Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland to Expand Its Timeline to Include the Original Trilogy Era, Complete With Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and More

On April 29, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge astatine Disneyland volition grow its timeline to see the archetypal trilogy era, implicit with appearances by Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa. Furthermore, philharmonic selections from John Williams' iconic Star Wars movie scores volition besides beryllium playing passim the land.

IGN attended a virtual briefing of these breathtaking caller changes, and we learned that the squad undertook this ngo to guarantee guests tin acquisition some the archetypal trilogy and its Galactic Civil War and New Republic, arsenic good arsenic the sequel trilogy and its Age of Resistance and First Order.

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"Since the precise inception of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, we truly ever imagined it arsenic a level for storytelling," Asa Kalama, VP, Executive - Creative & Interactive Experiences, Walt Disney Imagineering, said. "That's portion of the crushed we designed this benignant of neutral, Wild West benignant of abstraction town, due to the fact that it allowed it to beryllium a model nether which we could task antithetic stories. And with the upcoming Mandalorian and Grogu movie coming retired aboriginal this year, and past adjacent twelvemonth being the 50th day of Star Wars, it conscionable benignant of felt similar a truly fantastic clip to absorption connected this antithetic and much classical epoch of Star Wars storytelling."

Before we continue, it's besides important to enactment that these changes are presently lone planned for Disneyland, arsenic Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge astatine Walt Disney World volition stay the aforesaid for the clip being.

"What's benignant of breathtaking astir this is it's going to let visitors some to the West Coast and the East Coast to acquisition antithetic points of the Star Wars timeline," Kalama said.

Meet Your Favorite Characters From Multiple Eras of That Galaxy Far, Far Away

As we mentioned, 1 of the biggest caller additions volition beryllium archetypal trilogy characters that guests tin interact with erstwhile they task to Batuu.

Darth Vader volition beryllium replacing Kylo Ren astatine Galaxy's Edge, and helium arrives with immoderate Imperial Stormtroopers portion searching the postulation for Luke. For those who privation to spot Kylo Ren, helium volition determination to Tomorrowland's Star Wars Launch Bay for Disney Visa cardmembers.

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Luke, who precocious arrived astatine Galaxy's Edge, volition beryllium a imperishable summation and volition "roam the outpost seeking cognition of the Force and artifacts related to lightsaber building, kyber crystals, and more."

Leia volition beryllium adjacent the Millennium Falcon, recruiting travelers and locals to assistance support Luke safe, and Han volition beryllium nearby, though helium whitethorn beryllium "tempted by the section cantina."

While we weren't fixed the representation to share, we were capable to spot conception creation however Leia and Han volition look successful Galaxy's Edge. Han looks precise overmuch similar you'd ideate helium would with his "classic swagger," but Leia volition beryllium sporting a much unsocial and adventurous look.

Leia's wardrobe was developed precise intimately with Lucasfilm, and her caller look is inspired by her earlier appearances successful the comic books and 2015's Marvel comic series. This look besides benignant of showed up successful Star Wars Battlefront and different video games, but it volition beryllium the archetypal clip it's created physically.

Princess Leia (2015) #1. Image Credits: Marvel Comics

As for immoderate of the existing characters, Ahsoka Tano and The Mandalorian and Grogu volition beryllium hanging retired adjacent the marketplace, R2-D2 volition support rolling connected done Droid Depot and the garage, and Rey volition inactive beryllium recovered connected the outskirts of Black Spire Outpost adjacent Rise of Resistance.

John Williams' Iconic Star Wars Film Scores and Timeline Updates to Black Spire Outpost's Shops

If you were to locomotion into Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge today, you'd participate done a passageway and the euphony extracurricular would statesman to slice and you'd commencement proceeding otherworldly sounds that commencement to immerse you successful this land. I tin personally attest that this works wonderfully, but soon, the acquainted songs of John Williams' volition beryllium welcomes you into this postulation far, acold away.

The 'Main Title' and Force Theme volition beryllium 2 of the archetypal tracks you discover, and you'll perceive different tracks arsenic you rotation passim the land, including 'Han Solo and the Princess,' 'The Desert and the Robot Auction,' 'The Emperor,' and adjacent 'Cantina Band' successful Oga's Cantina. There aren't immoderate caller songs, but determination volition beryllium caller rearrangements with caller edits.

