New Star Tours rumor (merged)

Ezra · 05-28-2008, 07:25 PM

CNET News has a piece on Industrial Light & Magic's Hayden Landis, and his work on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The end of the article reads:

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Next up for Landis is another nostalgia-oriented project--a redo of the Star Tours ride at Disneyland. The big question...will Captain EO make a comeback?

Mad About Mickey · 05-28-2008, 07:31 PM

I won't believe it until it's officially announced by Disney.

Executioner · 05-28-2008, 07:34 PM

Interesting indeed... Hope it's true. Star Tours (as great as it is) needs a refurb and a new style to it. I would love to see this happen. Thanks for the report Ezra.

MVP · 05-28-2008, 10:25 PM

I wonder if that will be part of the rumored tomorrowland referb. that would be cool a new star tours, people mover coming back and maybe a new 3-D Movie. that would be awesome i hope my dreams come true! lol

tropicskenzie · 05-29-2008, 08:59 AM

I wonder when Disney will announce this, if true?

mickey22 · 05-29-2008, 10:25 AM

Wow that's a wierd rumor. I hope this isnt true. I like Star Tours the way it is.

ryguy222 · 05-29-2008, 11:47 AM

Don't we have enough 3-D films though? Plus I don't think it'd be realistic for ice crystal spikes to be poking in through the front window on the space shuttle. Im glad because Im always so annoyed by the quality of the film. Is very dirty and scratched for all its years of use. And I bet there going to use digital projectors, because they're much easier to use, they don't have to rewind the film or anything. They also need to spruce up those simulators, because if your sitting next to the door, you can hear all the hydraulics, or pneumatics outside the door. And I don't remember hearing that about five years ago. Well now that Indy is done, and Star wars is done, Lucas has got nowhere to turn back to cept for ST. Or he can create a new path and do his Star Wars CGI but I saw some of those and never really liked them. I believe they were on cartoon network right before adult swim.

tropicskenzie · 05-29-2008, 12:20 PM

I think it would be cool to redo it. Imagine the possibilities with the technology now.

austen · 05-29-2008, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad About Mickey

I won't believe it until it's officially announced by Disney.

exactly. i have heard this rumor for about 3 years now.

Space Mountain · 05-30-2008, 12:30 AM

Well Ezra posted this thread because there has obviously been some more "news" about it. I heard from someone at work that he also received and article stated that someone who works for industrial light and magic or something like that leaked out info about lucas working on star tours. Lucas himself even said something about it. Keep yer eyes open dont just shunt out this rumor because "oh ive heard it plenty" well im sure you didnt hear about that til Ez posted it.

-SPACE

**FCBanned** · 05-30-2008, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Space Mountain

Keep yer eyes open dont just shunt out this rumor because "oh ive heard it plenty" well im sure you didnt hear about that til Ez posted it.

Even though Ezra is very much appreciated as our "news man", I'm sure that other people have heard this from other sources.

Ezra · 05-30-2008, 08:44 AM

I appreciate the vote of confidence, but if I thought it was "news" I would have posted it there instead. This is just one ILM guy talking too much. He may just be repeating something he "heard at work" that isn't true.

There's been rumors about this for years. Last year Anthony Edwards (C3P0) said that he recorded some new material for Star Tours. And a couple of years before George Lucas dropped some hints about it, but said he was busy. Who knows when, or if, it will ever really happen.

I know it's nothing new. I could have ressurected an old thread to post this in, but there's like 5 of them... our archives are very messy.

Animatronic Budgie · 05-30-2008, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ryguy222

Well now that Indy is done, and Star wars is done, Lucas has got nowhere to turn back to cept for ST. Or he can create a new path and do his Star Wars CGI but I saw some of those and never really liked them. I believe they were on cartoon network right before adult swim.

Actually, this isn't totally true. Lucas has a lot of projects in the fire. First and foremost is the Clone Wars animated feature and television series that will premiere later this year. Then, there is a live-action television show which will premiere in 2009.

Beyond that, Lucasfilm is constantly busy working on side projects and the like for various other production companies.

ryguy222 · 05-30-2008, 10:44 AM

^What I meant is he has not older projects to expand. I haven't seen to many new things out of lucas. There were six star wars movies, four indiana jones movies. Now that most of those are finished, he's got nowhere to go except to continue on with new projects, or if he wants to expand, he's got star tours.

