The 12 months 2005 was already an necessary one for Star Excursions, nevertheless. Though as beforehand talked about Star Excursions launched with components of the trip teasing different locales for the attraction, the unique trip by no means acquired updates past the Endor journey. However at Star Wars Celebration III in April 2005, Lucas confirmed, in the end, that the adventures would certainly proceed.
With the prequel trilogy about to conclude with Revenge of the Sith’s launch in Could of that 12 months, a brand new improve to Star Excursions would be capable to incorporate places and concepts from the prequel trilogy, in addition to broaden on components from the unique trilogy past Endor. The brand new trip would additionally use 3D expertise to immerse audiences, and now not would they only go to a single location on every journey—the replace would provide dozens upon dozens of potential distinctive combos of locales in a single trip. Initially, the sequel trip would draw from six potential locations—Coruscant, Tatooine, Hoth, Naboo, Geonosis, Kashyyyk—after opening at Spaceport THX1138, with visits to completely different planets interspersed with messages from numerous Star Wars characters advising guests a couple of secret mission to rescue a randomly chosen spy aboard their trip.
Not each change could be common with Disney diehards. Though the improve—dubbed Star Excursions: The Journey Continues—would nonetheless keep loads of components from the unique, one controversial choice was to switch Star Excursions’ droid pilot RX-24 (higher generally known as Captain Rex, nicely earlier than the Clone) because the trip’s “pilot” and as an alternative straight combine C-3PO and R2-D2 into the trip’s story, relatively than simply holding them a part of the queue. After shutting down the 12 months prior in 2010 for refurbishment for the overhaul, Star Excursions: The Journey Continues formally debuted at Disney World in Florida in Could 2011, earlier than opening at Disneyland that June.
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