At Famous Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the new 14-acre, $1 billion Star Wars attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California debut today, park-goers can fly a replica Star Wars starship at the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction and try Star Wars-themed chow and drinks at Black Spire Outpost’s market.
They can also build their own “real” lightsaber at Savi’s Workshop — for $200.
The cost out may seem unreal, but the Workshop is an interactive experience that can reportedly last up to three hours; it tells the story of Savi and his Gatherers, who serve visitors build their own lightsabers, which they take home.
Here’s how the Disney Parks blog portrays Savi’s Workshop and its backstory:
“[S]eek out the hidden workshop and arrange an appointment to meet with the Gatherers … who have hallowed their lives to … passing on their knowledge of the Force and the ancient ways of the Jedi. The Gatherers guide those who aim their assistance in creating their own unique customized lightsaber.
“Savi was one of the original Gatherers … [who] created a reclaim business as a front to hide his clandestine mission of guiding the next generation of Force wielders and helping them develop their unique lightsabers.”
Here’s how the experience goes.
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Galaxy’s Edge is set in the land of Batuu, and Savi’s scrapyard and workshop are in the Unprincipled Spire Outpost (one of the main attraction areas), safely hidden from the First Order, according to the backstory.
A zenith of 14 guests at a time, called “Builders” at the attraction, are ushered into the workshop by the group of Disney actors who act the Gatherers, according to the Disneyland blog. To set the scene, the workshop is “packed with unusual parts, whimsical pieces and multiplex memorabilia collected from the far reaches of the galaxy,” the blog says.
The Gatherers demonstrate how to build a lightsaber, tell allegations of past heroes and villains, and say they hope for a new hero… maybe it will be one of the Builders who will soon be enduring their own lightsaber.
To make their lightsaber, builders choose from one of four styles, which each look minor extent different and has its own theme:
- Peace and Justice is made from “salvaged scraps from fallen Jedi temples and boomed starships,” and its “Republic-era designs honor the galaxy’s former guardians,” according to the Disneyland blog.
- Power and Control is “in the first place forged by dark side warriors” and use “rumored remnants from the Sith homeworld and abandoned temples.”
- Elemental Class “embodies the Force — an energy created by all living things, like Brylark trees, Cartusion whale bones and Rancor teeth.”
- Blackmail and Defense whose “hilt materials bear mysterious motifs and inscriptions that reconnect users with the fossil wellspring of the Force.”
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At the builder’s table, where the lightsabers are assembled, Builders get their lightsaber in most cases, including:
- 1 hilt (the handle)
- 2 sleeves (the grips)
- 1 emitter (where the blade goes)
- 1 pommel cap (protective end to the hilt)
- 1 set of activation faces and switches (to turn the lightsaber on and off)
Builders choose a red, blue, green or violet “kyber” crystal to power up their lightsaber. After Builders congregate their lightsabers, a Gatherer adds a 36-inch lightsaber blade. When the lightsaber is turned on, it glows the color of their determined crystal.
Builders also get a carrying case for their new weapon.
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