Galaxy’s Edge Millennium Falcon—Is it Full Size?

[JiminSTLouis]

Here’s the lightsaber I built. The pictures have some whacky optical allusion going on making it look crooked, but it’s straight as an arrow. The color crystal you select determines the color of the blade and the sound of the Sabre.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

Sounds like you had the perfect experience! Glad you had such a great time.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

I thought I would post some more Millennium Falcon pics from Galaxy’s Edge. Sorry if there are some duplicates.

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

Okay ... so I went to the Google Maps satellite view for both US parks. Only the Walt Disney World version currently shows the Falcon, which was just the overall framework at the time. I zoomed in as close as I could and took a screen shot, being careful to include the distance scale legend at lower right. I took the screen shot into Photoshop and marked, as closely as I could, the longitudinal center line of the framework and drew a line between the ends of the mandibles. Then I copied the distance scale reference to a new layer, rotated it to match the rotation of the framework, and placed copies of it, end-to-end, along the center line. The tick marks overlap pretty precisely. I saved this as a .PSD, opened it in Adobe Illustrator, and divided the front 20-foot tick mark into 20 equal sections, colored green.

Going from this, IF the 20-font scale reference is accurate, I'd say the framework measures out to between 92- and 93-feet along the center line. I would imagine the completed set piece would add a little additional length, possibly offset by the limits on precision imposed by the quality of the image.

What do you think, sirs?

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*My wife says I do this because I am a loon.

This is geekery at its finest, and it's awesome.

Here’s the lightsaber I built. The pictures have some whacky optical allusion going on making it look crooked, but it’s straight as an arrow. The color crystal you select determines the color of the blade and the sound of the Sabre.

Yeah, the whole ceremony thing they do is pretty neat. Very cool immersion experience.

 

[Jaitea]

It just doesn't look like The Falcon, The Full Size Star Wars & ESB look much more like the 5 Footer,....this is too home-made looking,...looks like it was made by a contractor with parts from a DIY store

J

 

[harrisonp]

While it’s obviously an incredible structure I kind of agree! It feels a little too PVC pipe-ish with some of the surface detail, and the paint job kind of makes it look like a blown up model and not an actual spacecraft.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

....this is too home-made looking,...looks like it was made by a contractor with parts from a DIY store

J

Home made, do you mean like this in A New Hope?

Here’s the same area of the Galaxy’s edge Falcon. They look pretty similar.

PVC, like this in ESB?

 

[Riceball]

While it’s obviously an incredible structure I kind of agree! It feels a little too PVC pipe-ish with some of the surface detail, and the paint job kind of makes it look like a blown up model and not an actual spacecraft.

Sort of like how they kit bashed all of the models in the OT using parts from all sort of other model kits?

When I saw it in person last year I thought that it looked quite like the real deal and even in pictures and in YouTube videos it looks like the actual "full sized" exterior to me.

 

[Jaitea]

Home made, do you mean like this in A New Hope?
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Here’s the same area of the Galaxy’s edge Falcon. They look pretty similar.
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PVC, like this in ESB?
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Yes, the props in Star Wars & ESB are closer to the 5 footer

Especially that sidewall shot of the SW prop....great craftsmanship

J

 

[harrisonp]

I also think the fact that it’s fully on display in broad daylight makes it easier to scrutinize compared to the ship in the films.

 

[drcraig13]

Sort of like how they kit bashed all of the models in the OT using parts from all sort of other model kits?

When I saw it in person last year I thought that it looked quite like the real deal and even in pictures and in YouTube videos it looks like the actual "full sized" exterior to me.

With the exception that it sits lower to the ground than in the movies, correct?

 

[Riceball]

With the exception that it sits lower to the ground than in the movies, correct?

I don't know. I've never been one who scrutinizes all of the props down to the last greeblie and dirt streak, so I really don't know if it sits lower or not. To me, it looks dead on.

 

[dascoyne]

Some Rise of the Resistance pictures. Again, I wish I would have gotten more. The hangar bay was HUGE and the stormtroopers appeared to be static figures.

A couple of stormtroopers moved their heads a little - just enough to give some semblance of life.

The open docking port into space was incredible.

It was breathtaking. I think it's best if you experience it without spoilers.

The queue line was full of great detail and things to look at.

The folks behind us in line were very patient because I was slowing the line to take multiple photos of as many individual wall greeblies as I could get.

I only wish I would have gotten some pictures of the two “full sized” AT-ATs the ride brings you under.

We were moving too fast for photos. At the end I just had to put the camera down and enjoy the ride.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

With the exception that it sits lower to the ground than in the movies, correct?

I don’t know if it sits lower or If it’s just darker under the GE Falcon.

 

[BrundelFly]

Its as big as any set. Maybe a bit bigger...bit even the sets were slightly under scale to what they represented the cockpit as.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

I think the Return of the Jedi Falcon is the most accurate one they’ve built

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

Of all the things that could've gotten a little attention with the SEs, they totally bypassed these shots.

 

[Jaitea]

I think the Return of the Jedi Falcon is the most accurate one they’ve built

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I did this a few years ago...

J

 

[robn1]

I did this a few years ago...

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J

I've always said that's what they should have done, paint the hangar and stick the 5 footer in front of it.

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

I did this a few years ago...

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J

I just noticed Patrick.

Here are some of my pics from Orlando's Galaxy's Edge. The pictures don't do it justice. It really hits you in the feels when she's right *there*.