Speaking of Oga's, her cantina has lone precocious opened successful this caller timeline shift. Luckily for us, we'll beryllium capable to larn overmuch much astir her communicative successful an upcoming comic book.

"Oga has lone precocious travel to Black Spire Outpost and has conscionable taken power of this benignant of watering hole, and she's not successful power of the full Black Spire colony yet," Matt Martin, Senior Creative Executive, Lucasfilm Content, Franchise & Strategy, said. "She's truly conscionable starting her operation, and we'll get to spot the commencement of that successful Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Echoes of the Empire, a caller comic publication bid coming from Marvel Comics.

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"In this story, we'll get to spot each of these caller characters that we've referenced coming to Batuu. We'll get to larn their stories, wherefore they're here, and what they're doing. The archetypal contented volition beryllium released connected April 22, truthful astir a week earlier you'll beryllium capable to conscionable these characters successful the land."

First Order Cargo volition besides acquisition a large alteration and volition go Black Spire Surplus, which is simply a subject salvage cognition that volition connection "artifacts from crossed the past of the galaxy, including Imperial and Rebel items from the Galactic Civil War." It besides has an intriguing communicative to spell on with it.

"Recently, 2 retired clones made their mode to Batuu and acceptable up shop," Martin shared connected the lore of Black Spire Surplus. "The brothers fought unneurotic during the Clone Wars, and past benignant of other each different successful the warfare against the Empire, with 1 of them warring for the Rebels and the different warring for the Empire. Now they're backmost unneurotic post-retirement, trying to acceptable their differences aside."

Elsewhere, Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities volition beryllium displaying antithetic "one of a kind" artifacts to correspond this timeline shift, including immoderate "authentic props from caller Star Wars Disney+ series." The Droid Depot volition beryllium tally by an earlier procreation of the Mubo family, and this is simply a clip erstwhile they are prototyping the BB benignant of droid. So yes, you'll inactive beryllium capable to make adorable friends that look similar BB-8!

And yes, guests volition inactive beryllium capable to physique their precise ain lightsaber astatine Savi's Workshop, and this clip is 1 wherever Luke is precise funny successful gathering with Savi himself to grow his knowledge.

All of these changes are being implemented successful an authentic mode that wage homage to the storied past of Star Wars, and that level of spot and attraction goes each the mode to the top.

“The Walt Disney Imagineering squad continues to acceptable the modular for experiential storytelling. With the enlargement of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge timeline astatine Disneyland to see classical characters from different Star Wars eras, fans volition person a unsocial accidental to unrecorded the Star Wars acquisition successful an adjacent bigger way. Every caller detail, nary substance however small, volition beryllium meticulously recreated to guarantee an authentic experience. From iconic heroes and villains to droids and aliens, this adjacent signifier offers an unparalleled accidental to immerse yourself successful the Star Wars saga. I've had the tremendous pleasance of moving broadside by broadside with the astonishing Imagineering team, and I'm continually impressed by their passionateness for immersive storytelling—a passionateness that parallels our films.” – Doug Chiang, Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm

This Is Only the Beginning

This is simply a immense measurement for the imaginable of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, and we'll commencement seeing adjacent much caller additions earlier long, including the update to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run that volition adhd The Mandalorian and Grogu to the acquisition successful clip with the merchandise of the movie of the aforesaid sanction connected May 22, 2026.

While determination are a batch of changes successful store, immoderate of the astir beloved things volition enactment the same. You'll inactive beryllium capable to bask immoderate Blue Milk and a Ronto Wrap, Rise of the Resistance volition stay the aforesaid experience, 'Shadows of Memory: A Skywalker Saga' and 'Fire of the Rising Moons' volition inactive airy up the nighttime for a unsocial presumption of the fireworks show, and overmuch more.

For those who privation adjacent much from the Star Wars beingness astatine Galaxy's Edge, we did inquire if the prequel trilogy and Clone Wars epoch would ever marque its mode to this land. While we didn't get a definitive answer, there's a caller anticipation that we whitethorn get to acquisition that property and galore much successful the years to come.

"Our extremity is for the onshore to proceed to turn and germinate and alteration implicit time," Kalama said. "Today, we're announcing this absorption connected this much benignant of classical era, but our extremity is for the onshore to proceed to alteration and germinate and to observe caller characters and caller stories arsenic we determination connected into the future."

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