changed the title and gave the main character a name that wasn’t Han Solo, we’d be all in. Otherwise, it’s just confusing. You wouldn’t take a movie like Die Hard and say, “The main character is Han Solo now.” No, it’s not. Since when is Bruce Willis Han Solo? Since never. Just saying something doesn’t make it true. That’s not how life works! Adjusted for inflation, Solo: A Star Wars Story performed worse at the box office than any other Star Wars movie.
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It gets our respect just for the title, which finally delivers the menace we were denied with Return of the Jedi, a film that was originally supposed to be titled Revenge of the Jedi before Lucas decided, “Nah, too cool.” Revenge of the Sith mostly lives up to the title—though, as with all Lucas prequels, it could’ve lost 80 percent of the CGI and been a fundamentally better film.
There’s an anti-fascist theme at the heart of the story, but really the only reason we’re watching is to see Anakin lose his marbles, melt his face, and become Darth Vader. In that, it satisfies… kinda. Hayden Christensen doesn’t really have the acting chops to pull off the job, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. It’s bad when he’s trying to make a convincing case for Darth’s descent into madness. It’s good when his lack of nuance results in moments like the anguished Darth raising his fists to the sky and screaming, “Nooooo!”
All in all, we’re not sure whether to laugh or accept the melodrama on face value, which is what makes Star Wars movies in general such a fun-filled ride. For every goosebumps-inducing thrill, at any moment you could be abruptly taken out of reality with a line reading that makes you wonder if Ed Wood is directing. That’s not a criticism, it’s a compliment. Years from now, when this movie is watched only by Star Wars completists, Darth Vader screaming “Nooooo!” will be the only thing everybody remembers from Revenge of the Sith.
Finally, we get to see (spoilers ahead!) the tragic and brutal death that Han Solo had been denied in Return of the Jedi! (More on that later.) And at the hands of his own son no less. Those of us who feared Han lived to a ripe old age in some godforsaken Ewok retirement village finally had closure. What’s more, the Star Wars universe now got a new cast of heroes, not quite as white or male as their predecessors. It took J.J. Abrams to give us the Star Wars sequel we didn’t realize how much we wanted. That George Lucas was kept out of the process—forbidden from making suggestions like “What if you added a few more weird aliens in this scene?”—just made it work all the better.
Really, the only thing that kneecaps this film is how much it wears its fandom on its sleeve. The Force Awakens is maybe a little too in love with its own nostalgia. And not just because old trilogy memorabilia sells for top resale prices in this universe. Some of the film’s “original” set pieces—like the Starkiller Base, a mobile ice planet with a giant laser capable of destroying solar systems, but that also happened to be built with one exploitable flaw—just felt a little, um… familiar.
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Haters gonna hate, but this really is one of the best sequels that isn’t technically a sequel in the Star Wars canon. What makes this work so well is that it doesn’t feel superfluous. It answers questions that actually needed answering, at least for the hardcore fanatics. (Why was the Death Star built with a fatal flaw that the Rebels could use to destroy it with a single shot? Seems like a pretty massive design error.)
On top of that—don’t worry, no spoilers, here—it’s the first film to upend the good-guys-versus-bad-guys M.O. that dominates Star Wars mythology. (The light side versus the dark side? Could you be more on-the-nose?!) In Rogue One, these are morally gray characters operating in a morally gray conflict. It’s a fresh perspective, and as close to real as Star Wars can get.
But Rogue One‘s greatest accomplishment is that it delivers one of the rarest creatures that’s ever inhabited the Star Wars universe: A legitimately funny robot. Robots in StarWars movies tend to be like standup comics on cruise ships: Humorous to grandparents, but that’s about it. K-2SO (performed brilliantly by Alan Tudyk), however, is honest-to-goodness hilarious, with more deadpan pathos than any human actor in every Star Wars film that came before it was ever able to pull off, with the possible exception of Harrison Ford.
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Should this be higher? Of course it should! Any movie in the original trilogy should be included in the top three of any Star Wars ranking, no questions asked. And if we were solely judging on the opening scenes on Tatooine, where Han gets saved and Princess Leia is in a metal bikini and Boba Fett falls into the Sarlacc pit to be digested for 1,000 years, then sure, this is one of the best movies ever made, ever. But then the rest of the movie happens, and there are Ewoks, and it all gets unbearable—and it only gets worse if you know anything about Star Wars history and what “could have been.”
Long before there were Ewoks, plots were afoot for a planet of Wookies, or, even better, creepy lizards who were anything but cuddly. Oh, and Han was originally supposed to die, blasted down in a blaze of glory as he tried to save his friends. You know, the way a guy like Han was supposed to go, not high-fiving friends at a teddy bear hootenanny. Harrison Ford pushed for Han’s death, but Lucas wasn’t into it. As Ford explained, “George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys.” It’s difficult to watch this film without wondering what might have been.
