The Original Star Tours Archive: Flight to Endor

[haftashaft]

Just wanna throw it out there... the original death star was over Yavin IV when it was destroyed, not the Forest Moon of Endor...

[LextheRobot]

@haftashaft According to the show's writer in some of the interviews from around 1987, this was intended to be a THIRD Death Star, and not either of the ones shown in the continuity of the films. Threepio's dialogue in the queue clearly establishes the setting as being after events depicted in Return of the Jedi, i.e. after both the previous Death Stars had been destroyed.

[LextheRobot]

But, in the new version of Star Tours, my friends and I at EndorExpress (dot net) uncovered some Aurebesh writing on Threepio's diagnostics board which indicates that one piece of equipment to the StarSpeeders is a flux capacitor. A nice little detail that lets the ride exist separately from any past continuity problems as well as any that will crop up whenever GL decides to revise his universe again.

[MoonspiritAndFriends]

Captain Rex was the one and only captain for Star Tours. I miss him so much. I went to the new Star Tours recently and found it decent. But it's just not the same without Rex. Gosh I remember when I used to have a friggin crush on him! :) What really sucks is that they put him in the Defective Robots area. I mean it's good see him but still, it's just not the same without him as Captain. I salute to you Captain Rex.

[trex91000kk]

Were you like the only one there

[LextheRobot]

@trex91000kk The video is edited together from a couple of different flights, but yes, on occasion I have been the sole passenger.

[vigo894]

I've been to Endor dude. Not for the light hearted.

[dragnink09]

Something about the old Star Tours that can't be replicated.. is that most of it was miniature model sets and physical models so it looked entirely real, I think the new Star Tours is going to be all CG...

[TCOPatrick]

@dragnink09

Sigh, that makes me sad, because I agree. The original Star Tours felt so much more "real" because the fact there were REAL models and handbuilt props/sets/etc. The new Star Tours, being CG and all, sometimes can be a little un-realistic at some times...

[ddrusa]

may you rest in peace startours