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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Star Tours Logo.svg
Star Tours—The Adventures Continue poster.jpg
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Area Echo Lake
Coordinates 28°21′19″N 81°33′31″W / 28.3552°N 81.5587°W / 28.3552; -81.5587
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 / 33.8118; -117.9177
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 / 35.6334; 139.8783
Status Operating
Opening date May 7, 2013
Replaced Star Tours
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Name French: Star Tours – L'Aventure Continue
Area Discoveryland
Coordinates 48°52′30″N 2°46′46″E / 48.8751°N 2.7794°E / 48.8751; 2.7794
Status Operating
Soft opening date March 18, 2017
Opening date March 26, 2017
Replaced Star Tours
General statistics
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
FastPass+ available
Must transfer from wheelchair
Assistive listening icon.svg Assistive listening available

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, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. 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, on May 7, 2013 at Tokyo Disneyland, and on March 26, 2017 at Disneyland Paris.

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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