- [Jessica] The black market behind
Star Wars Galaxy's Edge revealed!
Star Wars Galaxy Edge is finally open to the public
in Anaheim, California's Disney Land.
So it's no surprise
that fans are lining up
to get their chance to head into the Black Spire Outpost
on Batuu, the parks all new Star Wars setting.
Now while the Rise of the Resistance mega ride
has yet to open,
the park is still packed with plenty for fans to do.
You can pilot that piece of junk known as,
the Millennium Falcon in a ride aptly named,
Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run.
Or get a nice frothy glass of blue milk from
Oga's Cantina, the parks very own watering hole
of scum and villainy.
And of course, most important of all,
there's plenty of Star Wars merch to buy
throughout the park.
You can build your own light saber or four,
buy costumes and clothing, chance cubes,
sabacc cards, or as our producer Erin purchased
stuffed wattos.
Why is it plural?
How many did you buy?
- [Erin] I just got one.
- Uh-huh, hell, there's even life size customizable
astromech droids that can be purchased for the
low, low price of 25,000 dollars.
(cash register drawer opens)
Seriously, people are buying those.
But perhaps the hottest Galaxy's Edge item
is one that is not even on the menu.
It's the actual menu.
That and sporks.
Yep, you heard that right, menus and sporks.
But to explain this we'll have to give you
some back story.
So to start things off it should come as no surprise
to say that Star Wars fans love their merch.
This goes all the way back to a release
of a New Hope in 1977.
Some fans have been willing to do whatever it takes
to get there hands on a piece of Star Wars.
Like the aforementioned 25,000 dollar droid.
(cash register drawer opens)
And with all of the pieces of Star Wars flavor
floating around Galaxy's Edge a thriving black market
has formed with people online trying to sell and purchase
ancillary pieces of Galaxy's Edge.
Like coasters, maps, menus and sporks.
To be fair, if you're going to build a franchise
where your main characters are smugglers,
thieves and rebels, grr.
It's no surprise that you might inspire a few smugglers
in your fandom.
None the less, some of the more nefarious
Galaxy's Edge patrons are making off with whatever
they can get their hands on to make a quick buck online.
And while some of these items are disposable
and innocuous, like the stylized single use coasters
from Oga's Cantina or maps of the park,
others are more obviously stealing.
Like signage and glassware from Oga's Cantina.
In fact, anything that isn't being held down by
a tractor beam is being targeted in interstellar heists.
The menus from Oga's Canina are finding their way
online for upwards of 40 bucks.
Though, these started being sold online during employee
preview nights before the park even opened to the public.
Even cups and glassware are pilfered left and right.
Stuff from Galaxy's Edge eateries being the
most stolen items.
Which of course brings us back to the sporks.
The metal sporks from the Galaxy's Edge eatery
Docking Bay 7 became an instant collector's item
with them popping up on reseller websites
for anywhere from 51 bucks to 245 bucks,
with the disclaimer, never been used.
Which we guess is good.
Honestly though, these aren't even cool sporks.
Like Forky in Toy Story 4 that are being sold
elsewhere in the park.
These are just normal sporks that happen to be
Star War'sified.
Which mean feel or rather, some people,
feel compelled to get them at any cost.
So what is Disney doing about this?
Well, nothing as drastic as giving the Storm Troopers
who wonder the park actual blasters to cut down
thieves but they are attempting to keep things under wraps.
For starters, Docking Bay 7 no longer offers
the metal sporks.
Trading them off for boring plastic cutlery.
This is why we can't have nice things people!
Docking Bay 7 is also no longer
handing out menus at all.
Diners at Oga's Cantina are now only getting one menu
per party and that menu is sure to be picked up
by an employee as soon as the order is placed.
Oga's Cantina also has specialized employees
whose entire job is to make sure the two foot long
beer flight set or any other glassware
doesn't accidentally show up in someone's bag
without being purchased first.
While this is fun, silly story,
don't go stealing stuff.
It sucks for the employees and makes it hard for fans
who just want to actually get a chance to
read a menu and actually order some food.
I mean, you wouldn't download a car would you?
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Oh you would.
Well, if you just spent 25,000 dollars on
a custom astromech droid,
you probably have to.
(cash register drawer opens)
What do you folks think?
Have you had a chance to go hit up Galaxy's Edge?
What piece of Galaxy's Edge merch do you want the most?
And seriously, how much is a spork really worth?
Let's discuss.
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