User:Master Fredcerique/Galaxy's Edge

This is a personal project page for MasterFred regarding the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge expansions coming to Disney Parks.

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 * Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
 * Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run
 * Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
 * Star Wars-themed hotel

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Policy
NOTE: The policy below is a work-in-progress and will not be official Wookieepedia policy unless supported by consensus in the Consensus track. If passed, it will exist under Themed entertainment policy

Due to the growing prevalence of themed entertainment offerings as a means of telling canon stories within the Star Wars universe, this community has approved a set of rules and guidelines that should be followed when determining if something that occurs or is presented within a real-world themed entertainment offering, such as a theme park land, attraction, store, restaurant, or hotel, is in fact meant to be canon.

Legends
Not all entertainment offerings are considered part of the official canon. For instance, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue is not part of Star Wars canon, as it was created before the canon/Legends split on April 25, 2014 and has yet to be brought into the current canon under The Walt Disney Company by any official source. Parts of that attraction's story have been officially announced as part of the Legends continuity, however, and those elements should be included in relevant Legends articles. The Jedi Training Academy was similarly created prior to the new canon, but it was never confirmed as part of the Legends continuity, so it should be considered non-canon within Legends.

Canon
Star Wars entertainment offerings after the creation of the new canon are mostly being considered canon by the Lucasfilm Story Group. The themed land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland Park, Disney's Hollywood Studios Park, and Walt Disney Studios Park is considered canon, including all restaurants, stores, shows, and attractions within. The Star Wars-themed hotel coming to Walt Disney World is also considered canon. Additionally, the Star Wars overlay for Space Mountain, called Hyperspace Mountain, at Disneyland Park, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland Park has been confirmed as a canon telling of the Battle of Jakku. The show Jedi Training - Trials of the Temple and any updates to Star Tours - The Adventures Continue are considered non-canon, as are the experiences in Star Wars Launch Bay.

New experiences should only be considered canon if they exist within an offering that has already been stated to be canon, such as a new attraction being added to Galaxy's Edge, or if they are confirmed to be canon by the Lucasfilm Story Group.

Characters
All costumed, animatronic, or otherwise visually depicted characters that appear within canon themed experiences are to be considered real characters within the Star Wars canon. Likewise, any characters that are not depicted but are part of any official backstory are also canon. Regular front-line employees of Disney (ie. custodians, attractions hosts, character hosts, retail and foods workers, etc.) are not considered canon unless mentioned in another canon source or confirmed by the Lucasfilm Story Group.

Events and occurrences
Events within a themed offering should only be considered canon if they are not the result of a guest's decisions. This is similar to how we treat character decisions in role-playing games, but there are differences. It should also be noted that any malfunctions, daily cancellations, technical difficulties, or otherwise unintentional events are obviously not canon.

Attractions
The attraction Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run in Galaxy's Edge will allow guests to pilot the Millennium Falcon under the command of Hondo Ohnaka, with guests' decisions having direct effects on the events within the attraction and the outcome of their mission. In regards to this and any similar experiences that depend on guest involvement, only events that are scripted and a required part of the experience should be considered canon. As an example, if guests crash the Falcon during their mission, which is not a required outcome, the crash would not be considered canon. The fact that Hondo hired people to pilot the Falcon on missions, however, would be canon, as that piece of storytelling is a required part of the experience for every guest.

Character interactions
Character interactions and behaviors are only considered canon if they are scheduled or regular behaviors. For instance, if the character Dok-Ondar in Galaxy's Edge is scheduled to visit Oga Garra's cantina several times each day, it can be inferred that the character frequents the cantina in canon. That does not, however, mean that he visits the cantina daily, as due to the nature of theme parks, the story of the land is being retold each day, so a new day in the real world does not equal a new day on the planet Batuu, the setting for Galaxy's Edge. Spontaneous interactions between characters and other characters or characters and guests are not canon events. For example, if First Order stormtroopers were to randomly interrogate a character or guest, and it is not a scheduled event, that interaction cannot be considered canon unless mentioned in another canon source.

Locations
All locations within Galaxy's Edge and the Star Wars hotel and their stories are considered canon. This includes celestial bodies, stores, restaurants, settlements, bases, and natural landmarks.