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RESISTANCE IMMERSION

RISE OF THE RESISTANCE PUTS YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STAR
WARS UNIVERSE
by Matt Cabral

OVER 35 YEARS AFTER FANS FIRST BATTLED VECTOR GRAPHICS'
AT-AT Walkers in Atari's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back arcade
game, they can face them again in an experience that would blow
their 1982 minds like a compromised Death Star station.
Walt Disney World's Rise of the Resistance attraction, at the resort's
Star Wars-themed Galaxy's Edge expansion, doesn't just raise the bar,
but hurls it like a Snoke-slicing lightsaber through your expectations.
Representing the park's most ambitious combination of immersive
storytelling and cutting-edge technology, the experience incorporates
four different ride
systems-including a
droid-piloted trackless
transport-to unravel a
thrilling tale that puts
guests on the front
lines of an epic conflict.
On top of the
encounter with the
towering Walkers-
which we won't spoil
for you here-the ride
takes fans through a
cinema-rivaling Star

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Destroyer hangar. To be clear, it's not a set projected onto a 3D screen
or a physical one shrunk down to accommodate size limitations,
but a full-on, full-scale Star Destroyer hangar, complete with 50
Stormtroopers standing at attention, a massive window-view into
space and a docked TIE Fighter. And it's not even the attraction's
largest set-piece.
As prisoners of the First Order, Rise of the Resistance also immerses
fans in a new style of storytelling, one that blends special effects,
animatronics, projection screens, enormous props and live actors.
The culmination of all of these
elements delivers a seamless,
seat-of-the-pants experience
that exceeds the scale and
scope of any previous Disney
park attraction.
If you've ever dreamed
of facing a garrison of
Stormtroopers, staring up at
a pair of AT-ATs that stretch
several stories high or making
a daring escape via an ejected
space pod, Rise of the Resistance
is looking for new recruits.



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