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    Postcards from THE EDGE

    Aug 04, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS JAMES JENNINGS

    EVER SINCE THE Star Wars saga blasted onto cinema screens in 1977, movie lovers the world over have made makeshift lightsabers out of broom handles, pretended to open automatic doors using the Force and engaged in tense playground arguments about who gets to be Han/Luke/Leia/Chewie. And although many a committed Star Wars fan has dabbled in creative cosplay to feel a little closer to that fabled galaxy far, far away, none have ever been able to visit a place that lets you feel like you’re actually in one of the movies – until now.

    : Galaxy’s Edge is the brand new billion-dollar, 14-acre land that was unveiled in May at Disneyland Resort in California (and soon to open at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on 29 August), and the Mouse House has spared no expense when it comes to making Galaxy’s Edge the most

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