A Glimpse of Star Tours' Past

The official Disney Parks Blog provides us some really interesting updates and videos. This week, they posted a very interesting video, that looks back to the days where the Star Tour attraction was just unveiled to the public. Take a look by yourself:

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Flashback to the 80s: Walt Disney Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald Recalls How Star Tours Began

In the final episode of her series of inside-look videos featuring “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue,” Star Wars: The Clone Wars star Ashley Eckstein sits down for an interview with Walt Disney Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald. As he has outlined throughout the year with his posts on the Disney Parks Blog, Tom worked closely with Star Wars creator George Lucas on the original Star Tours attraction. And he’s been working since that time with George and the talented teams at Imagineering and Lucasfilm Ltd. to create the new 3-D, multi-sensory attraction for Guests visiting Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
Join us as Ashley takes Tom on a trip back in time to recall the original idea for Star Tours and how the “galaxy far, far away…” came to life.

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The Grand Opening of the original version of Star Tours looked very impressive! Have you had the opportunity of riding the new Star Tours 2 ride? How would you compare it with the old version?