The park, which opens at Disneyland Friday, is set on the fictional world of Batuu in a settlement called Black Spire Outpost in the Outer Rim of the galaxy. That’s the “Star Wars” way of saying the planet is in the middle of nowhere.
So if immersion is the goal, why did Disney decide to create a whole new world, with unknown stories and characters, in a universe known for fans that revel in minutia?
Doug Chiang of Lucasfilm says it’s so attendees can be their own hero in their own “Star Wars” story.
With the movies, he said, “You’re experiencing that place through a very specific point of view of the director.