Star Tours : The Adventures Continue Star Tours : The Adventures Continue is a Disney attraction located at at in , at in , at in , and at in , . It officially opened at Florida on May 20 th , 2011 , at California on June 3 rd , 2011 , at Tokyo on May 7 th , 2013 and at Paris on March 18 , 2017 . The attraction replaced the original " Star Tours " attraction and serves as its prequel , taking place in between Episodes and and tying both trilogies together . Additional elements from Episode were added in late 2015 to promote the new film , while a scene depicting the planets Crait and Batuu from Episode and respectively were added on November 17 , 2017 . Opening crawl . This crawl was shown at the attraction ' s grand opening ceremony . Synopsis . Unlike the original " Star Tours " , the ride has eighteen ( originally eleven ) segments that are randomly chosen during each viewing . In all , the various options result in 54 possible combinations . Two new segments added in 2015 to promote are presently locked into place for the duration of the Season of the Force event , after which the proper randomization was enabled again . Additionally , variations of existing segments created in 2011 were activated for the first time , increasing variability further during the lock . The 2017 addition of material to promote would bring in more Sequel Trilogy content to create a full experience focused around the era as a result of criticism of the Jakku segment mismatching with the rest of the attraction . Queue and boarding . In one feature exclusive to the version of the ride at Tokyo Disneyland , guests first enter a room with a large video billboard advertising various travel destinations and revealing other details of the story , such as identifying the Star Tours terminal as only one part of Spaceport THX1138 . In every version of the ride , guests then enter a hangar where C - 3PO and R2 - D2 are busy repairing a StarSpeeder 1000 while a large viewing screen displays commercials - - some hosted by droid Aly San San - - messages , flight lists and exterior views of a space station that presumably the waiting passengers are now inside , just like in the original attraction . Guests pass by security droid G2 - 9T x - raying luggage , where a monitor displays various items inside the luggage ( including many " Star Wars " and Disney references ) . Guests also pass by droid customs , where RX - 24 is malfunctioning with a sticker labeled " Defective : return to factory . " After passing another droid screening passengers , G2 - 4T , guests reach the boarding area and watch video screens that display the outside of the starspeeder maintenance area where C - 3PO speaks with the ships ' pilot droid , AC - 38 , also known as Ace . C - 3PO needs to sit in the pilot ' s seat to repair the binary motivator . Ace leaves to inspect the outside of the ship and then gets called away from the area . Guests then watch a safety video hosted by Aly San San . Ace does not return before the ship is elevated to the passenger boarding level , leaving C - 3PO and R2 - D2 on board the flight with passengers . Star Tours Flight 1401 is then cleared for take off despite C - 3PO ' s protests , and R2 - D2 takes control of the vessel . Spaceport escape . This segment includes one of five scenes : Planet 1 . The ship exits hyperspace above one of four planets : Hologram message . Once back in space , the StarSpeeder receives a holographic message from either Yoda , Admiral Gial Ackbar or Princess Leia , who explains that you must help get the Rebel on board safely to a rendezvous point , and then sends the coordinates to R2 - D2 . A hologram message from BB - 8 appears where the droid asks for help with a secret mission to deliver vital information . 3PO refuses , but R2 accepts and makes a hyperspace jump . Another hologram option has Maz Kanata in the middle of a combat situation asking the crew to join the Resistance . A third hologram option featuring Poe Dameron asking for help has him surprised at seeing R2 and 3PO before getting right to business and sending them the coordinates . Planet 2 . After jumping through hyperspace , the ship reaches one of four destinations : The ship ends up in the middle of a battle high above Coruscant , and is attacked by Buzz droids . R2 takes care of one droid , while the others are knocked off in the battle . The ship then flies through the city traffic below before reaching a landing platform , where either parked Starspeeders or the Millennium Falcon can be found . The StarSpeeder reaches Naboo in the middle of a space battle . The ship then follows a group of N - 1 starfighters to the surface , and eventually land in the ocean near a Gungan city , either dodging or crashing into Jar Jar Binks upon arrival . After traveling through the planet core and encountering dangerous sea creatures , the ship launches back to the surface and crash lands in a Rebel hangar , where it crashes into an N - 1 . The N - 1 ' s tail ends up inside the craft , smashing into the viewport , as a pit droid angrily shouts at Threepio . Alternatively , the Starspeeder will only break the tail of the N - 1 off , angering the pit droid working on it , resulting in him throwing paint onto the viewport . In the Geonosis asteroid belt , the StarSpeeder is chased by Boba Fett in " Slave I " . The ship escapes but then encounters the incomplete , first Death Star while pursued by Vader and his TIE pilot s . The ship escapes by flying right through the unfinished Death Star , but are then met again by Boba , who shoots a seismic charge at the ship . The starspeeder shoots it back , evading him and then heads into hyperspace to meet up with the Rebel fleet and land in the " Home One " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s hangar bay . The StarSpeeder arrives on Crait in the middle of the battle between the First Order and the Resistance . After escaping Tie Fighters by going through