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This movie is one of the greatest in the Star Wars dynasty for the very reason the trolls hated it. They complained about the clunky dialogue and the plot filled with inconsistencies and nonsensical leaps of logic. Well, duh. It’s a Star Wars film. That’s what they do! Complaining about Star Wars plot holes is like complaining that a Game of Thrones episode is too hostile.
But the real reason the trolls hated this movie with a white-hot intensity was because of the women. The Last Jedi has women in leadership roles, women saving the day, women not waiting for men to show up and blast their way out of trouble. At the film’s center is Rey (Daisy Ridley), the scrappy scavenger who’s tougher than any of the boys and isn’t all that interested in their tutelage, who the Atlantic called “Star Wars’ first feminist protagonist.”
That did not go over well with a certain subset of fans who still have their Kenner Star Wars action figures in the original packaging, and who prefer their female heroines to wait patiently in Death Star cells to be saved. Their reactions were not unlike baddie Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) smashing his helmet in a fit of over-privileged rage after being told he’s no Darth Vader. Oh, it hurts so good.
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I know we’re supposed to call this one Episode VI: A New Hope, but I refuse to on general principle. Star Wars didn’t become a cultural phenomenon, the greatest science fiction soap opera to ever change the world for millions of kids, as “Part Four.” It was and always will be Star Wars, first of its name, the holy scripture on which all other sequels are judged. This ranking only applies to the original 1977 theatrical release, not the 1997 “Special Edition” where Lucas added a bunch of CGI that, quite frankly, made it a lesser movie. We didn’t need the extra scene with Jabba, or the more lively beasts and almost-human aliens.
And for the love of all that’s holy and decent, regardless of how Lucas tried to rewrite history, Han shot first. I’m sorry if that’s hard to hear, but he just did.
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That this is the greatest Star Wars movie is not open to discussion. There will never be another movie quite like it, certainly not involving the universe created by George Lucas. Trying to explain why is almost like trying to explain why witnessing an aurora borealis can be awe-inspiring and life-changing. You had to be there to understand. To be a kid in 1980, having just seen Empire, in a world decades away from the Internet, was a wondrous time to be alive.
The film left us with more questions than answers. Was Han Solo still alive? Was Darth telling the truth about being Luke’s dad? Who was Yoda alluding to when he assured Ben Kenobi’s ghost, “There is another”? The Empire Strikes Back recognized a fundamental truth about movie magic: Your audience doesn’t need to know everything. It doesn’t even necessarily want to know everything.
It could even be argued that if Return of the Jedi was never made, and every subsequent sequel and prequel never made it to the screen, we would’ve been fine--better than fine. The legacy of Star Wars would be stronger than ever. We would still be arguing about what we’d seen in Empire, and what might have happened next, and those wonderful mysteries and unanswered questions would’ve kept our imaginations alive for generations to come. And to see what’s on the horizon for the greatest science fiction series every, Here’s Everything We Know About Star Wars: Episode IX.
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The Galleon was a sail barge composed of various old Imperial vehicles that served as the headquarters of Kragan Gorr's Warbird gang on Castilon.
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The Galleon was a sail barge that was built from various old vehicles from the Galactic Empire. Lambda-class T-4a shuttle wings provided balance, its hull was created from a discarded All Terrain Armored Transport, the crow's nest was built from a hollowed out All Terrain Tactical Enforcerfoot, along with other parts.[2]
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The Galleon was equipped with several laser cannons, and could accommodate swoops, skiffs, and starfighters that were also built from secondhand parts.[2]
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In 34 ABY, the Galleon was on Castilon serving as the headquarters of Kragan Gorr and his pirate gang. During the kidnapping of Torra Doza from the Colossus station, the pirates Drell and Valik used a skiff to bring Torra to the Galleon as they were pursued by Kazuda Xiono in the Fireball.[1]
After the pirates arrived on the Galleon with Torra, Kazuda remained nearby not wanting to leave Torra. As a result, he was fired upon by the Galleon, damaging the Fireball. The First Order, who was in league with the Warbird gang, arrived in an Upsilon-class command shuttle to compensate the pirates for their success. However, MajorElrik Vonreg and his First Order stormtroopers betrayed the pirates and rescued Torra, bringing her to the Colossus.[1]
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The Star Galleon-class frigate was an armed freighter and escort frigate used by the Imperial Navy. The Star Galleon-class was manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards.
The Star Galleon-class frigate was another Imperial success for Kuat. Even if an attacker was able to withstand a Star Galleon-class ship's concussion missile launchers and ten turbolasers, or break through its shields, it was difficult to steal its cargo. The interior contained sophisticated anti-intruder defenses, and was defended by a ship's complement of up to three hundred troopers.
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