[The Patriot]

Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge gamifies the theme park as it emphasizes play

03-04-2019 04:07 AM

When you enter Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the 14-acre expansion coming to Disneyland early this summer, you are faced with a choice.Walk around a bend — and under an archway crafted to look centuries old — to discover the starship the Millennium Falcon, nestled comfortably under hand-sculpted mountains designed to evoke the petrified forests of New Mexico.Or wander into a marketplace, one inspired by Moroccan and Turkish bazaars. Intergalactic creatures are said to live in the ramshackle, factorylike apartments above the shops, presented as stalls, creating a cacophony of life and noise.Consider this the “Star Wars” equivalent of Main Street, U.S.A.


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