Overview
- At Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Monday, a revised Hondo Ohnaka preshow went live that removes Resistance and First Order references while keeping Chewbacca’s Falcon handoff.
- Disney confirmed this is the same briefing guests will see when The Mandalorian & Grogu mission opens May 22 at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, with the ride’s story separate from the film.
- For now, most riders see the new preshow paired with the original Coaxium heist while a small number of cockpits run technical rehearsals of the Mandalorian mission.
- The update will let crews choose destinations like Tatooine, Bespin, the Endor wreckage, or Coruscant, and it gives engineers new tasks that involve caring for Grogu.
- Disney’s Unreal Engine 5 overhaul with ILM and Epic enables real-time visuals that react to how guests fly and supports running different missions from the same preshow.