Disney, We're Begging You to Revamp This SCRAPPED Project in Hollywood Studios

We LOVE learning secrets from Disney Imagineers — but sometimes it leaves us longing for what could have been.

Imagineers in Disney World | Photo: Shared by Jeff Vahle via Instagram (@jeffvahle)

Imagineers are the creative Disney engineers who bring the Disney Parks to life and they sometimes gift us insight into how beloved attractions have been and will be made. On rare occasions, however, an Imagineer will spill the details on attractions that almost were but never came to be. Recently, a former Disney Imagineer revealed details on a scrapped Star Wars attraction that promised to be another great Disney Park addition!

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios is home to some of the most immersive Star Wars experiences imaginable, including two great attractions. However, former Disney Imagineer Frank Mezzatesta confirmed A THIRD ATTRACTION at Disney’s Hollywood Studios was also supposed to be built in the land but was eventually scrapped for budgeting reasons.

Yes we worked on this for over a year and was pretty far along but it got cut as a cost saving move. It would have been awesome. https://t.co/SLsaCAtgQi

— Frank Mezzatesta (@FrankMezzatesta) February 18, 2024

The attraction was supposedly similar to the Main Street vehicles in function, but with a huge twist — passengers would be carried by giant alien animals around Batuu.

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Although the project was canned to save costs, the Imagineers were pretty far along according to Mezzatesta. In fact, fellow Imagineer Jim Shull doubled down on Mezzatesta’s confirmation, tweeting that the architecture is demonstrative of the attraction being implemented. “Arches connect buildings in several places at a height for the creature vehicles to cross underneath,” wrote Shull.

The architecture of the land documents how far along the ride project was. Arches connect buildings in several places at a height for the creature vehicles to cross underneath. #StarWars #GalaxysEdge #WDW https://t.co/mpt3scz5M8 pic.twitter.com/jWhIWLrJmm

— Jim Shull (@JimShull) February 18, 2024

Honestly, we’re pretty bummed hearing about how this cool attraction almost came to be but was ultimately discarded. Still, the foundation has been set so we’ll still hold out hope that maybe — just maybe — this attraction or something similar can see the light of day sometime in the future!