Star Wars : Secrets of the Empire Star Wars : Secrets of the Empire is a VR experience created by for Anaheim , California and Orlando , Florida . It opened on December 16 , 2017 in and January 5 , 2018 in . It was also given a limited 12 - week release in London on the same day as its Orlando release . The VR experience places you in the boots of Rebels on a mission with K - 2SO disguised as Stormtroopers . Story . The storyline of the VR experience follows four rebels disguised as Stormtroopers . Upon an urgent message from Captain Cassian Andor stating you need to take his place on a mission to Mustafar to steal a powerful weapon of the empire . The experience lasts over the duration of the mission on the ground and in a spaceship . Plot . When the players first enter the briefing room , the players met Captain Cassian Andor . He briefed the players that he had gained an Imperial transport , and that there was a weapon of great power held by the Empire on a base on Mustafar . He can not join the players for this mission because his position was compromised . From there the players entered an Imperial transport , joined by a pilot and K - 2SO . The team proceeded to Mustafar through hyperspace . Upon arriving , the Imperial base was not happy to hear of the ship ' s arrival . They demanded the ship land immediately and be ready for inspection . A hover platform docked with the ship and took the players across to the main base . They entered a lift down into the base , entering a corridor which led to a rack of blasters . The alarms started going off and K - 2SO instructed the players to pick up the blasters and informed the players they had been discovered . The players were then instructed to go back down the corridor and exit through a side door . The players were then trapped outside the main base . Stormtroopers then filed out onto walkways to try and shoot the players . The players defeated the Stormtroopers and insectoids rose from the lava and spat fire at the players . A giant insectoid appears and the players shot it until it died . K - 2SO unlocked the door for the players . The players moved back into a corridor and K - 2SO presented them with a memory puzzle whilst Stormtroopers were shooting the players from behind . The players then ran down a corridor leading to a room with the weapons crate the players were dispatched to get . The pilot opened the crate and found a lightsaber with a fixed center . The players then heard heavy breathing and a lightsaber flew across the room , stabbing the pilot in the chest . The lightsaber was pulled back across the room with the Force and landed in the hands of Darth Vader . Stormtroopers also moved into the room . After the players fired at Vader and the Stormtroopers , Vader force crushed the weapons of the rebels . Vader starts walking towards the party . K - 2SO rammed the Imperial transport into the side of the building , scooping up the players and the crate . After leaving atmosphere , they jumped to hyperspace . Gameplay . The players are first met in a small room which holds a screen and provides the mission briefing . Then are directed through to a bay where they get guns and are mounted with the VR headset and backpack . In the VR experience the game tracks the players hands without the need for controllers . The players all appear as Stormtroopers with Pauldron s on . Each player has an individual colored Pauldron and hand armor . The guns the player interact with have a two triggers , a main trigger and a smaller secondary trigger . The guns also have a thumb wheel and pump - action reload on the barrel . The gun also has sights which seem to be accurate enough to be of use in the game . The only mechanic that seems to do anything is the main trigger . The gun has haptic feedback in the form of some sort of clicking and also gives feedback when crushed by Vader as some sort of vibration . The gun is only single fire . The game also uses heaters to simulate lava , fans to simulate airflow , transducers for floor vibrations and rumbling , smells , button - panels for override code puzzels , and an emergency override lever .