When we designed this scene, we were talking about, ‘What should it be? Do we see Death Star debris? Let’s do the First Order era for that.’ So I asked the Story Group and ILM, ‘Could we do like, a little bit of Star Wars? What happens if we have some Resistance cruisers, and the First Order shows up? Can we do a little battle?’ They said, ‘You can do a little skirmish. “You see the forest moon from Return of the Jedi and Kef Bir, the water moon from The Rise of Skywalker. “It’s my personal favorite scene,” he says.
And Handke reveals one more locale exclusively to : the home of the Ewoks, Endor. Some of the galactic destinations that fans can look forward to include Tatooine (set during The Mandalorian), Batuu (“almost a day in the life of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,” featuring the Star Destroyer from Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Hondo Ohnaka’s ship), and Mustafar ( Rogue One: A Star Wars Story era). They work in all sorts of Easter eggs and little details.” ILM adds so much eye candy and they take it to a whole other level for us, which is so awesome. You’ll see iconic ships, you’ll see really cool things happen. Each sequence is almost like a mini-storyline that plays out. “The visual effects are all-new for the Disney Wish,” Handke says. “And we want to see the Resistance from the First Order era, the prequel era, a familiar ship from The Mandalorian, and Rogue One.” The illusion will be created via the bar viewport, a widescreen, seven-pane window to the stars. “We want to see a little bit of Empire-era Star Destroyers and TIE fighters,” Handke says. We’re jumping to different locations and getting a tour of space, and sampling amazing drinks from those different planets.” In a clever twist, fans will not just be jumping to different planets they’ll be jumping to different time periods, as well. “We came up with this idea, ‘the Hyperspace Lounge.’ Think of it like a party ship through the galaxy. What if we explored, as a nice juxtaposition to that, doing kind of a Dryden Vos yacht ship?’ We landed on that, doing something sophisticated, which also matches the design of the Disney Wish.”Īnd as the name implies, hyperspace travel plays a big role in the storytelling and experience. You know, we have Oga’s Cantina at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. We thought, ‘Boy, that’s really unique and different. “Around that time, we had The Last Jedi and Solo, and it was kind of the more refined side of Star Wars, like Canto Bight and Dryden Vos’ ship. Would the lounge be set in a cantina? On a planet? Somewhere strange in the galaxy? “We decided that since we’re on a cruise ship, it would be fun if the lounge is on a Star Wars ship,” Handke says. So we pitched the idea, ‘What if we did a lounge that’s for grownups only at night? It becomes an adult playground for the world of Star Wars.’ And everyone just loved that idea.” (Parents, don’t worry: the lounge will be open to your younglings in the daytime, with plenty of non-alcoholic drinks.)Īfter getting the green light, brainstorming started almost immediately between Imagineering and Disney Cruise Line. “But as a grownup, and a parent, I'm jealous that I don’t have my own space on the ship where I can immerse myself in Star Wars, since Star Wars is multi-generational. “We always talked about the fact that kids get to immerse themselves in Star Wars,” Handke says, having overseen the Star Wars-themed kids spaces on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy. And the idea came, simply, from wanting to hang out in Star Wars. Handke’s worked on a few Star Wars projects over the years, but now he’s spearheading something that’s never been attempted before: Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge, a high-end, immersive Star Wars bar for adults, coming to Disney Cruise Line’s new Disney Wish ship in summer 2022. It follows that the experience of seeing Episode I in the theater is what turned Handke fully to the Star Wars side, considering he’s a senior creative director of Walt Disney Imagineering, and has devoted his life and career to creating one-of-a-kind experiences. And so after that, it’s been every film and every animated series. “As much as I loved the original trilogy, being in the theater and being part of that event just meant a lot. “It wasn’t really until The Phantom Menace came out that I became a really huge fan of Star Wars,” he tells.
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But it would take a little more time, and something beyond watching the movies on a small TV for the galaxy far, far away to truly take hold. As such, he grew up watching the original Star Wars trilogy on VHS.
Imagineer Danny Handke on the look, libations, and locales of a new experience coming to the Disney Wish in summer 2022.ĭanny Handke was an ‘80s kid.
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