New Star Tours video

[Freak]

Yeah, I'm a huge huge Star Wars nerd...and aside from the few glaring inconsistencies on the Endor trip (exhaust port versus reactor core on Death Star, the ability to "lose altitude" in space, etc), it was a good ride. The problem with sitting the attraction in between Ep III and IV is that its WAY too open. Just because it sits between two trilogies doesn't mean it should be able to go to Hoth and see AT-ATs duking it out with Snowspeeders one flight and then flying to Coruscant and dropping into the Battle of Coruscant the next one...wouldn't make sense chronologically.

The rumors circling about having a starfighter duel with Boba Fett will make NO sense since Boba will only be a teenager in between III and IV. The fact that we are technically stepping "backwards" in the Star Wars timeline is a little confusing versus "upgrading" to say the StarSpeeder 4000, we're downgrading to the StarSpeeder 1000. But then again...this is just just a movie, and it is just a Disney attraction. Breathe Freak, breathe. :p:

[hobie16]

Breathe Freak, breathe. :p:

Take a 'lude dude. :D:

[BRWombat]

"Voted safest planet in the galaxy..." BWAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAAA.... :hysteria:

[PatchOBlack]

LOL, Don't worry, I thought the exact same thing about Alderann. Maybe you get to be there while they Death Star shows off that it is fully operational.

Now, that would be cool! I mean, aside from the billions of people dying, it would be cool! :cat1:

As for Hoth, while it wouldn't be noted for housing the Rebel base, it could still be note-worthy just because it is an ice planet: think ultimate snow resort!

[Disneyguy85]

I really want to know more info on the pilot. My biggest concern is the voice. I really hope they can get Paul Reubens to do it again...make them the previous version of the RX series.

That is something that many people are wondering.

Disney has been very tight-lipped about these things, that's why I was excited to finally see something new (this new video).

[Doctor McKey]

My former sources have told me that it will be like Tower V. 4... Randomly chosen by the computer at the time of flight....



The Doctor

[Disneyguy85]

My former sources have told me that it will be like Tower V. 4... Randomly chosen by the computer at the time of flight..

That's what I suspected.

That is the most efficient way.

[Disneyguy85]

The rumors circling about having a starfighter duel with Boba Fett will make NO sense since Boba will only be a teenager in between III and IV. The fact that we are technically stepping "backwards" in the Star Wars timeline is a little confusing versus "upgrading" to say the StarSpeeder 4000, we're downgrading to the StarSpeeder 1000. But then again...this is just just a movie, and it is just a Disney attraction. Breathe Freak, breathe.

The original ride has some inconsistencies as well.

Judging from C3PO's dialogue in the queue, the original Star Tours took place after Return of the Jedi, and yet we were somehow still fighting the Death Star.

[Freak]

Yeah, I've always forgotten to mention that. And R2 being inside the astromech socket further promotes thinking that this took place after teh Battle of Endor.

WARNING: STAR WARS NERD POST FOLLOWS

Star Tours DOES take place after RotJ. And yes, we're apparently fighting the "Death Star III" (It's not the Death Star II, since DSII had a reactor core, and was only half-built, versus this DS, which is fully built and has an exhaust port ala DSI) which isn't really hanging out by Endor, it's a ways off since we pass through an asteroid belt.

Even though through most books and other EU (Expanded Universe) sources that I know of, the Empire collapsed after the Battle of Endor. The remaining forces were known as the Imperial Remnant which had little to no power in the universe for ~7 years after the Battle of Endor. No way they had enough money/power/infrastructure to build ANOTHER Death Star AND have a fleet or two of Star Destroyers to hang around the completed DS. Not to mention the first Death Star took ~15 years to complete, and the second Death Star took roughly ~5. No way they hammered out a third one in a couple months. It could be considered a Habitation Sphere which was converted into a Death Star...but that falls out of the realm of real canonocity since Habitation Spheres aren't really discussed in detail. They were basically Death Stars sans the laser, but had the ability of being converted into a much weaker version of Death Star...

Other things that have always bothered me:
-Why does a civilian class transport have shields and laser cannons powerful enough to destroy a snubfighter? At best they should have some low power cannons capable of destroying debris...nothing more since that would be considered a pirate/smuggler/illegal craft.
-Why would the Imperials open fire on a third-party tour bus who so happened to drop into a skirmish? (Unless the third-party company was sympathetic to the Rebellion, which I do believe they are..explained later)
-When the X-Wing pilot fires off his torpedoes in Star Tours, the torpedoes explode on impact much like Red Leader's torpedoes did in A New Hope when they didn't go in, just impacted on the surface...which would mean the shot was not a direct hit.... (Turns out that trench run footage WAS from A New Hope by the way)
-How and why did R2 and 3PO end up here? The company must have Rebellion ties.
-How does R2-D2 end up in the astromech socket of the StarSpeeder 3000 if he was in Luke's fighter for the DS1 and on Endor for the DS2 battle?

So, in closing, I'm a big loser and even bigger nerd. Thank you, and goodnight.

[Cheshire Figment]

Yeah, I've always forgotten to mention that. And R2 being inside the astromech socket further promotes thinking that this took place after the Battle of Endor.

<SNIP>

So, in closing, I'm a big loser and even bigger nerd. Thank you, and goodnight.

But why cause trouble about a good story.

This is just the same as the plot killer for one of the best movies ever made. In Citizen Kane it was clear at the start that Kane was completely alone when he died. How did anyone know that "Rosebud" was his last word?