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RISE OF THE RESISTANCE
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by Disney’s Imagineers, who
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worked tirelessly with Lucasfi lm to
in California and bring fans a live Star Wars action-
Florida during adventure unlike anything in the
2019, there has been a mysterious galaxy. And the entire endeavor
corner of the Batuu landscape has been years in the making.
that has thus far remained totally John Larena, executive
inaccessible. Somewhere beyond creative director at Walt Disney
a Resistance gun turret, obscured Imagineering, has been on the
by trees and overshadowed by ground level of Rise, designing,
the unique rocky landscape, a planning, testing, and building it
deserted, winding pathway has since 2014, after Disney bought
led… to what? Lucasfilm in 2012 and started
Now, all has been revealed with kicking around Star Wars theme
the opening of the immersive park ideas.
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance “There have been a lot of
experience, first at Florida’s Walt ideas for character greetings, for
Disney World Resort on December other attractions, and even ride
5, 2019, and then at Disneyland systems,” Larena reveals to Star
Resort in California, on January Wars Insider. During these early
17, 2020. Rise of the Resistance is discussions came suggestions,
including simply meeting Darth
“Rey is asking you to join Vader, which evolved into more
complex notions, such as guests
in on this mission. She being captured and taken aboard
tells you, ‘We’ve got a the Death Star, where Vader would
ship out here. It’s fueled. interrogate them. “The seed of an
idea got planted, and an outgrowth
It’s ready. Let’s go!” of that is a construct of what now
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