Praya

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"Visit the Water Planet Praya"
―An advertisement for the Deluxe Undersea Package on Tourscan[2]

Praya was an ocean planet[2] located in the Praya system, within the Clacis sector of the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories.[1] By the year 4.3 ABY,[3] it was home to the luxurious Sea Castle Resort Hotel. The Star Tours travel agency facilitated transit to Praya through their Deluxe Undersea Package.[2]

Behind the scenes

Praya first appeared in an advertisement on Tourscan at the Tokyo Disneyland Star Tours attraction, which opened on July 12, 1989.[2] The Essential Atlas Online Companion placed it in grid square K-4.[1]

The location and footage were reused from the Sea Castle ending segment from Horizons, a now-defunct Epcot ride, which focused on the concept of ocean colonization. The models for Horizons' three ending segments were designed, constructed, and filmed by Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope special effects veteran David Jones.[4] The model for the ocean segment was made in two parts: an underwater city and an underwater canyon, which were visually joined by a pass though the total darkness of the ocean depths.[5]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Star Tours (Tokyo only)
  3. ↑ StarWarsDotComBlogsLogoStacked Death Star timeline on Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real The Horizons Story, Part III: Disney's House Of Magic by Michael Crawford on The Horizons Story (September 24, 2011) (backup link archived on September 24, 2011)
  5. ↑ Premium-Era-real Choose Your Tomorrow attraction, Horizon Pavilion, EPCOT, Walt Disney World Visual Effects - Model and Prop Builder and Special Effects. by Kenneth A. Larson on www.kesigndesign.com (backup link archived on March 27, 2014)