a cave , the StarSpeeder re - emerges in the midst of a battle with a group of All Terrain MegaCaliber Six es and after taking down a few , the ship escapes to Batuu , where 3PO muses that . Development . After years of rumors and speculation of an updated version of " Star Tours " , it was confirmed in April 2005 , at Celebration III , where creator George Lucas announced that a " Star Tours II " was in production . It was claimed at the 2009 D23 Expo , the official Disney fan convention , that there would not be a second ride introduced , but that instead the existing ride would be updated and improved . The original rides closed in 2010 ( July 27 th in California and September 8 th in Florida ) to allow Disney engineers to begin the updates and renovations . This new iteration of " Star Tours " re - opened on May 20 th , 2011 at Disney ' s Hollywood Studios in Florida , and June 3 , 2011 at Disneyland in California . The new ride is in 3 - D , and features the StarSpeeder 1000 , bursting into the Boonta Eve Classic pod race . In a high resolution image of the scene provided to various media outlets , the 1000 designation on the speeder can be seen . It has also been confirmed that the new ride will also take passengers to Coruscant among other destinations , and there are rumors that the Endor flight will be reworked as well so that passengers will actually be " going " to Endor this time around . A new queue video " commercial " for the attraction was released in August 2010 at Celebration V which showed the Starspeeder traveling to Bespin , Endor and Alderaan , though it was not confirmed that these will actually be destinations within the ride . In April , the final destination list was released , adding Naboo , Geonosis with the Death Star I under construction , Kashyyyk , and Hoth joining the already announced Tatooine and Coruscant . Due to timeline concerns by the Imagineers , they changed the plan for the Hoth sequence from featuring Imperial walkers to focusing on wampas and tauntauns . However , when the plans for this version of the sequence was presented to George , he insisted on using the walkers and offered an explanation to work the sequence in that the Rebels and the Empire had a skirmish there before and the reason the Rebels went back to establish Echo Base was that they believed the Empire would never suspect them returning there . In September , the official Disney Parks Blog revealed two droids from the new attraction : a pilot droid from the AC series named Ace ( a predecessor to RX - 24 from the original ) and a " spokesbot " named Aly San San , voiced by actress Allison Janney . The blog also revealed that the ride ' s storyline takes place between " and " ( 19 BBY and 0 BBY ) . At the Destination D23 event these new droids were announced at , it was also revealed there will be 54 different experiences on the attraction . In October , it was revealed that , although " Star Tours " uses AC Droid pilots , it will be C - 3PO who will pilot the Starspeeder 1000 in the attraction , through some chaotic mistake . The article also revealed that RX - 24 would return , due to his popularity with thousands of fans . The background music score of the ride was composed by Oscar - winner Michael Giacchino , who , according to some reports , was a big fan of the original attraction . In January , it was announced that " Star Tours : The Adventures Continue " would open on May 20 th , 2011 at Disney ' s Hollywood Studios in Florida . In February , it was announced that the ride would open on June 3 rd , 2011 at Disneyland in California . That same month , the Disney Parks Blog revealed that ride passengers would encounter Darth Vader , Boba Fett and Imperial jumptrooper s . A May 2011 interview with Tom Fitzgerald revealed that Jar Jar Binks would also appear , and that James Earl Jones and Frank Oz would reprise their roles as Vader and Yoda . The interview also revealed that the StarSpeeders will travel underwater and slide on ice . On May 14th , almost one week before its official opening , early previews of the ride began at Disney Hollywood Studios in Florida . Similar to the original " Star Tours " , there were multiple versions of the ride that varied depending on the theme park location . In November 2011 , it was announced that a new ride would open at Tokyo Disneyland in Spring of 2013 . Tokyo Disneyland featured most of the characters and aspects of the original American version of the rides at Disneyland and Disney ' s Hollywood Studios . However , it also featured some additional content , such as an in - depth explanation of the spaceport shown in the queue area and rides , including the name of the spaceport in question ( Spaceport THX1138 ) . It also showed several additional info about the location advertisements , as well as additional characters and droid models . It also featured three language settings : Aurebesh , English , and Japanese . At the end of the ride , three droids , specifically F - 25 - OJSx , F - 24 - AMTx , and HHG - RX were seen in poses mirroring that of the Hitchhiking Ghosts from the Disney ride " Haunted Mansion " . On November 9th , 2015 , a new segment set on Jakku was announced in order to promote " The Force Awakens " , as part of Disneyland and Disney ' s Hollywood Studios ' s " Season of the Force " event . Additionally , variants of existing segments created for the original 2011 show were activated for the first time , such as a version of the Vader opening featuring Boba Fett , an altered Naboo segment where the Starspeeder hits the Gungan while visiting Otoh Gunga and the windshield is splattered with paint at the hangar , and a version of the Coruscant ending where Chewbacca greets guests from the Millennium Falcon cockpit . On March 18th , 2017 , the Disneyland Paris version opened . While similar to its counterparts , Paris expands on the " old droids in shipping containers " idea and has relocated ROX - N and the original Goose Droids to additional shipping containers , with new builds of the upgraded GT droids taking over those spots . On April 15 , 2017 , it was announced at Star Wars Celebration Orlando that a new segment set on Crait would be added in order to promote " The Last Jedi " . The segment was activated on November 17 , 2017 and additionally to Crait , it also included Batuu , a planet created for . Merchandise . As with the original version , upon exiting the ride , passengers are led to a store which sells merchandise based on " Star Wars " and the ride itself . This includes action figures , clothing , etc . At Disneyland the store is The Star Trader . At Disney ' s Hollywood Studios , the store is Tatooine Traders , themed to resemble the buildings of Mos Eisley and Mos Espa . Both stores include some exclusive merchandise sold only at Disney theme parks , including action figures of the various droids seen in the ride and queue and StarSpeeder 1000 toys . Easter eggs . The idea of going to Kashyyyk was suggested by John Lasseter , principal creative adviser at Walt Disney Imagineering , and chief creative officer at Disney and Pixar Animation . During the droid ' s scan in the stormtrooper opening , two of the images that flash by in the video hologram are photos of John Lasseter and George Lucas . In the scene on Coruscant , a video billboard can be seen advertising " Tomorrowland " in Aurebesh . Disneyland ' s " Star Tours " attraction is located in that park ' s themed area . References to the original ride are included when Threepio echoes a line from RX - 24 , saying , " I ' ve always wanted to do this , " ( referring to a pod race , instead of the original ' s Death Star trench run ) and again when he yells " Brakes ! Brakes ! Where are the brakes ? ! " while careening through the Naboo hangar . The G2 repair droids in the queue line ( also found in the original version of the queue ) are actually the skeletons of geese from an old Disneyland show , " " . They were removed from the show during the last 2 years of its run . The droids can be heard singing variations of " I ' ve been working on the railroad , all the livelong day , " a reference to the song sung by the geese . " The New Essential Guide to Droids " nicknamed the G2s " Goose droids " as a nod to this show . In the ride queue , after G2 - 9T somehow starts causing alarms to go off and gets a call from his supervisor , the droid at one point says " Uh , everything ' s perfectly alright now , w - we ' re fine . We ' re all fine here now , thank you . Uh , how are you ? , " a paraphrase of what Han Solo said when trying to maintain cover after killing most of the security detail for the Detention Block AA - 23 in " A New Hope " . He also says " Boring conversation , anyway " after cutting his supervisor off mid - sentence , which was also from the same film ( specifically , after Solo blasted the communications console ) . One of the items scanned in the luggage by G2 - 9T was a Goofy doll , causing him to comment on its ambiguously man - or dog - like appearance , as well as stating that the design was really goofy . When finding a Goofy Hat in another luggage set , G2 - 9T will also mistake the hat as being based on Jar Jar Binks . Similarly , a Chip and Dale doll set , also seen in a scanned luggage set , will have G2 - 9T remarking that they were clones . He also , upon discovering the magic lamp from " Aladdin " , mentions that the Star Tours ' non - smoking policy extends to luggage as well . Wall - e , from the Pixar film of the same name , can also be seen in one of the scans , attempting to get G2 - 9T ’ s attention , presumably so he can be let out of the suitcase he is in . G2 - 9T however fails to see this , and clears the suitcase without noticing . Continuity . According to " The Incredible Journey , " an article in " Star Wars Insider 127 " , the events of " Star Tours : The Adventures Continue " occurred at some point between " Revenge of the Sith " and " A New Hope " . While the attraction itself does not provide precise data about its chronology , the exact dating of the new " Star Tours " can be narrowed down by cross - checking with other sources . In " The Adventures Continue " , the Rebel Alliance is shown to exist . The attraction must therefore take place after the foundation of that group ; according to " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , Vol . I , p . 143 , the Alliance was officially formed in 2 BBY with the signing of the Corellian Treaty . Additionally , the attraction features Gial Ackbar as a commander of the Alliance Fleet . Since Ackbar was only freed from Imperial slavery in 1 BBY , " The Adventure Continues " necessarily happened at some point between 1 and 0 BBY . This is also backed - up by a comment the droid G2 - 9T made in the queue of the ride . According to the droid , Yavin 4 was already the site of the Rebel headquarters at the time in which the attraction takes place . According to the 121st issue of " The Official Star Wars Fact File " , the Alliance only retrieved the key to the Massassi Temple in 1 BBY . The Star Wars Blog article " " finally placed the ride ' s date at about 1 BBY . The seasonal " Season of the Force " version of the attraction , which includes a scene set on Jakku , characters Finn and BB - 8 , and the First Order , is anachronistic with the timeline presented throughout the rest of the attraction . In one scene , riders are confronted by Darth Vader , and encounter Finn in the next , even though Vader would have been long dead by the time of the events presented in the latter scene . Thus , it can be assumed that the events presented in these scenes are non - canon within the Legends continuity . Further Sequel Trilogy additions in 2017 would smooth out some of these issues by creating a new Kylo Ren intro and a reworked version of the Stormtrooper intro featuring the First Order stormtroopers .