PeoplemoverMatt · 05-30-2008, 03:20 PM

Like the 3rd park rumor, the new Star Tours rumor is the rumor that will never die. It lies comatose on the bed for a while waiting for something new like this to give it a pulse again for a while, and then it just goes back to comatose again.

ILM works on so many projects but only a very small percentage of those projects ever make it out of their grasp and into the realm of the consumer. Just because an ILM guy does some work on an idea is NOT a guarantee by any means that any sort of new Star Tours is going to be coming soon. Maybe more will come out of this at some point down the road, maybe not, but for right now, I'm not losing sleep over it.

Hey Ez... didn't Anthony Daniels play C-3PO?

-- PMM

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ryguy222 People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 3,562	Don't we have enough 3-D films though? Plus I don't think it'd be realistic for ice crystal spikes to be poking in through the front window on the space shuttle. Im glad because Im always so annoyed by the quality of the film. Is very dirty and scratched for all its years of use. And I bet there going to use digital projectors, because they're much easier to use, they don't have to rewind the film or anything. They also need to spruce up those simulators, because if your sitting next to the door, you can hear all the hydraulics, or pneumatics outside the door. And I don't remember hearing that about five years ago. Well now that Indy is done, and Star wars is done, Lucas has got nowhere to turn back to cept for ST. Or he can create a new path and do his Star Wars CGI but I saw some of those and never really liked them. I believe they were on cartoon network right before adult swim. __________________ -Ryguy222 Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older) My Countdown Counting down to: The New Year! 40 days 22 hours 36 minutes
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tropicskenzie People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 225	I think it would be cool to redo it. Imagine the possibilities with the technology now. __________________ Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older) "When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity." -Walt Disney "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." -Walt Disney
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Space Mountain People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: La Habra, CA Posts: 361 Images: 2	Well Ezra posted this thread because there has obviously been some more "news" about it. I heard from someone at work that he also received and article stated that someone who works for industrial light and magic or something like that leaked out info about lucas working on star tours. Lucas himself even said something about it. Keep yer eyes open dont just shunt out this rumor because "oh ive heard it plenty" well im sure you didnt hear about that til Ez posted it. -SPACE __________________ Record on SPACE MOUNTAIN v2.0 (Anaheim): 421 times since July 15th, 2005 Final Record on Rockin' SPACE MOUNTAIN: 34 Final Record on RockIt Mountain: 1 Record on SPACE MOUNTAIN GHOST GALAXY (Anaheim): 11 Final Record on SPACE MOUNTAIN v1.0(WDW): 17
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Ezra Favorite Hitchhiking Ghost News Editor People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 3,393 Images: 98	New whispers of old rumors I appreciate the vote of confidence, but if I thought it was "news" I would have posted it there instead. This is just one ILM guy talking too much. He may just be repeating something he "heard at work" that isn't true. There's been rumors about this for years. Last year Anthony Edwards (C3P0) said that he recorded some new material for Star Tours. And a couple of years before George Lucas dropped some hints about it, but said he was busy. Who knows when, or if, it will ever really happen. I know it's nothing new. I could have ressurected an old thread to post this in, but there's like 5 of them... our archives are very messy. __________________ . . Profile \| Visions Fantastic News Center \| UserPage
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ryguy222 People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 3,562	^What I meant is he has not older projects to expand. I haven't seen to many new things out of lucas. There were six star wars movies, four indiana jones movies. Now that most of those are finished, he's got nowhere to go except to continue on with new projects, or if he wants to expand, he's got star tours. __________________ -Ryguy222 Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older) My Countdown Counting down to: The New Year! 40 days 22 hours 36 minutes
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PeoplemoverMatt An Objective Perspective People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 4,745 Images: 18	Like the 3rd park rumor, the new Star Tours rumor is the rumor that will never die. It lies comatose on the bed for a while waiting for something new like this to give it a pulse again for a while, and then it just goes back to comatose again. ILM works on so many projects but only a very small percentage of those projects ever make it out of their grasp and into the realm of the consumer. Just because an ILM guy does some work on an idea is NOT a guarantee by any means that any sort of new Star Tours is going to be coming soon. Maybe more will come out of this at some point down the road, maybe not, but for right now, I'm not losing sleep over it. Hey Ez... didn't Anthony Daniels play C-3PO? -- PMM __________________ "I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." -- Charles Augustus Lindberg "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -- Walter Elias Disney "So are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him...so we too might walk in the newness of life." -- Romans 6:1-4
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