We just got back and we LOVED galaxy’s edge. I grew up with the original trilogy my eldest with the prequels, my youngest is 11 so the sequels are huge for him. We’ve watched all the animated series, even the original almost silent clone wars series. There was stuff for all of us. The troopers wandering around were great. I loved all the little details. When we were in line for the falcon we noticed another ship on the roof of a building that wasn’t that noticeable from the ground. The pets in the pet shop were fantastic, that sleeping loth cat with its chewed up porg toy was adorable. Kinda choked loth cats aren’t real tbh. The cantina was a blast. So many little kids dancing to DJ Rex & the drinks were good! It felt like Star Wars through and through. Not everything has to have been on the big screen for it to be Star Wars. It’s a massive universe and the movies only really followed the Skywalkers! This land expands the universe. Best part is if has my husband really really excited to come back; although he dropped about 1500 on merch.
My husband made a lightsaber at Savis. Very cool, I’m making one next time. I just about cried, too be fair I also cry at fireworks, World of Color, fantasmic. But that experience was on par with those for me. The kids and I made droids. The kids made BB units so I “had” to make an R unit. They are really good little remote toys.
The merch is fantastic. I got the Rey vest and the quality is amazing. It doesn’t look like a costume at all. I also got the arm wraps and thought they were tight in store but when I got the tags off they fit just fine, so don’t go up a size I’d you think you are between sizes! My youngest has officially started a zoo with all the creatures. I thought the loth cat was just an expensive stuffy but it purrs, hisses, and makes happy sounds depending on what you do with it. All the creatures were really cool and all have sound. Han’s dice are surprisingly heavy and sturdy
Finally being around other Star Wars fans is always great. We sat with some great people at the Cantina who told us what drinks to get & talked me into the fuzzy tauntaun which did make my lip numb but it’s great! We saw so many fun tee shirts. The best was a guy on a
scooter who had his shoulder monkey set up on the handle bar wearing a star destroyer necklace, absolute perfection.
The downsides:
It does need music. Maybe not Jon Williams everywhere but cantina like “local” music in more places. Even if it was set up like the merchants had a radio going would be awesome.
The ships were a little loud. My husband thought they were fine. I like that they were there but the sound was almost hard to talk over in some places.
The stock levels need to get sorted out. We lucked out and got there the week after the personality chips showed up and got smuggler & first order, then the backpacks showed up on the last day. But, it was a weird way to deal with the parks constantly checking reddit & ******* to see if stuff was reappearing and buying stuff immediately for fear of it selling out. The chips did within hours of buying them. My husband would have bought more hilts and kyber crystals had they been available.