Disney teases Paul Reubens, cantina hits and a "space shawarma" at the Galaxy & # 39; s Edge

The third day of Star Wars Celebration Chicago began with a panel on the Galaxy's Edge attractions that Disneyland and Disney World are gearing up to launch later this summer. Hosted by Josh Gad, an extraordinary geek, the presentation focused on developing brands and partnerships with businesses as much as we could expect. One of the big tellers was that Coca-Cola would sell non-alcoholic beverages Star wars Galaxy's Edge and much of the presentation focused on what you can buy at Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities, "high-end collectibles" from all Star wars history for which you must exchange with the animatronic Dok-Ondar himself. (We are sure that he will take the major credit cards.)

Much of the presentation was about information already available: there were details about the park's two main rides, Millenium Falcon: The smugglers race and the rise of the resistance, described in our sister publication I09early look at Galaxy's Edge. An interesting additional detail of the Millennium Falcon armory that was revealed during the panel is the following: when guests leave the carousel, the state of the Falcon will reflect their journey. Good race? The corridor leading from the cockpit will have the same appearance as when it entered. This corridor will have broken lights, audible alarms, etc.

The main points made by the various experts in Imagineers and Lucasfilm's story from the panel, namely Lucasfilm Vice President Doug Chiang, and Disney Imagineering Executive Officer Scott Trowbridge, were authenticity and immersion.[en] to the extreme "for Galaxy's Edge. The idea of ​​grain has also been invoked, as well as the promise of a multi-sensory experience including smells ("space meat", which looks a lot like roasted gyro meat on peaks in the center of the market. Moroccan inspiration) and tastes (again). you can get drunk with blue milk).

Voice work of Paul Reubens as Star Tours lead singer R-3X, Frank Oz as Yoda, Kipsang Rotich as Nien Nub and Jim Cummings as Hondo Ohnaka, who makes his live action debut in animatronic form at the entrance of Millenium Falcon: Smuggler's Run, was also teased. But the most interesting part of the panel, at least for us, was the segment devoted to the music that will be played in Disney's cantinas, which included a new music excerpt from the original Figrin Dinosaur group of the year and Modal Nodes, as well as a more club titles on the part of a group of droids & # 39; nameless. The first title, if we can afford a moment to wear our hats of jizz-jatz critics, sounds terribly like the classic hit of Modal Nodes, "Mad About Me; John Williams, who has written the original music of the cantina as well as a new orchestral theme for Galaxy's Edge, has he also composed these songs is not clear.

Galaxy's Edge will open in California on May 31 and in Florida on August 29. Disney was already starting to launch novels and comics integrating the setting of Galaxy's Edge, the city of Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu, in the big Star wars continuity.