17 fun facts about Star Wars: Galaxy Edge land

From an authentic Star Wars cantina on the Outer Rim of the galaxy to exotic creatures, military encampments and daring missions aboard the Millennium Falcon, there is plenty to find inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

The new lands opened in 2019 at both Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Here are 17 fun facts about the new land:

1. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge marks the first time a full-size, 100% complete Millennium Falcon has ever been built.

2. The Millennium Falcon docked in the Black Spire Outpost Spaceport measures more than 100 feet long.

3. Guests enter the Millennium Falcon through the same starboard airlock used by Han Solo and Chewbacca in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

4. The chess-type game played on the table in the Millennium Falcon main hold and lounge is called Dejarik; guests can sit at the table inside Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, and the game is available for purchase in the Toydarian Toymaker marketplace stall.

5. Among the ancient-looking spires across the lands, the tallest is more than 130 feet high.

6. More than 200,000 square feet of rockwork and approximately 260,000 square feet of themed plaster was used to create each land.

7. More than 7,000 props were created for each land.

8. Nine different retail locations in the lands offer nearly 700 unique items.

9. There are more than 120,000 possible combinations for constructing a lightsaber using all the available pieces in Savi’s Workshop – Handbuilt Lightsabers.

10. There are nearly 280,000 possible combinations for constructing an R-series or BB-series astromech droid using all the available pieces in the Droid Depot.

11. Five locations within Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge offer guests a chance to purchase food and beverages. The lands’ menus feature more than 50 distinct, out-of-this-world items.

12. At Black Spire Outpost, the droid in charge of music at the local watering hole, Oga’s Cantina, is DJ R-3X, the former Starspeeder 3000 pilot from Star Tours.

13. For the soundtrack inside Oga’s Cantina, Walt Disney Imagineering commissioned musicians and composers from around the world to craft original music for a galactic playlist.

14. Approximately 6,700 construction workers and artisans were employed during the development of the land in California.

15. To operate the land, 1,600 new jobs were created for Disneyland Resort.

16. Kowakian Monkey-Lizards and Porgs are among the “critters” guests will find at the Creature Stall. These are just a few of the many items guests may purchase during their visit.

17. Academy Award-winning composer John Williams created an all-new suite of themes written especially for the lands and their attractions.