Black Spire Outpost is the name of the village inside of the upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at both Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.(Disney)
With the trip to Black Spire Outpost at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge looming, we’ve rounded up 12 of the most exciting details about the new land.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is opening soon at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and while we don’t know a whole lot about what’s waiting for guests behind the construction walls, we do know some of the details about the land. Guests are in for a fully immersive Star Wars experience that’s all set to a detailed back story.
For a little refresher, Galaxy’s Edge is set on Black Spire Outpost, which is a village on the planet Batuu. The planet is on the edge of known space and is known as a retreat for smugglers and merchants who want to stay off the radar.
Guests will encounter friends and foes of the Star Wars universe. Chewbacca, R2-D2, Rey, Finn, BB-8 and others are all waiting to greet you on an epic Star Wars adventure. But be warned, there are Stormtroopers lead by Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma to be found here too. Pledge your allegiance wisely.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is home to two new attractions, which are opening in phases. Opening day at both parks will allow guests to experience Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, then later in the year Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will open.
Food and beverages are around every corner. Dining in Galaxy’s Edge presents familiar items like fried chicken and meatloaf to Black Spire Outpost visitors in a new and unique way they might not expect.
Purchasing merchandise becomes an experience at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Guests will be able to not only buy lightsabers and droids, but they can customize them exactly how they want them to look!
With so much to be excited for when you enter Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge for the first time, we’ve rounded up the must-dos of the expansive land.
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Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
The opening day cornerstone attraction for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. The infamous ship has landed at Black Spire Outpost for a bit of repair from battles. While waiting in the queue, guests might see familiar friends like Chewie when walking through an identical replica of the ship.
The line starts at the ground level of Batuu, where guests will see the backside of the Millennium Falcon. As you continue through the line to board the attraction, you will see ships and engines that are under repair. Once guests enter the control room, Shipping and Logistics Coordinator Hondo Ohnaka will be there to greet you with his sales pitch. If you don’t know, Hondo Ohnaka is from the animated series’ The Clone Wars and Rebels. A fun fact: the Hondo Ohnaka audio-animatronic is the second most advanced animatronic at the Disney Parks. The first is the Na’vi shaman from Na’vi River Journey inside Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Once on board the attraction, six guests will take up three positions, two pilots, two gunners and two flight engineers. Smugglers Run reacts to everything the riders do. If they don’t shoot at a TIE Fighter the flight path will be altered, if they do take down the Fighter, then the ship might go a completely different direction. This allows for each experience on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run to be different every time. Be careful though, if you wreck the Falcon, everyone in the galaxy will know.
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Opening as part of the second phase of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Rise of the Resistance is the second attraction in the new land. To go along with the back story of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the Resistance and The First Order are both at Black Spire Outpost searching for something.
The attraction takes guests aboard a Resistance transport, then into the heart of a First Order Star Destroyer, and into the path of two giant AT-ATs. Guests will be joined by familiar Star Wars characters like Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) for a thrilling battle journey. Each of the stars who portrayed these characters on screen in the Star Wars films will be reprising their roles in the attraction.
As guests go through the queue of Rise of the Resistance, they will find quite a few small rooms filled with Resistance memorabilia and technology. They will then head into the heart of the Resistance, the control center. There, guests will be greeted by BB-8. The lovable droid shows guests a hologram of Rey who is telling visitors that they have to board a transport soon for their mission, which is led by Poe Dameron.
When on the mission, guests will watch monitors showing they have been cleared for takeoff. Soon, you’re intercepted by a First Order Star Destroyer, and guests will find themselves in a First Order hangar, filled with Stormtroopers and TIE Fighters. From there, visitors are gathered into a room just like the one where Kylo Ren tortured Poe Dameron, and you might learn something of value that the Resistance will need to first the First Order.
After the interrogation room, guests will board a trackless ride vehicle, which takes you through other hangers and face-to-face with other Star Wars characters. Disney has not announced how long the attraction is, so that 28 minute ride time is just a rumor.
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Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo
Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo is the main eatery inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. If you’ve passed by the construction site recently and seen the building with the ship on top of it, that’s Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo. Much like Satu’lu Canteen inside Pandora: The World of Avatar, the meals are all familiar things with a creative twist. The fast-casual restaurant will allow guests to try a variety of sweet and savory meals, with meatless and vegan options.
One of the signature dishes at Docking Bay 7 is the Ithorian Garden Loaf, which is a vegan meatloaf served with roasted vegetable mash, seasonal vegetables, and a mushroom sauce. If you’re looking for something else that’s familiar but done in a more interesting way, get the Fried Endorian Tip-Yip. This fried chicken dish is served with roasted vegetable mash and a green-herb gravy.
Everything inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge works together in one cohesive story, and Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo is no different. The chef who worked here is Strono Tuggs, also known as Cookie, who used to work at Maz Kanata’s Takodana castle. You might also know Cookie from a short story in Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I.
Visitors to the restaurant can also enjoy select alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Phattro, which Star Wars fans might know from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, is served along with Moof Juice. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is the first time Disneyland is serving alcohol to guests inside the park, unless you’ve been invited into the elusive Club 33.
