Star Wars Land concept art reveals secret plans for Disneyland attraction
LOS ANGELES -- Did the Millennium Falcon swap its radar dish again?
And other questions we now have.
It's been nearly a year since Disney revealed plans to build Star Wars Land at both its Orlando and Anaheim theme parks. So far all we've gotten is concept art -- a few interesting images emerged during last summer's D23 Expo -- but a new piece of concept art, released Monday, gives us a bird's-eye view:
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The artwork reportedly first appeared at Disneyland itself, along the fence at Frontierland. (The above image was subsequently posted on the Disney Parks blog.)
The park doesn't have an opening date yet, and these images were really just meant to give a general idea of its look and feel, so don't go mapping your FastPass route just yet.
But there are a few intriguing details here, including the orange BB-8 unit -- "very rare" -- in the blue Resistance X-Wing fighter, and the diverted water route, which is going to make construction all the trickier.
But there was one thing we did notice. In the earlier concept art, the Millennium Falcon had the Force Awakens-style rectangular radar dish:
Aha! But!
Look closely at this new art, with the Falcon nestled in its cargo bay:
That is definitely the old-school, round radar dish.
Maybe this new planet is the Galaxy's fully operational radar-dish-changing station? Maybe the artist just forgot? Maybe we're just grasping for something to write about here?
In any case ...
... if you spot any other interesting details or discrepancies in this new rendering, let us know in the comments.
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
