
S: As the Stormtroopers are firing at you they’re leaving holes in the in the sides of the ship it’s an immersive adventure from literally every angle, whether you’re at the front of Lieutenant Bek’s pod watching it being piloted, or whether you’re standing at the back and watching TIE fighters firing at you-the really remarkable thing is that all of those battle sequences were done by Industrial Light & Magic, so it looks like you’re in the movies because it was the same studio. Lieutenant Bek Photograph: Stephanie Breijo M: And the whole thing is the ride: When you get on the vehicles you’re not just hurried onto it to escape. It’s amazing to me that something like that, that can physically affect you, is happening and you’re so awestruck that you don’t even notice it. There’s a moment where suddenly there’s air rushing through the ship and my hair was blowing everywhere, and the first time I was on the ride I didn’t even notice that wind. S: Every time there’s something new, some new detail. M: I think it says something, too, that we went on it five times and I feel like the magic was never broken. There were so many moments in Rise where I wondered how they do things just from a purely mechanical standpoint. S: But it does kind of vibrate in reality, and in some ways, it actually does look real. And then two, the blaster effects really do look that real, but the Kylo Ren lightsaber part looks like a rough blade of plasma, whereas in the ride, it looks like a prop. M: Can we nitpick that trailer though? One, I feel like it spoils every big moment in the ride. S: I did the opposite, where I saw those headlines and I was like, “There’s no way this can live up to that.” But then they released a trailer, and I started seeing some of the coverage out of Florida, and yeah, apparently it really was everything everyone had hoped it would be, which is rare. M: I just wasn’t very excited going into Rise of Skywalker, but I was excited by the potential for this-I think, too, because there were so many headlines that were like, “This is gonna be the most like advanced, amazing ride in the world.” Michael Juliano: So I was more excited for this ride than for the last movie.
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Is it worth the wait and the virtual queue system? Is the Adam Driver animatronic wide enough? Read on for our two editors’ thoughts on joining the Resistance, whether you’re a Kylo Ren stan or a Resistance sympathizer. We previewed Rise of the Resistance, which opens today, and recorded our immediate reactions to Disneyland’s new cutting-edge and ultra-hyped ride. Posted by Time Out Los Angeles on Sunday, January 19, 2020 Find out more about Rise of the Resistance: It's the most amazing ride we've ever been on-but we wish we knew these 5 things beforehand. The new ride is so immersive, in fact, that between the original performances by Star Wars actors, the trackless vehicle system, the dynamic animatronics and the thousands of special effects-including blaster gunfire and AT-ATs that cause damage to the ship around you-it’s impossible not to feel as if you’re in a galaxy far, far away.ĥ things we wish we knew before riding Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Galaxy’s Edge, Disneyland’s immersive, sprawling, 14-acre ode to Star Wars, just unveiled its highly anticipated Rise of the Resistance ride where Rey, Finn, Poe and BB-8 recruit you to join the Resistance-sending you on a three-part adventure that’s unlike anything we’ve ever strapped ourselves into at a theme park.Ĭlocking in at around 15 minutes long, the attraction is segmented into a seamless adventure that breezes through an Intersystem Transport Ship under attack capture and an interrogation by Supreme Leader Kylo Ren a fleet of First Order Stormtroopers and a jaw-dropping escape from a Star Destroyer-and at every step Rise of the Resistance had us on the edge of our escape-pod seats.



While the sequel trilogy is over and done, that doesn’t mean its characters are.
