Star Wars Land: An Excruciatingly In-Depth Prequel

Walt loved trains.

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Resources:
JustinScarred’s Big Thunder Ranch vlog (w/ Jenny cameo):
Nature’s Wonderland source audio:
Yesterworld’s Conestoga wagon pics (and great article):
An article about Disney’s relationship with the puppeteer union:
Jumping fish footage by D Glenn:
Big Thunder Trail video postcard by Foxxy Hooves:
Big Thunder Ranch footage by Dland SMK:
and These Amazing Places:
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad exterior footage by The Entertainment Connection:
Disneyland Railroad river crossing footage by MouseSteps:
Star Tours “Batuu” ending on-ride footage by Blog Mickey:
and DisFanReview:
Rey running away as Kylo Ren arrives footage by @salchichasss on twitter:
Rey hiding with younglings footage by SAGAtoday:
1970s Disney World film restored & uploaded by Michael Parks:
Goofy on Thunder Mountain from home video release; reuploaded by cujolover1:
Princess Royal Hall ext footage by MouseSteps (JWL Media):
Rey meet-and-greet footage by Fatima Lakhani:
Video of Cast Members finding out they get to work at Galaxy’s Edge originally uploaded by Disney; reuploaded to youtube by Attractions Magazine here:
Retro California Adventure boardwalk footage by MrDisneyfanman:
J4K3 footage from Khan Academy “Imagineering in a Box” series:
J4K3 in-park footage by Inside the Magic:
and disneygeekcom:
and DAPS MAGIC:
Disney Junior Live footage by MouseSteps / JWL Media:

[nobodyspecial]

"$935, that's expensive!" *4 years later spends $6000 to go sit behind a pole*

[lishalacey]

"Removed the benches"

Have none of these designers played Roller Coaster Tycoon? That's asking for disaster.

[patlee_eeltap]

Rey and kylo see each other all the time when they’re getting groceries but they just look down at their space-phone and pretend they didn’t see each other

[Stapler]

Getting whiplash hearing Jenny call this video "really long" when I just happily sat through her star wars hotel video which is six times as long

[Jotari]

The first order removed all the benches so Rei would have less places to crouch behind.

[brownsugarlicorice]

2019: Disney as always has their sight lines down to a science
2024: The Pole™

[raycearcher]

"I want to build a couple attractions, with a train around it."
"Think bigger, Walt!"
"I want to build the city of the future, with permanent dwellings for researchers at skyscraper-sized science labs, and a whole amusement park in the middle to keep everyone entertained."
"Think kind of in the middle, Walt!"

[Liminalsubliminal]

Walt naming his train after his wife has the same energy as Zeus naming his bastard son Heracles after his wife, Hera so she wouldn’t get mad that he cheated on her.

[sullivangate]

"Not to go on a giant tangent"-Jenny, almost eight minutes into a video about Star Wars Land that is mostly about trains.

[BilliamRockwellSafeMode]

I feel like the video needs a quick flashback from the Escape from Tomorrow movie to remind us of what Cat Flu is. That’s what Randy Moore would have done...

[DirkDjently]

"So we all knew I was going to go to Star Wars Land and do an appallingly long video on it."
Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which...

[nfinn]

the smash cut to a new bedroom with "i moved" and a custom shirt for the specific topic you're discussing is an all time jenny moment.

[musicalwithfangs]

i liked her mentioning how characters used to just hang out with guests. i was "kidnapped" by the genie when i was two and he pushed my stroller around the park for an hour while my mom followed. the cast member went on to become a close family friend. hi Rodney!

[RealityCheckNews]

13:01 - I think we can all agree that the park's slow decline started when they shut down the Jenny-meet-and-greet attraction.

[ThatLaurenThing]

35:11 little did she know the haunting role these crates would play in her future

[eileenherbert]

I worked on Star Tours at WDW in 2008. Since it was just a few years after the prequels wrapped up and our ride was basically a place for people to sit in air conditioning after leaving the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, absolutely no one cared what we did. Even though we were essentially flight attendants, they gave us all lightsabers. We wore the same parachute pant costumes from when the ride opened in 1989. When it rained and they had to cancel Jedi Training Academy, Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers would march around the ride and walk into the sims while we were trying to load them. And even though it was the most fun I've ever had at a job, we'd all sit around and brainstorm a Star Wars Land where we could be in character, drink blue milk, and not have to wear parachute pants (can you tell I hated the parachute pants?).


Getting to visit Galaxy's Edge at DL was an amazing experience because I got to see all of those dreams brought to life. I just wanted to sit there and take it all in, and I noticed the lack of benches and other areas to rest as well. It's a shame Disney put so much effort into creating such an immersive experience, only to make it impossible to truly lose yourself in the world.

[TECfan]

Omg. I never knew about the Rey cast member going on little adventures with the kids. That's the most adorablest thing ever.

[anonymousdratini]

Gotta love how Disney facilitated an environment their cast members could roleplay as their starwars OCs. That's my favourite part of this.

[Josh-dzep]

Jennys breakdown of a tired family drama in the middle of the park was more compelling than some Netflix shows.

[LouGuthrie]

I can't believe I'm about to watch a 42 minute long video about a place I'll probably never go to