The NEW Secret Imagineers Are Hiding in a Popular Ride in Disney's Hollywood Studios

It’s May, which means I’m thinking about all things Star Wars (okay, granted, I’m always thinking about Star Wars).

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

But May the 4th has just passed and I just spent some time in Disneyland celebrating Season of the Force and hanging out at Star Wars Nite. That included a ride (or two) on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run (y’all, those controls are SO wonky), but if you missed it, something NEW is coming to that ride in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in both Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Disney World. Now, I’ve noticed that Disney’s Imagineers have hidden a KEY detail for the new version of that ride.

Disney recently revealed that an all-new mission is coming to Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run to celebrate the release of the upcoming Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu on May 22nd, 2026 (and that’s when the changes are coming to the ride). Not only that, but Disney also revealed new concept art showing NEW locations you’d get to CHOOSE FROM when you ride the attraction, including Bespin, Tatooine, the ruins of the Death Star (I am STOKED), Coruscant, Beggar’s Canyon, and more!

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However, one of those pieces of concept art included a loading dock on Cloud City, and I IMMEDIATELY spotted something very familiar.

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Do you see it? Let’s zoom in…it’s a Starspeeder from Star Tours! Say what? Yep, it looks like you might even see a Starspeeder on the new Millennium Falcon mission.

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On the new version of the ride, Hondo Ohnaka just found out about a deal on Tatooine between ex-Imperial officers and some pirates, and, yep, there’s a good bounty for their capture. So the mission is to “borrow” the Millennium Falcon and team up with the Mandalorian and Grogu to track them down. FUN. However, you and your Falcon crew will get to be in control of the destination, so you can choose where the Falcon goes on the mission. Even better? The engineer gets to communicate with Grogu (he’ll probably just be demanding cookies or frogs or something).

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Anyway, it sounds like it’s going to be a wild ride and I think these changes will make the Millennium Falcon ride even better. Considering the engineer doesn’t have a lot to do on the ride right now, giving them the ability to communicate with Baby Yoda is also a nice bonus.

See you in Batuu on May 22nd, 2026, because I’ll be first in line if I can checking out the new version of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run!

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