Disney's Star Wars land cantina takes a name and serves up alcohol

Drink at the cantina. Entanglement with a bounty hunter. Befriend a Lot cat. Dodge Blaster Fire. Steal the Millenium Falcon.

You will be able to live inside your own Star Wars story at Galacty's Disney Edge, a whole new type of immersive experience in a theme park that will open in 2019.

Extending over 14 acres, this expansion of current Florida and California parks includes two rides and a cantina serving alcoholic beverages. Visitors can expect new stories, creatures, smells and a lot of high tech effects that will bring the fantasy world to life. Disney is also building a Star Wars luxury hotel in Florida so guests can play a role in costume, adding even more story opportunities.

Watch the video embedded here for an in-depth look and read the details below:

Where is he and when can I go?

The field is being built in two Disney parks: Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and Disney Studios, in Hollywood, near Orlando, Florida. Each version will be similar in design.

Disney has not announced an exact opening date, but that Disneyland will open for the first time in the summer of 2019. The Florida-located Hollywood Studios will open at the end of the year. autumn 2019. The opening date of the Star Wars Florida hotel has not yet been fixed.

Oga's Cantina: drink with bounty hunters

Visitors to the local water point can order beer, wine and themed cocktails. According to Mr. Disney, the dishes will be composed of "exotic ingredients using methods from another world, served in unique vases". When it opens, it will be the first time that alcohol will be served to the general public at the Disneyland theme park.

The bar belongs to a stranger named Oga Garra, who is described as running the establishment with a strict code of conduct to control all unruly customers. Disney storytellers say it's a popular stop-off point for anyone looking to avoid authorities, so it's sure to be colorful.

The cantina can serve shady galactic travelers, but it is also family friendly with items for children. The menu will include blue milk, which Luke Skywalker drank in A New Hope.

As far as entertainment is concerned, fans of the Disney & # 39; s Star Tours can recognize the DJ. The Astromech droid RX-24, known as Captain Rex, made a new concert mixing rhythms with the cantina. Maybe he'll be a better DJ than his pilot?

What is the story behind Galaxy's Edge?

Walt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm have partnered to create a new planet and story for the thematic world. At Galaxy's Edge, guests are on the Batuu planet in an area called the Black Spire outpost. It is a hub for travelers, adventurers and smugglers in the area of ​​outdoor space.

Disney describes it as a haven for the most colorful and famous characters in the galaxy, and a place to avoid the growing reach of the First Order – the evil faction led by Snoke and Kylo Ren of the latest movies.

The unique arrows of the country are the petrified remains of ancient trees. The most notable is called Black Spire, a landmark to use by travelers as a meeting point.

Is Batuu in other Star Wars stories?

The planet was invented for theme parks, but is now integrated with other Star Wars stories as a canon. The upcoming novel Thrawn: Alliances refers to Batuu. And Black Spire also received a brief mention in the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, when the L3-37 droid told Lando Calrissian that he could not find Black Spire without her.

What about rides?

There will be two rides, revealed to be the Millennium Falcon: The Smuggler's Run and Star Wars: The Resistance of the Resistance.

In Star Wars: The Resistance Uprising, you find yourself in the middle of a battle between first order and resistance. Guests board a Resistance troop carrier ship and history then puts them in a Star Destroyer with a battle in the bay shed. The passenger vehicle can accommodate eight people and is designed to look like a small transport vehicle used by the First Order. Disney built two giant walkers for this attraction. At a recent Florida press conference, one of Disney's Imagineers has described it as the most epic attraction ever conceived.

Millennium Falcon: Smugger's Run is essentially a Millennium Falcon flight simulator. The pilots will fly Han Solo's famous boat, operating switches and blasting, to control everything yourself. Disney is collaborating with Nvidia to develop a new technology capable of rendering graphics for the real-time journey.

Your performance on the Millennium Falcon will affect the end. Play with skill and you will be rewarded. If you bring the ship, you may end up on the list of a bounty hunter named Harko. This could get you in trouble if you show your face at the local cantina. The actions on the way can follow you as you travel the country.

Will there be famous Star Wars characters?

Although it is a whole new scenario for the franchise, some popular characters make their appearance in Batuu. Chewbacca, BB-8 and Nein Nunb, a pilot of the rebel alliance of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, have confirmed that their Disney guests will be among the best placed.

What extraterrestrial creatures are we going to meet?

In the park you will find a creature stand where different beasts of the Star Wars franchise will be born, some never seen before outside the literature. One of the creatures is the Cat Loth from the Star Wars Rebels animated series. The Disney creative team has announced that there will also be creatures that you can adopt to bring them home.

The main market is run by a Toydarian, a species you may remember from The Phantom Threat. A few merchandise items were unveiled, including caps and shirts representing the DJ, Rex droid – and some items are now on sale.

How can I stay at the Star Wars hotel?

The details are limited as far as the hotel, which Disney describes as a luxury hotel. (In other words, start saving up on your galactic credits now.) The president of the Disney Parks' Consumer Experiences and Products Group, Bob Chapek, said the resort would feel like a luxury ship with high-end food stalls. range and space views.

The complex is under construction just off Florida's Star Wars neighborhood, on the south side of Disney's Hollywood Studios. It will be seamlessly connected to Galaxy's Edge, so guests can simply spend their stay in this fantastic universe.

Disney calls this resort a "multi-day adventure". Insiders speculate that it can work like a cruise, with guests recording on the same day so everyone is synchronized with the same scenario. But we have not yet learned exactly what activities guests can expect, how many rooms it will have, how much will it cost or when it will open.

Can we use lightsabers? Will there be holograms? What effects can we expect?

Disney has not revealed the secrets of the special effects that we could see, but some clues can be found in recent patent applications.

What will the space windows of a hotel look like? Perhaps it will use layered clear screens as described in this patent application.

Disney may also be working on technology to create the illusion of a blaster fire propagating through the air and holograms that float by bouncing images onto reflective surfaces.

For now, we will have to use our imagination until the opening of next summer.

This article was published on July 6, 2018 and is updated with the latest news and announcements on the opening day approach.

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