STAR WARS: Galaxy’s Edge Planet will be Featured On STAR TOURS
We already know that Star Tours is getting a new segment inspired by Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but now there’s a new planet that rider will get to visit in a galaxy far, far away: Batuu.
StarWars.com reveals that Batuu — the location of the upcoming Star Wars-themed land, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — was announced as a surprise addition on Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disneyland park.
Batuu is described as follows:
“This remote outpost on the galaxy’s edge was once a busy crossroads along the old sub-lightspeed trade routes, but its prominence was bypassed by the rise of hyperspace travel. Now home to those who prefer to stay out of the mainstream, it has become a thriving port for smugglers, rogue traders and adventurers traveling between the frontier and uncharted space. It’s also a convenient safe haven for those intent on avoiding the expanding reach of the First Order. While Batuu may be new to us, it is clearly already familiar to many characters from the Star Wars saga as a stepping off point for epic adventures.”
I'm glad that they are not only embracing locations from the Star Wars films, but now the ride will feature the planet that so many of us will come to know as "Star Wars land" at Disneyland.
Below is a video that gives you a look at what Galaxy's Edge will be like;
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens in 2019.