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Ronto Roasters
Any good outdoor market needs a place where meat is openly roasted on a spit. In the Black Spire Outpost story, Ronto Roasters is owned by podracing fan Bakkar. The eatery is run with help from his droid 8D-J8. If you look around the shop, it’s decorated with podracing flags and memorabilia.
All of the ronto meat (ronto is a creature from Tatooine) is roasted inside a modified podracing engine. From the concept art, it doesn’t look like there are any tables around for guests to eat — which makes sense because all of the meals served at Ronto Roasters are meant to be handheld and walked around Batuu with.
The menu at Ronto Roasters is limited, but should please most anyone. The signature dish is the Ronto Wrap, which is filled with pork and Portuguese sausage, then topped with slaw and a spicy clutch sauce. For snacks, guests can find sweet teriyaki turkey jerky and spicy herb turkey jerky. There are three options for drinks: a Sour Sarlacc, Tatooine Sunset, or Meiloorun Juice, all of which are non-alcoholic.
The Tatooine Sunset is a Star Wars take on an Arnold Palmer. Sour Sarlacc is filled with fruit flavors with a strong raspberry taste. The Meiloorun Juice is going to be pretty popular since the meiloorun is a fruit based in the Star Wars canon.
Guests are going to be posting all of these items on Instagram soon. Especially the drinks since they are bright vibrant colors that scream for a post to show you conquered Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
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Outpost Mix
Traveling lightyears away from Earth to get to the galaxy’s edge can make just about anyone hungry. Luckily, Black Spire Outpost has a snacking solution for weary guests and travelers. Outpost Mix is going to be the signature snack of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and it sounds delicious in every form of the word.
Kat Saka’s Kettle is one of the small vendor stalls on Batuu. As a local farmer, Kat Saka harvests different kinds of grains, which is where the popcorn being served comes from. One of her other favorite pastimes is to travel around the galaxy to collect and bring back different spices to use in her dishes. This is where Outpost Mix comes from. It’s a sweet and salty popcorn mix that has purple and dark red spices blended into it.
Outpost Mix would be the perfect snack to get before entering the line for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. From past opening days, lines can get up to or over six hours long! Having a snack to keep growling stomachs and anger away is a key to success at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
The crunchy snack would also be a great thing to bring back to Earth once you’re done visiting Black Spire Outpost. Outpost Mix would remind you of your time there and be something to snack on while in the car traveling back home.
We’re sure we’ll be seeing this snack all over Instagram once Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens.
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Oga’s Cantina
Oga’s Cantina is the bar inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and is owned by Oga Garra, who just so happens to be Black Spire’s crime boss. Oga is not someone you want to cross. She has her hands in everything in the village.
Inside Oga’s Cantina, there are small alcoves allowing guests to sit and rest while having a few drinks. The whole bar is similar to the Mos Eisley cantina. At the center of the main bar, there are giant tubes and tanks that hang from the top of the building. Also inside is former Star Tours pilot R-3X, who is now the cantina’s DJ. R-3X will be spinning some of the best hits from around the galaxy.
The cantina will serve some light bar snacks, but what you’re really going to want to go in there for is the drinks. From what we know there will be three snacks available, a cantina bar mix, Rodian Ration and Oga’s Obsession. The bar mix is going to feature different shaped salty and sweet snacks mixed together for a sort of trail mix feel. We haven’t heard much about the Rodian Ration, but if it’s like any of the other food inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge it’s sure to be good.
If you only get one snack inside Oga’s Cantina, be sure to get the Oga’s Obsession. The out of this galaxy snack is a gelatin-based treat that’s served in a Petri dish. The whole thing topped off with popping pearls, fruits, and pop rocks candy.
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The Milk Stand
Anyone who’s watched Star Wars knows about Blue Milk. The infamous drink was the first icon in galactic food as Aunt Beru served it to Owen and Luke in Episode IV. Inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge the Milk Stand is run by Bubo Wamba Farms. We’re sure the name of the farm has a back story, but we don’t know it yet.
Guests hanging out at Black Spire Outpost can delight in three variations of Blue Milk. The first is regular old-fashioned blue milk, and the other two are a frozen slushy or milkshake-type drink. Visitors can even get frozen green milk!
Each of the drinks is completely vegan and made with plant-based dairy. Both of the blue bantha milk options have a berry taste. The Thala-siren green milk, which you might know from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has a more tropical flavor. We’re thinking all of that sounds great and we want one of each.
When it comes to icons, the Milk Stand is about to be the biggest one inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Grab a few friends so you can try all of the variations of blue and green milk, or drink them all by yourself (we won’t tell). Be sure to take a few photos before you drink the whole thing. Your friends back on earth are sure to be jealous you had the galaxy’s most famous drink!
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Build your own lightsaber
Guests will be immersed in their own Star Wars story inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. And as part of that story, visitors to Black Spire Outpost will be able to build their own lightsaber as part of an interactive merchandise experience.
Since Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is set after the time frame of The Last Jedi, people aren’t too keen to share their allegiance with the Jedi. Inside Black Spire Outpost, shop owner Savi is still a Jedi-enthusiast. Savi’s Workshop is the place where guests can go to build their own lightsaber.
