The Disney Parks Blog has announced a tease of some of the characters that we will be encountering when we ride the new Star Tours ride in the coming months.
One of our goals for the new Star Tours show was to pack as much Star Wars into the attraction as possible. That meant traveling to different planets, and meeting up with classic characters from the saga.
Well, it wouldn’t be a Star Wars adventure without Darth Vader. The Dark Lord of the Sith will be accompanied by legions of stormtroopers and some new “skytroopers,” designed especially for our show. Boba Fett, everyone’s favorite bounty hunter, also will be after us, as well as an assortment of nasty droids and creatures.
Balancing out the villains are some classic good guys – and even a princess! Master Yoda, Admiral Ackbar (pictured above in a still image from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi) and Princess Leia will appear in the show to help guide our adventures. We may even run into Chewbacca along the way!
We’ve known about Boba Fett for a while, but there are some surprises here. These Skytroopers could be very cool (and I’m dying to see if the design is possible to recreate so we can get 501st recreations of them). But how will Princess Leia appear? Is she digital? Is it from cut footage? Is it a hologram? Is Carrie Fisher returning?
And I think the same questions apply to Chewbacca. They got Anthony Daniels back in the costume for Threepio, did they get Peter Mayhew back for the role of Chewbacca?
And which Yoda voice are they going with? Tom Kane or Frank Oz? And how could Yoda possibly fit in unless we were taking a trip to Dagobah?
If Ackbar is on the ride, will it all be a trap?
I’m really excited about the possibilities here and I really can’t wait to get on this ride.