According to reports from Rich Johnston’s Bleeding Cool and The Laughing Place, it is said that Michael Giacchino, the Academy Award winning composer of Up, LOST, Ratatouille, The Incredibles and others , will be doing an original score (presumably based on John Williams’ classic Star Wars score) for the revamp of Star Tours.
Williams declined to create new music for both the original Star Tours and Indiana Jones attractions, cues from the original soundtracks were recycled.
Giacchino is a tremendous composer and I can’t think of anyone better suited to adapting John Williams’ incredible score.
As far as Star Tours II, we know that it will be in 3D, some elements have already been shot (allegedly scenes including Boba Fett), and the destinations will be different. It’s also been rumoured that each Starspeeder will have a different destination.
I can also speculate that this will be a prequel to the original ride. In the original, Star Speeder 3000’s were the mode of transportation for the ride. Early merchandising for the upcoming sequel featured an older looking Star Speeder 1000.
For a taste of the new Star Tours, check out the video that was apparently shown during The Last Tour To Endor event. (I was there, but saw no sign of this video. I’ll have a full report from The Last Tour To Endor soon.)