Eagle-eyed Star Wars fans have noticed a pretty big change on the original announcement to potential destinations coming in the new updates to the classic attraction, Star Tours, on April 5th.
What’s Happening:
- Earlier this month, Disney Parks Blog shared more details about the new sequences coming to the popular Star Tours attraction at Disney Parks worldwide featuring characters and locations from Star Wars: Ahsoka, Andor, and The Mandalorian.
- With the news, Disney also shared that those aboard a Starspeeder 1000 (remember, the original Star Tours was the Starspeeder 3000), would have the potential of visiting the planet of Peridia from Ahsoka.
- Fans were quick to notice a change, however, and the planet that passengers could now visit has been named as Seatos, also from Ahsoka.
- It was a fan on an X (formerly Twitter), who pointed this out on user @BrookeGMcDonald’s post. Brooke then reached out to Disney to confirm that the planet guests can potentially visit is in fact, Seatos.
- According to Wookieepedia, in the Star Wars universe, Seatos was a planet in the Denab system that was inhabited in the past by a species from a different galaxy. They constructed a mechanism on it to locate their galaxy powered by a spherical star map. Around 9 ABY, the starship Eye of Sion, a gigantic hyperspace transport ring designed to reach another galaxy, was built over the planet by the Nightsister Morgan Elsbeth and her forces. Shortly before the vessel's completion, the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano, her former trainee Sabine Wren, and the droid Huyang traveled to Seatos to investigate the Eye of Sion. Upon finding the ship, the three were attacked by Marrok and Shin Hati in starfighters, forcing them to fly their T-6 shuttle into Seatos's atmosphere, where they encountered a herd of purrgil.
- Based on the original Parks Blog post, it sounds like the only new planet added to the possible destinations in the attraction is Seatos, with characters from Ahsoka, Andor, and The Mandalorian interrupting mid-flight with a transmission, I.E. Admiral Ackbar or Yoda that can be seen currently. Between the new additions and the existing random options in the ride, there will now be over 250 different possibilities that passengers can experience on the classic Star Wars attractions.
- The new additions will debut on April 5, 2024, at Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and Disneyland Paris, At Disneyland, the date also marks the kickoff of Season of the Force, which takes place at Disneyland park for a limited time through June 2, 2024. The special event marks the return of Hyperspace Mountain, themed food and beverage, merchandise and more. Also debuting during the celebration, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will provide a fresh perspective on the fireworks above Disneyland park on select nights, with galactic music sweeping through the spires.
- If you’d like to take part in any of the galactic fun, be sure to reach out to our friends at Mouse Fan Travel, who can assist with all your Disney travel needs.
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