Rising Moons from the planet of Batuu tonight! “The squatters” have arrived, as the local Batuuans call them, and temporary lighting rigs have popped up around Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in preparation for the Rise of the Resistance grand opening event. Of course, the big surprise of X-Wing drones the size of an SUV flying in the skies above Batuu has already been revealed, but preparations continue within the land as well.

We made it out to Batuu tonight to take a look around the land less than two weeks before the debut of the headliner attraction. It looks like there will be two areas of intersest based on the lighting rigs, one in front of the landed X-Wing, and possibly a stunt/stage show over near The Garage area. We’ll start in the Resistance Forest and the grounded X-Wing. It’s here that we believe media will be given the best possible view of the X-Wing drones flying in the background of the grounded X-Wing. It seems like the perfect framing for such a display.

Supporting our theory could be the installation of a very impressive subwoofer just behind the ship and seen below. It’s believed that these are “Matterhorn” branded, which are said to pack quite the punch when the X-Wings arrive and leave during the opening event. A cursory Google search reveals that the company that sells and installs these subwoofers have worked with Disney in the past, particularly with renovating the Hub area for nightly projection and fireworks shows.

Moving on, we find more “squatter” activity over near The Garage, where it seems likely a stunt show or stage show is likely to take place for media similar to what was done for media in the grand opening event at Disneyland. Unfortunately, because all of these lighting rigs are temporary, we don’t anticipate regular guests being treated to the same display, but we have our fingers crossed!

Rise of the Resistance opens December 5th at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

As always, keep checking back with us here at BlogMickey.com to and through the Rise of the Resistance opening as we continue to bring you the latest news and photos from Batuu and around the Disney Parks!