Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
| Star Tours – The Adventures Continue | |
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| Disney's Hollywood Studios | |
| Area | Echo Lake |
| Coordinates | 28°21′19″N 81°33′31″W / 28.3552°N 81.5587°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | May 20, 2011 |
| Replaced | Star Tours |
| Disneyland | |
| Area | Tomorrowland |
| Coordinates | 33°48′42″N 117°55′04″W / 33.8118°N 117.9177°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | June 3, 2011 |
| Replaced | Star Tours |
| Tokyo Disneyland | |
| Area | Tomorrowland |
| Coordinates | 35°38′00″N 139°52′42″E / 35.6334°N 139.8783°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | May 7, 2013 |
| Replaced | Star Tours |
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Area | Discoveryland |
| Coordinates | 48°52′30″N 2°46′46″E / 48.8751°N 2.7794°E |
| Status | Under construction |
| Opening date | March 26, 2017 |
| Replaced | Star Tours |
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| Attraction type | 3-D Motion simulator |
| Manufacturer | Rediffusion Simulation |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Star Wars |
| Music |
Michael Giacchino (Pre-show and queue) John Williams (Ride score) |
| Vehicle type | Motion simulator |
| Riders per vehicle | 40 |
| Duration | 4:30 minutes |
| Height restriction | 40 in (102 cm) |
| Audio-animatronics | Yes |
| Sponsor |
SMS Audio (2015–) JCB (Tokyo) |
| Ride host | C-3PO |
 Fastpass available |
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 FastPass+ available |
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 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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 Assistive listening available |
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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue (also known as Star Tours 3-D) is a 3D motion simulator attraction located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland, and Tokyo Disneyland. Set in the fictional Star Wars universe Star Tours – The Adventures Continue takes guests on a turbulent excursion trip across the galaxy, as droids C-3PO and R2-D2 attempt to safely return a rebel spy to the Rebel Alliance.
The Adventures Continue features locations and characters from Episode I – The Phantom Menace through Episode VII – The Force Awakens, unlike its predecessor, which mostly took place during the events of the original trilogy (Episodes IV–VI). The attraction opened on May 20, 2011 at Disney's Hollywood Studios, on June 3, 2011 at Disneyland, and on May 7, 2013 at Tokyo Disneyland. The ride will open at Disneyland Paris on March 26, 2017, as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.
In April 2005, at Star Wars Celebration III, creator George Lucas confirmed that a Star Tours II was in production. In May 2009, /Film reported that filming for the new version of Star Tours was underway in West Hollywood, California.
During pre-production, one of the locations that Imagineers wanted guests to visit was the ice planet of Hoth while it was under siege by Imperial walkers. However, the idea was quickly scrapped because it would interfere with the attraction's placement in the Star Wars timeline. According to Imagineer Jason Surrell, after the Hoth battle idea was replaced with an encounter with the planet's native fauna (e.g. tauntauns and wampas), the concept was presented to George Lucas. Lucas, although liking the idea, requested that the battle scene be used instead, even if it meant disrupting the series' canon. Lucas offered the possibility that there was perhaps an earlier scuffle between Rebel and Imperial forces on the planet before the events in Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back unfolded and that they "later decided to build a base there figuring the Empire wouldn’t think the rebels would return to that same location." The Kashyyyk sequence was suggested by John Lasseter.Industrial Light & Magic was responsible for the extensive computer-generated imagery seen throughout the attraction.
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