Galaxy's Edge Archives

PHOTOS: Exclusive Passholder Preview and "Landing 2019" Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Merchandise Arrives at Disney's Hollywood Studios

August 17, 2019

Rising moons, Travelers! Today was the first Annual Passholder preview for the Walt Disney World’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge! And there’s several new types of merchandise available for sale at Stage One Company Store and Once Upon a Time to commemorate the passholder preview and the landing of Batuu! Millennium Falcon Light-up Lanyard – $15.96 … Read more

VIDEO: Disney Releases Exclusive Aerial Views of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios

August 14, 2019

The historic August 29 grand opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is right around the corner and while many Travelers have already experienced the land through a series of ongoing previews, Disney has just released amazing new aerial images of the brand-new land. The video, which includes new music from Oscar-winning composer John Williams, features … Read more

PHOTOS: Scrims Starting to Come Down Around New Restroom Facility at Disney's Hollywood Studios

August 13, 2019

The new restrooms that were formerly home to the old Star Wars Speeder Bike photo op at Disney’s Hollywood Studios have been behind walls for months now. With the grand opening of Galaxy’s Edge less than a month away, we certainly expect this new structure to be open by then. During our walk around the … Read more

PHOTOS: Price Increases on Select Legacy Lightsabers at Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland

July 30, 2019

If you figured you’d wait it out until Legacy Lightsabers at Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities went down in price, you still have much to learn, young padawan. Despite constant merchandise supply shortages plaguing the specialty shop in Galaxy’s Edge, it appears that with waves of re-stocking come price increases, as well. A variety of Legacy … Read more

PHOTOS: Construction Walls Down at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disney's Hollywood Studios

July 30, 2019

With Cast Member previews for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge officially starting on August 1st (and running through August 16th), Disney’s Hollywood Studios is gearing up for the influx of travelers to Black Spire Outpost. The construction walls we saw go up last week have now been replaced by a series of planters and umbrellas, blocking … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Hollywood Studios 7/19/19 (The Lion King, Preparations for Galaxy's Edge, and More!)

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Good morning, Hollywood! It’s pretty hot today, but we’ll do our best and take in all the sights and sounds of Hollywood Studios. Hollywood You’ve probably noticed this nice little logo on many of the trash cans throughout Hollywood Studios. If you look hard, you can actually still find some examples of the older version … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Disney's Hollywood Studios 7/14/19 (Galaxy’s Edge, Skyliner, and More!)

July 14, 2019

Ah, Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I loved you as MGM Studios, I loved you through the Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun! Parade, and I still love you now, even as you’re going through an identity crisis and you don’t really know what kind of park you want to be. But when Galaxy’s Edge opens and suddenly … Read more

Bluetooth “Reputation Scanners” Added to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Park

July 8, 2019

It looks as if the long-promised reputation system promised for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is starting to come to fruition. According to Twitter user @nickytea, Bluetooth reputation scanners have been added to checkout terminals at Galaxy’s Edge. To enable your interactive "reputation" across #GalaxysEdge, certain shop checkout terminals have a dedicated Bluetooth profile reader and … Read more

PHOTOS: Former Great Movie Ride Show Building Being Painted Grey Ahead of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Opening

July 3, 2019

With Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opening in Hollywood Studios at the end of the Summer, work is proceeding to make sure that guests don’t see any part of the outside world while visiting the faraway planet of Batuu. To those ends, workers recently started the process of painting the back side of the show building … Read more

PHOTOS: Nearmap Shares New Aerial Images of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Under Construction at Disney's Hollywood Studios

June 13, 2019

Thanks to our friends at Nearmap, we have some recent aerial imagery from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This is the same land and layout (for the most part) of the version that just opened at Disneyland Park on May 31st. These images were taken mid-May 2019. Here we have an overall … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Disney's Hollywood Studios 6/2/19 (Forky Eclair, Galaxy's Edge Updates, ETC.)

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019

Welcome to the Hollywood That Never Was and Always Will Be, Disney’s Hollywood Studios! We’re back for another walk around the park, let’s see what’s new. When I walked into the park, the first thing I noticed was the new scrim up around the exterior of Mickey’s of Hollywood. It joins Keystone Clothiers and Legends … Read more

PHOTOS: Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge "Cleared For Landing" Opening Day Tees and Pins at Disneyland

May 31, 2019

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has finally opened to the masses at Disneyland today and to celebrate, they’ve released a special set of commemorative opening day merchandise that’s available throughout the park. This merchandise is available for those without a Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge reservation. Check out all the locations for this merchandise here. We found these pins and … Read more

Galaxy's Edge Takes Over WDWNTunes with Star Wars Music, Radio Dramas, and More!

May 30, 2019

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Galaxy’s Edge connection established… downloading WDWNTunes protocol… begin welcoming procedures! Hi, there! This is DJ R-3X! You might remember me from my time as a Star Tours captain, but ever since Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened, I’ve been spinning tracks over at Oga’s Cantina as the galaxy’s greatest DJ! My skills were so great that I impressed this alien called … Read more

Big Name Craft Breweries Will Be Featured in Oga's Cantina at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

May 27, 2019

The opening of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge is almost here at Disneyland Resort, and more news continues to come out. Today, we learned that Oga’s Cantina in Galaxy’s Edge will feature beverages by big-name craft brewers and cider-makers, as well as a small-name Sonoma wineries. They will make the beer, wine and cider that comes … Read more

Droid Tracks Will Lead Guests to Special Photo Ops and Interactive Scenes Inside Droid Depot at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

May 18, 2019

Here at WDWNT, we’re already making plans to make a beeline over to Droid Depot at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge to get our hands on a DJ R3X as soon as it opens, but new interactive elements revealed for the shop have me thinking we’ll be spending far more time in there than we think. … Read more

PHOTOS: New Details Revealed About How Guests Will Customize Their Own Droids in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

April 19, 2019

We’ve known for a while now that guests will be able to build and customize their very own droids when they visit the Droid Depot on the planet Batuu, but thanks to a recent article from Polygon, we now have loads of new details and images to provide you with further details. Guests will be … Read more