See two ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ rides in action in Disney’s latest trailer

Disney’s blockbuster new Star Wars theme park attractions will be opening up in 2019, but you can sample two of them right now in this Christmas gift of a trailer.

Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run looks like a next-gen take on the classic Disney ride, Star Tours. Attendees apparently take control of different crew positions, depending on where they’re sitting in the ride’s mock-up of Han Solo’s ship.

That’s how it’s been pitched, anyway. The few seconds we see in this trailer suggests a somewhat looser experience. Riders sit in an elongated version of the Falcon’s cockpit, but the interactivity is seemingly limited to smacking button-laden panels set into each wall. Read more…

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