New Horizons
That brings us to now, and a world where Star Tours is no longer the sole source of Star Wars in Disney’s parks. Five years ago next month, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, an entire hub of Star Wars storytelling, stores, restaurants, and rides, opened at Disneyland and Disney World. But while Star Tours is perhaps not the focus of Disney’s Star Wars ambitions at its parks anymore, it’s still important—even if Captain Rex is now DJing over at Oga’s Cantina instead of piloting a Starspeeder.
This week sees the beginning of the 2024 “Season of the Force,” and with it, the addition of new material to Star Tours: The Adventure Continues. As well as an additional location inspired by the events of Ahsoka, the planet Seatos, three new interstitials featuring Andor’s Cassian Andor, Ahsoka’s Ahsoka Tano, and The Mandalorian’s Din Djarin and Grogu will now be incorporated into the ride’s myriad options. Although characters from Disney’s streaming service series have been added to Galaxy’s Edge in recent years as limited-time wandering characters, the latest additions to Star Tours mark the first time these characters and worlds have been brought into parts of the rides themselves—continuing the tradition established with Star Tours’ own sequel trilogy evolution.
