The 12 months 2005 was already an vital one for Star Excursions, nonetheless. 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 Might 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 know-how to immerse audiences, and not would they simply 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 totally different planets interspersed with messages from varied Star Wars characters advising guests a couple of secret mission to rescue a randomly chosen spy aboard their trip.
Not each change can be in style with Disney diehards. Though the improve—dubbed Star Excursions: The Journey Continues—would nonetheless keep a variety of components from the unique, one controversial determination 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 a substitute straight combine C-3PO and R2-D2 into the trip’s story, moderately than simply protecting 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 Might 2011, earlier than opening at Disneyland that June.
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