Anyone else getting flashbacks of when Jim Hill Media went on his personal warpath against the Bob Iger/John Lasseter changeover–DCA included–constantly reminding us off how the disaster was looming that would make Disney regret spending that $7.4 BILLION! for Pixar?
(And we remembered that figure, because he mentioned it, with all-caps, in every single article?)
Let’s be honest here, it’s Star Wars lite at best. Please show me an area of Disney which just generically themed. Even Splash Mountain has a specific theme, one that needs to be changed, mind you, but still specific.
They built a Star Wars park with nothing recognizable as being actually Star Wars. I get they didn’t want to them it after the original trilogy because we are old people who love those movies, I get they didn’t want to theme it about the prequels, because they aren’t beloved. I COMPLETELY understand why they didn’t want to theme it for the new trilogy because it was garbage. So they didn’t theme it at all. It’s like the knock of Star Wars toys, you look at it and it vaguely reminds you of something you loved. But it is in no way that thing.
I look forward to Galaxy’s Edge to be re-themed as Aladdin’s Bizarre! Complete with a Millennium Falcon ride… you know… for Aladdin fans.
Yes it was worth the 1-billion dollars. I know there are some who knock the design as not directly relating to any particular trilogy (but it does! Why else would Rey and Kyle be there?), but they don’t seem to have the foresight to look past that.
Just look at the huge success of Mandalorian, a totally new yet familiar addition to Star Wars. That’s how I see Galaxy’s Edge. The proof to me is the overwhelming positive response to it by yes – younger under 30 guests. Many of them are in to all the Star Wars trilogies but for them both Mandalorian and GE are now “theirs”. Disney was smart enough to know they needed to build on to the franchise and take it in different directions in both the land and the series and films. I even know a few folks (one just 21) who were never into Star Wars yet love GE.
Funny how the same people who knock Disney for not being original anymore turn around and bash them when they are! Never satisfied I guess….
If they had gone the current “New-movie” route, and themed it COMPLETELY to Ep. VII-IX, they’d have been in for the obvious rude surprise after Ep. VIII.
Here, it’s an open-ended celebration to the story universe in general, for fans who like the atmosphere without its more specific sins.
A strategy that also worked well for AK’s Pandora, by creating the world but scrubbing the specific events and characters of Cameron’s film.
Comments for 3 Reasons Galaxy’s Edge Was Still Worth a Billion Dollars
EricJ
Anyone else getting flashbacks of when Jim Hill Media went on his personal warpath against the Bob Iger/John Lasseter changeover–DCA included–constantly reminding us off how the disaster was looming that would make Disney regret spending that $7.4 BILLION! for Pixar?
(And we remembered that figure, because he mentioned it, with all-caps, in every single article?)
Kelvington
Let’s be honest here, it’s Star Wars lite at best. Please show me an area of Disney which just generically themed. Even Splash Mountain has a specific theme, one that needs to be changed, mind you, but still specific.
They built a Star Wars park with nothing recognizable as being actually Star Wars. I get they didn’t want to them it after the original trilogy because we are old people who love those movies, I get they didn’t want to theme it about the prequels, because they aren’t beloved. I COMPLETELY understand why they didn’t want to theme it for the new trilogy because it was garbage. So they didn’t theme it at all. It’s like the knock of Star Wars toys, you look at it and it vaguely reminds you of something you loved. But it is in no way that thing.
I look forward to Galaxy’s Edge to be re-themed as Aladdin’s Bizarre! Complete with a Millennium Falcon ride… you know… for Aladdin fans.
Ken G
Yes it was worth the 1-billion dollars. I know there are some who knock the design as not directly relating to any particular trilogy (but it does! Why else would Rey and Kyle be there?), but they don’t seem to have the foresight to look past that.
Just look at the huge success of Mandalorian, a totally new yet familiar addition to Star Wars. That’s how I see Galaxy’s Edge. The proof to me is the overwhelming positive response to it by yes – younger under 30 guests. Many of them are in to all the Star Wars trilogies but for them both Mandalorian and GE are now “theirs”. Disney was smart enough to know they needed to build on to the franchise and take it in different directions in both the land and the series and films. I even know a few folks (one just 21) who were never into Star Wars yet love GE.
Funny how the same people who knock Disney for not being original anymore turn around and bash them when they are! Never satisfied I guess….
EricJ
If they had gone the current “New-movie” route, and themed it COMPLETELY to Ep. VII-IX, they’d have been in for the obvious rude surprise after Ep. VIII.
Here, it’s an open-ended celebration to the story universe in general, for fans who like the atmosphere without its more specific sins.
A strategy that also worked well for AK’s Pandora, by creating the world but scrubbing the specific events and characters of Cameron’s film.
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