History Ride / StarTours

* TheCameo: As of 2015, the ride includes a comm-screen cameo from [[Film/TheForceAwakens Finn]]. 2017 added similar cameos for General Hux and Poe Dameron. 2019 has Lando Calrissian also appear as part of a Holograph Transmission, similar to Poe.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the Millennium Falcon opening, a stormtrooper points their gun at a luggage transport driver, who raises their hands in surrender, causing the transport to swerve and drop a bunch of its cargo on the stormtrooper. In addition, either Han Solo, Rey, or Ahsoka Tano (depending on the era) can be seen trying to talk their way out of an inspection before pulling their blaster and running into the Falcon to take off.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the Millennium Falcon opening, a stormtrooper points their gun at a luggage transport driver, who raises their hands in surrender, causing the transport to swerve and drop a bunch of its cargo on the stormtrooper. In addition, either Han Solo or Rey (depending on the era) can be seen trying to talk their way out of an inspection before pulling their blaster and running into the Falcon to take off.

* AlternateTimeline: Nominally, the ride is set between ''Episode III'' and ''Episode IV'', but in practice, the ride sequence is randomized, so it could theoretically take place anywhere in the series' continuity. During a ride, you will experience four out of twenty-one different segments, with some segments offering slight variants. This makes the ride highly repeatable and constantly surprising. Even though guests can experience dozens of different journeys, the main priority (delivering the Rebel spy to safety) is accomplished no matter what the sequence is. The Rebel spy's identity is chosen by the cast member operating the ride vehicle from among the guests on the attraction, and their picture is presented during the ride. Sometimes, no guest is chosen as the Rebel spy, and a generic photo is used. There are twenty-one random segments of the film (four openings[[note]]Darth Vader / Kylo Ren / ''Millennium Falcon'' vs Empire / ''Millennium Falcon'' vs First Order[[/note]], five primary destinations[[note]]Hoth / Tatooine / Kashyyyk / Jakku / Kef Bir[[/note]], seven hologram messages[[note]]Yoda / Leia / Ackbar / BB-8 / Maz / Poe / Lando[[/note]], and five ending destinations[[note]]Naboo / Coruscant / Geonosis-Death Star / Crait / Exegol[[/note]]), for over 384 different possible itineraries. Some of the sequences are locked by time period; i.e. planets and characters seen in the Original and Prequel Trilogies will not appear with planets and characters seen in the Sequel Trilogy.

''The Adventures Continue'' is unique in that it has a branching storyline, with a total of 96 different combinations of ride sequences, allowing for a different experience almost every time. Riders will travel through some combination of two worlds: Tatooine, Kashyyyk, Hoth, Jakku, or Kef Bir for the first visit, and Naboo, Geonosis (plus the Death Star), Coruscant, Crait, or Exegol for the second visit. Between 2015 and 2019, [[UpdatedRerelease Disney added four new worlds tied to the sequel trilogy films]]. Disney Imagineers later hinted that more worlds could be added to the experience over time, before outright confirming that new locations would be brought into the attraction starting in 2024, [[https://gamerant.com/ahsoka-star-tours-disney-parks-2024-debut/ starting with Ahsoka]].

Starting in 2011, Disney phased out the original ''Star Tours'' with its sequel '''''Star Tours: The Adventures Continue''''', a new attraction making using much of the same technology and taking advantage of decades of improvement to it, including integrating 3D visuals. It features a similar premise of an interstellar tour flight gone wrong, but the story now takes place between the prequel and original trilogy films, or during the events of the sequel trilogy films, depending on which era your tour winds up in. A much more competent pilot, AC-38, is set to take guests on their journey with R2-D2, but C-3PO is hired to inspect the cockpit of the Starspeeder 1000. Thanks to a strange turn of events, C-3PO and R2-D2 are forced to take over the flight, where they quickly learn that a Rebel/Resistance spy is on their flight, and that they must transport them to safety. After a run-in with the Empire/First Order, the droids take their chances by blasting off to different planets as guests experience an adventure out of this world. While Captain Rex was removed from the pilot's seat in this version, he hasn't been forgotten, and he has instead been incorporated him into the queue of the ride, along with later being given something of a larger role at ''Ride/StarWarsGalaxysEdge''.

In 1987, '''''Star Tours''''' opened in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland, California]], replacing ''Adventures Through Inner Space'' in Tomorrowland (Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida later got their own version of the ride upon the opening of the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park (now Disney's Hollywood Studios). It is the first-ever ''Franchise/StarWars'' theme park attraction and was the first major creative partnership between Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}, serving as as one of many steps toward The Walt Disney Company eventually acquiring Lucasfilm.