Disney Continues To Tease Its ‘Ambitious’ Theme Park Plans For Star Wars

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Disney CEO Bob Iger (left) is on top of the world right now, as the company just posted a record quarter ahead of a year that will see the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The latter is probably the title that has more people peeing their pants in excitement, though, because aside from some context-free set photos and the teaser trailer, we really don’t know what to expect from a film that won’t hit theaters until December 18. And then there’s all the talk about Star Wars theme park rides, now that Disney owning the rights finally means that our dreams of piloting the Millennium Falcon may soon come true.

Back in August, Iger made the media rounds to bask in the glory of Guardians of the Galaxy, but people naturally wanted to know what was up with Episode VII. When it came to the future of Star Wars at Disney World and Disneyland, Iger said that no details were coming until later this year, and in December he admitted that any potential new rides might be “a blend of the past, present and maybe the future.” This dude is like the king of keeping secrets, so even the slightest bit of new information – even just one descriptive word – is enough to get people geeked up.

Disney chief Bob Iger told Wall Street analysts that there’s “a fair amount of design and development (taking place by the company’s Imagineers) to greatly increase ‘Star Wars” presence in multiple locations around the world,” shortly after the Mouse House announced another strong financial quarter. “The plans are ambitious, so it’s going to take some time for them to be built and opened.”

In a separate interview with Bloomberg Television, Iger said, “Fairly soon, I’m sure we’ll be ready to go public with some specifics. But it’s safe to say that you’ll see a lot more ‘Star Wars’ at Disney and at Disney parks in the near future.” (Via Variety)

Iger also elaborated on the films that will be represented in the future theme park rides, and it seems that they’ll lean more toward Episode VII and beyond, as well as the spin-offs. Still, there’s no way they won’t consider making a Millennium Falcon ride, because they just have to, damn it. Just make the ride, okay?

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