![]() They establish that all of you new Resistance recruits will need to undertake a mission that will be spearheaded by none other than Commander Poe Dameron himself: boarding a transport, heading off-world, and meeting up with Leia Organa directly at a secret rendezvous point. The preshow scene – where the attraction’s story kicks into high gear, priming you for the on-ride adventure that is about to unfold – is set in the Batuu command center, which has been cut out of the rock with laser torches and which is where guests will encounter an audio-animatronic BB-8, who, in turn, activates holographic versions of Rey and Finn, the two main leads of the Star Wars sequel trilogy of films. (Having General Leia’s forces inhabit these primitive ruins was a deliberate nod to the first Rebel Alliance base that audiences saw, on Yavin IV in A New Hope.) As riders work their way past the makeshift arsenals, Gonk droids (those walking, muttering boxes that double as batteries in the Star Wars galaxy), and, even, a long-dry-aqueduct-turned-bench (Disney realizes that guests may be waiting in here for a long time), they’ll overhear transmissions from Resistance scouts and sympathizers warning of an approaching company of First Orders stormtroopers – the secret base may have already been found out, and everyone will need to pack up (again!) and leave in a hurry. It is this path that deposits visitors into Rise of the Resistance’s queue, which snakes through a series of caves and chambers that were hand-carved millennia ago by that now-extinct civilization strewn throughout the long-abandoned living quarters, washing areas, and worship spaces now are the Resistance’s various pieces of equipment, weaponry, and comms. The company was able to digitize and then replicate its “droid feet,” fabricate new wheels, and then crisscross them across the site’s still-wet concrete). Running down its length is a series of footprints and droid tread marks that show both just how new and ramshackle the Resistance’s presence in the area is (and they also show just how dedicated Disney was to making Galayx’s Edge as authentic as possible – those tread marks come from one of the very first R2-D2 costumes that actor Kenny Baker wore when filming Episode IV: A New Hope back in 1976. (Much as is the case with the Millennium Falcon outside of Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run‘s queue, these ships are full-scale and intricately detailed.)Īcross the clearing is a mobile cannon turret, which forms the entrance to the ride proper and which leads to a mud-hardened and tree-lined path, replete with makeshift railings. Guests will be able to spot this surreptitious presence even before they set foot in Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance’s queue – a full-size X- and A-wing from Blue Squadron are parked among the trees, replete with Resistance members who periodically come out to run maintenance on the battered old fighters. It is in the otherwise-tranquil Surabat River valley, the ancient site of some of Batuu’s earliest sentient inhabitants, that the Resistance has only recently, within the past few weeks, set up (temporary) shop in the Black Spire region.
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