The Star Wars Hotel’s Promotional Tour Joins the High Republic

In the outdated Star Wars Expanded Universe, it appeared like each character, irrespective of how minor, had had a run-in with Han Solo. In the brand new canon, everybody will someway be related to the Halcyon, aka the Galactic Starcruiser, aka Walt Disney World’s ludicrously costly resort/Star Wars LARP zone. Or at the least they are going to be ultimately, as a result of the Halcyon will probably be a part of not one however three new novels along with starring in its personal comedian, with extra appearances on the way in which.

The first guide will carry the ship into the galaxy’s previous in Star Wars: The High Republic: Mission to Disaster by Justina Ireland. “Storywise, there is an incident [at the Starlight Beacon space station] that requires the Jedi and the Republic to act quickly, and they need a big, powerful ship to come to the rescue, and the Halcyon answers that call. And when it does, it sets an example for other ships to answer that call,” Lucasfilm Publishing inventive director Michael Siglain defined on StarWars.com. “Of course, something as high-profile as the Halcyon also attracts the attention of the Nihil.”

The Halcyon can even be part of George Mann’s Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle for Starlight and Daniel José Older’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Midnight Horizon, the latter of which can discover the ship’s backstory. Between its numerous appearances, Siglain stated, “We’ll visit the shipyards of Corellia, where it was built, and get to meet the genius behind this amazing ship.”

Here’s the factor: StarWars.com says Mission to Disaster is a guide for middle-graders, The Battle for Starlight is for teenagers, and Midnight Horizon is described as a Young Adult novel. I do know everything of Star Wars is designed to make masses and a great deal of money, but it surely feels weirdly crass that the Halcyon is exhibiting up in three books focused to youngsters. It appears much less like a storytelling choice and extra like a concerted advertising and marketing push to get youngsters sufficient within the Galactic Starcruiser that they endlessly badger their mother and father about it till they get taken to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Walt Disney World. And this feels genuinely mean-spirited, provided that few households can afford the exorbitant $6,000 charge it prices to remain on the particular themed resort for a mere two days—and if they will, there’s nonetheless a four-month waitlist.

Also, why does Disney/Lucasfilm suppose its house resort is so attention-grabbing that it deserves a number of appearances? It’s a resort. Imagine if the final act of The Empire Strikes Back wasn’t set on Cloud City, however a Hyatt. Or I assume you may simply buy Mission to Disaster on January 4, 2022, or The Battle for Starlight and Midnight Horizon later within the yr.

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