“Who has been living here? What have they done here?” “We try to give it that layer of reality, that history,” Chiang adds. The truth is, from the beginning, Star Wars storytelling has been grounded in reality, an attribute that helped the design team for the new themed-land now open at Disneyland® Resort and opening August 29 at Walt Disney World® Resort.
But I really wanted to go there and visit that place. When I saw it in the cinema, it was amazing. “It reminds me of when I first saw Star Wars when I was 15. “Of all the Star Wars experiences, whether it’s a video game or a film or a themed attraction, this is one of the most challenging and the most fulfilling for me,” he says. The project is the culmination of Lucasfilm VP and Executive Creative Director Doug Chiang’s lifelong love of the saga and individual artistic expertise.
It’s a universe unlike any other, filled with planets and creatures that are at once completely alien and somehow totally familiar.īut to make the galaxy out of brick and mortar inside Star Wars : Galaxy’s Edge, where fans could step onto the dusty surface of a real Star Wars planet for the first time, artists and designers couldn’t entirely rely on the same movie magic that brings those worlds to life on screen. For years, the cinematic wonder of the Star Wars galaxy has captured imaginations, transporting viewers off this rock and hurtling into adventure through hyperspace.
