September 8, 2024, 4:32 pm | Read time: 2 minutes
The Walt Disney Company’s plans for its two megaparks in California and Florida should make the hearts of “Star Wars” fans beat faster: The entertainment group wants to make it possible for visitors to the parks to soon be able to fight Darth Vader, board the “Millennium Falcon” spaceship or explore an alien planet. The latest designs for the “Star Wars Lands” show spectacular future landscapes.
Bizarre rock formations and futuristic buildings, with spaceships and drones flying between them. The designs of the new “Star Wars Lands” in the US look like they have been taken straight out of one of the science fiction films. In fact, this is exactly what the two “Star Wars Lands” planned for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, are supposed to look like.
The Group announced the connecting of the theme-based areas to the existing parks in August last year. “Visitors will travel to a whole new ‘Star Wars’ planet, including an epic adventure where they will find themselves in the middle of a decisive battle,” announced Disney CEO Bob Iger at the time. Star Wars’ fans will also be able to pilot the legendary Millennium Falcon spaceship. They can even steer it through space and fire laser cannons. The characters from the films and their stories will also be brought to life in the parks. All with the help of 3D effects.
Each of the two future landscapes will be a good 56 square kilometers in size. However, it is still unclear when the new “Star Wars Lands” will be ready. However, the US newspaper “The Huffington Post” reports that work has already begun in California and Florida to demolish other attractions. This is to make room for the George Lucas-style science fiction world.
The original version of this article was published in 2016.