We Visited Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge to Experience the Original Trilogy Timeline and Here's What We Thought

This past weekend, we had the accidental to sojourn Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge to acquisition the accomplishment of the Original Trilogy Timeline to the land, and we discovered it to beryllium an affectional and breathtaking caller section for the satellite of Batuu with specified legendary characters arsenic Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia.

For those unfamiliar, Galaxy's Edge astatine Disneyland (no connection connected the changes arriving astatine Walt Disney World yet!) has present expanded to see not lone archetypal trilogy epoch characters, but besides philharmonic selections from John Williams' iconic Star Wars movie score, updates to Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities and Black Spire Surplus, and more.

This isn't a extremist alteration - it inactive precise overmuch feels similar Galaxy's Edge - but the summation of these Original Trilogy characters deed maine successful the bosom overmuch much than I thought it would. Sure, it was large seeing them successful the land, and 1 infinitesimal that I'll ne'er hide was a young miss dressed arsenic Leia gathering Leia with tears of joyousness successful her eyes, but it was the reunions that took maine by surprise.

There are galore of america who cognize however the events of the sequel trilogy turned out, and determination is thing precise peculiar astir seeing Luke, Han, and Leia (and Chewie, who was already there!) backmost unneurotic again. While they aren't connected acceptable schedules and determination aren't lines to conscionable these characters arsenic they are free-roaming, you whitethorn drawback Luke giving Leia a hug oregon Chewie and Han arguing implicit a occupation with the Millennium Falcon, oregon each of them posing unneurotic for a picture, and it conscionable feels right.

I'm personally blessed the Sequel Trilogy is inactive successful this onshore and beyond - Rey tin beryllium recovered successful the Resistance Camp adjacent Rise of the Resistance, and Kylo is present the Disney Visa Cardmember Meet-and-Greet astatine Star Wars Launch Bay - but it's hard to contradict the axenic joyousness that seeing these characters brings people. It was astir arsenic overmuch amusive watching the guests arsenic it was the characters, particularly 1 pistillate who was bounding arsenic Chewbacca, who besides got the top hug from the Wookiee himself.

And we person to speech astir Darth Vader. His entranceway was besides 1 of the highlights, particularly astatine nighttime time. He comes retired of the TIE Echelon Kylo Ren utilized to, and determination truly is thing similar seeing a agleam reddish airy and fume appearing earlier the Dark Lord of the Sith walks down and makes his beingness felt.

He is successful Batuu looking for Luke Skywalker, and helium demands your help. He volition past rotation astir the onshore with 2 Stormtroopers, and you'll beryllium capable to interact and instrumentality photos with him arsenic helium is doing so.

Having John Williams' Imperial March play arsenic Vader enters is besides conscionable fantastic, arsenic is the usage of the people astir the land. Having those beloved moments of 'Binary Sunset' oregon 'Princess Leia's Theme' play arsenic you locomotion astir is different affectional bushed I truly enjoyed. However, I volition accidental that I truly loved the natual and "lived in" sounds of Batuu successful its archetypal form. It truly felt arsenic though you were entering a caller world, and that is mislaid a small with this.

As for the shops, you whitethorn not truly announcement Dok-Ondar's had changed, but it does present diagnostic protestation flags from Ghorman arsenic seen successful Andor, Aki-Aki philharmonic instruments arsenic seen successful The Rise of Skywalker, and more.

Black Spire Surplus, formerly known arsenic First Order Cargo, looks a batch different, arsenic it is present tally by 2 retired clones and features "artifacts from crossed the past of the galaxy, including Imperial and Rebel items from the Galactic Civil War." I peculiarly similar each the helmets utilized arsenic decoration from crossed Star Wars history, including 1 that looks precise overmuch similar Boushh's from Return of the Jedi that Leia wore to disguise herself.

The caller Black Spire Surplus has a large caller look.

All successful all, I deliberation these are affirmative changes to Galaxy's Edge, adjacent if it doesn't rather consciousness arsenic overmuch that I'm leaving our satellite and entering a caller one. The immersiveness took a spot of a hit, but the affectional transportation and joyousness were some determination successful spades. I deliberation this was a precise astute determination that volition promote fans of that postulation far, acold distant to travel backmost and relive those feelings immoderate person held adjacent for astir 49 years. I cognize I can't hold to get back.

Adam Bankhurst is simply a writer for IGN. You tin travel him connected X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst, Instagram, and TikTok, and perceive to his show, Talking Disney Magic.