The Millennium Falcon doesn’t reveal itself right away.
It waits to be found.
Turn a corner, or climb a staircase, and suddenly there it is.
After all these years.
It’s pocked with blaster burns and its thrusters are gasping to activate.
As with everything inGalaxy’s Edge, this becomes part of a story.
(Read more about how Disney Play factors into theGalaxy’s Edgeexperience here.)
Soon, you’ll enter the control room.
Standing on the bridge, waiting to greet you with his sales pitch, is Hondo Ohnaka.
Meet Hondo Ohnaka
“Hondo is a smuggler, sorry, a ‘Shipping and Logistics Coordinator.’
A completely above-board business man,” Trowbridge joked.
“He’s got cargo to move.
He’s got ships to fly.
Don’t ask about the cargo, don’t ask where he got the ships.”
The alien with the spiky beard and turtle-shell skin has a jolly disposition, despite a lifetime of desperation.
(The first isthe Na’vi shamanfrom theAvatarland Pandora in Orlando.)
It’s the slightly shady personality the Imagineers want you to see, however, not the mechanism beneath.
So he’s not all bad.
We’ll split it 90/10, carry the one, minus the 10 percent.
It will all work out in the end somehow."
Okay … he’s a little bad.
At least as a boss.
But he has his charms, too.
“But he’s not reliving a moment that you’ve seen in the animation.
The Mission
The final moments of waiting may be just as exciting as the ride itself.
At this point, guests have already been assigned a flight group and a number.
Hondo and Chewie need two pilots, two gunners, and two flight engineers for each run.
An operator will call out the number of each group when it is time for takeoff.
In the meantime, you are free to roam about the cabin.
Many fans will be wandering this space like Luke inThe Last Jedi, remembering all that once unfolded here.
Now you get to be a part of the Falcon’s history, too.
“They really are in control of the ship.
It’s a completely interactive experience,” Trowbridge says.
“You’re truly in control of what happens on your mission.”
“Umm, there are interesting things to discover in the cockpit,” Kalama answered cryptically.
Other than that, the details of the mission are yet to be revealed.
There you’ll see the Falcon parked right where you left it.
Your reputation as a smuggler will travel with you, however.
The Disney Play app on your phone tracks your experience and transmits that information throughoutGalaxy’s Edge.
Hondo’s pretty unhappy with you.”
Not happy with your story?
you’re able to always change it.
You’ll just have to get back in line and retry.
