Disney Talks About New Star Wars Attractions Based On New Movie

The Star Wars attractions at Disney's theme parks will be based on the new films, rather than the original or prequel trilogies.

Walt Disney Company chief Bob Iger outlined the theme park plans during a Variety Q&A. The attractions will be based on the new series of movies, along with planned spin-offs, so Disney Imagineers had to wait until they saw what J.J. Abrams had in store for the series.Iger says that early in development, they were making rides based on the first six Star Wars movies. Ultimately, though, they decided they didn't want to disappoint audiences who had just seen the films and expected to see it realized at the park.
“I didn’t want someone to say, ‘I just saw the movie and there’s nothing in that movie in this (attraction),” Iger said. “We waited to see what this film would have in it. I slowed it all down so what we come forward with will have a blend of the past, present and maybe the future. Now we have a sense of what’s in ‘Star Wars 8,’ and what some of the standalone films will have in them.”

That's not to say the attractions will be entirely removed from the original trilogy. Iger said the film will be "extremely respectful of the look George [Lucas] created in the '70s." And, of course, many key elements from the original films are in the new films as well (Millennium Falcon!).

Source IGN