Once inside the store, guests will see the scraps of old lightsabers and relics of the Jedi past. Shop gatherers guide visitors into creating their own lightsaber and keeping the hope of the Jedi alive.
As part of the guided experience, guests will be able to pick their own story to go along with your lightsaber. Jedi-inspired pieces evoke peace and justice, while Sith-inspired pieces indicate power and control.
Depending on which story you choose, that will determine the set of lightsaber pieces you get. Then guests will get to pick their kyber crystal — from purple, green, blue or red. Only fourteen guests can take part in this experience at one time. If this is a must while you’re on Batuu, be sure to get to Savi’s Workshop right when it opens so you don’t have to wait in line. Take your lightsaber with you on your journeys to protect you and the alliance you fight for.
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The Droid Depot
Everyone in the Star Wars universe seems to be followed around by a lovable droid. Look at Rey and BB-8, or Luke Skywalker and R2-D2. Guests visiting Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge can build their own droid to control around Black Spire Outpost.
The Droid Depot inside Galaxy’s Edge is owned by Mubo, a tech-savvy guy who likes to share his knowledge of droids and how they operate with others. Just like with the lightsaber experience, you’ll be guided through building a droid with the very capable hands of shop workers who have helped countless other guests before you.
Guests who want to participate in the experience will choose new droid parts from a conveyor belt, then take them to a building station. Visitors can choose to work on an R-series or BB-series droid, all of which stand about 12 inches tall. Once built, you’ll put your droid on an activation station where it will begin to light and make noises.
Each droid is operated via remote control and can interact with other droids about Black Spire Outpost! Be sure to watch where you control your droids. You wouldn’t want anyone from the First Order to pick them up.
If you’re looking for something a little quicker, there will be pre-made droids for sale inside Savi’s Workshop for purchase.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi image. Photo: Disney/Lucasfilm
Characters inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World have dedicated spaces to see favorite Star Wars characters. The Star Wars Launch Bay is where guests can find Chewbacca, Rey, Kylo Ren, and other galactic friends.
With the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, we presume most of these characters will no longer meet inside the Star Wars Launch Bay, but inside the new land. Why? Well, Disney holds up to its high standard of character integrity by saying no character can be in two places at once.
Who can you expect to see inside Galaxy’s Edge? Definitely Chewbacca, as he’s going to be part of the queue space for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. Since the First Order runs Black Spire Outpost, guests might also encounter legions of Stormtroopers, Imperial Guards, and TIE Fighter Pilots. As for Resistance friends, we can assume if there are TIE Fighter Pilots, there will be Resistance Pilots and maybe even BB-8 rolling around.
Right when you step into Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, you yourself become a character. If you crash the Millennium Falcon, for example, everyone is going to know your name. Cast Members working in the area will know your history and who you fight for.
Speaking of Cast Members, they get to get in on the fun, too, by staying in-story and becoming their own character while working. Even though Toy Story Land is right over the fence from Galaxy’s Edge, they would have no idea about what Slinky Dog Dash is, or anything in the Toy Story universe for that matter, making for an even more immersive experience.
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The Creature Stall
One of the more unique shops inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is the Creature Stall. If you’ve ever wanted to have a critter or lovable creature from the Star Wars universe, the Creature Stall is your place to go.
The marketplace shop is owned by Bina, who is an Amani. If you don’t know, an Amani is yellow and green with short legs and large hands, and its arms are long enough to reach the ground. They usually carry a staff, and rarely venture into cities with other species.
On Batuu, Bina will not be available for guests to talk to since she’s out collecting more creatures for her shop. Inside her vending space, there are animatronic critters, which brings life into the small space.
Guests looking to purchase any of the critters need only look around for something they would like. Options include puffer pigs, rathtars, tauntauns, porgs, and so much more. Each of the creatures that are available for purchase has a special movement or sound feature that will truly bring it to life. Each creature is a miniature size of its in-movie counterpart, for ease of bringing it home.
Match your new creature with the droid or lightsaber you made for the ultimate merchandise experience inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Photo Credit: Disney Parks
Use the interactive app
Part of the fun of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is that you are the story. The new land drops you off and lets you create memories of a lifetime. Before getting to Disneyland or Walt Disney World, be sure to download the Disney Play Parks app. It’s free in most app stores and is compatible on most smartphones.
With the app, you’ll be able to interact with various droids, media screens, door panels, decode Aurebesh, intercept transmissions, and so much more. Guests will also be able to accept jobs and complete tasks to aid the First Order or the Resistance.
The Disney Play Parks app has gone over well in other parts of the Disney Parks, so being able to use it inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be a fun new addition to the interactive game. Through the app, it looks like guests will also be able to collect Galactic Credits to help them move up in ranking inside Black Spire Outpost.
If you are going to use the app, be warned that it does take a lot out of your phone battery, meaning you’ll need a portable charger. Disney has Fuel Rod stations throughout the park for moments like this. If you are going to buy a Fuel Rod, get it before heading to the parks. It’s a bit cheaper to buy it online versus at the kiosk inside Disneyland or Walt Disney World.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens May 31 at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and August 29 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.