If only because uncovering the psychological makeup of that old perv Lumpy could have made for something of an edgy treat. Speaking of which, there is absolutely no mention in the exhibition of anything from the famously appalling Holiday Special, a fact that will be mildly disappointing for completists. Lucas himself could tell the studio what happens when the ship unexpectedly veers off course and you suddenly find yourself unable to jump to lightspeed. And I had a great time developing my own avatar – known as Smashxo Dalridian – as a sort of conflicted Greedo lookalike with blue skin, dark-side tendencies and a penchant for throwing it all away on high-stakes games of chance.īut there’s no doubting that Star Wars Identities does feel a little backward-looking, and you wonder if Disney might regret not having control over every last dark corner of the hugely popular space opera as it embarks on dozens of new movies over the next decade or so. Some natty tech allows attendees to come up with their own Star Wars character, complete with unique sociological, psychological and genetic traits. That doesn’t mean Identities isn’t a fun experience. View image in fullscreen In with the new … BB8 is one of the few exhibits from the space saga’s new Disney incarnation. On the light side, we get a fascinating look at Lucas’s original prototypes for Yoda, Jabba the Hutt, Han Solo and Luke. On the dark side, we get lots of scenes featuring Anakin and the lowdown on early incarnations of Jar Jar Binks that look quite possibly even more irritating than the final, cod-Caribbean stalk-eyed version. This turns out to be both a good thing and a bad thing. Yes, you don’t even have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to find a place where George Lucas still owns Star Wars – or at least, a little bit of it. But the mouse house is powerless here, because Star Wars Identities is part of a portion of the long-running space saga that was not sold to the giant studio in 2012. Actor Isaac Hayes, who voiced Chef, unexpectedly left the show in 2006, causing controversy and disappointment among fans and the shows creators. The one new Star Wars owner Disney would presumably like to consign to the dustbins of Hollywood history, along with Jar Jar Binks and Chewbacca’s dad Lumpy from the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. Chef, a popular character on South Park, was a hilarious, insightful, and inappropriate yet caring role model for the shows young protagonists. View image in fullscreen Moody … trace the development of troubled Anakin Skywalker.

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