‘Star Wars’ Land Construction at Disneyland: Then and Now

Star Wars Land Construction progress continues rapidly! It’s fascinating to look back at what was once a pile of dirt. Fortunately, Richard and I head to the Parks quite often since we live 20 minutes away. Every time we’ve been to the Disneyland Resort since April 2016 we’ve made a video to document the progress of Star Wars Land. In fact, the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure overlooks the Northwest section of Disneyland – exactly where Star Wars Land will be. Convenient.

Here is the latest Star Wars Land Construction Update as of May 11, 2017:

Now let’s zoom back in time. Compare the current progress to 13 months ago – April 29, 2016:

Star Wars author, engineer and podcaster Tricia Barr (Fangirls Going Rogue / FanGIRL Blog) was able to shed some light on the various aspects of construction in this update from August 18, 2016:

We have several more Construction Updates since then, but let’s jump ahead to December 2016, just one week before the release of ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY:

Now let’s zoom to February 2017. It’s amazing what 2 months will do. All of a sudden, Star Wars Land is expanding up!

Upwards and onwards! I can’t WAIT until Star Wars Land opens in 2019. It will be fascinating to ride the rides and think back to what it all looked like as it was being built. I look forward to sharing more videos with you here on Jedi News, and on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to Skywalking Through Neverland’s YouTube channel and never miss a Construction Update!

Sarah Woloski
Sarah Woloski is co-host of two well-known podcasts: Skywalking Through Neverland (Disney/Star Wars Podcast with her husband Richard) and Fangirls Going Rogue (The first all-female Star Wars Podcast - Tricia Barr, Teresa Delgado co-hosts). Sarah and Richard live just 20 minutes from Disneyland and cover media, movie and theme park events. She is generation 1.5 of Star Wars, meaning she got into the original trilogy in the Dark Times (early 1990’s), having been born post-Empire Strikes Back. Sarah loves John Williams, Julie Andrews, running, creating art and podcasting.