A fortnight shy of the upcoming The Mandalorian & Grogu mission, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run has received an update to its preshow dialogue that makes the attraction timeless, hinting at future updates.
Updated ‘Timeless’ Preshow Dialogue for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
We reported on the updated preshow last weekend, but went to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to capture it for ourselves. In the original Smugglers Run preshow, Hondo Ohnaka welcomes us to his operation and explains how we’ll be helping him. The Millennium Falcon arrives, Chewbacca appears onscreen, and Hondo greets him. Their one-sided dialogue reveals that a previous “win-win” arrangement allowed Hondo to borrow the Falcon to retrieve coaxium for the Resistance while he keeps the profits.
The updated dialogue removes references to the First Order and the Resistance, which allows the attraction to function within both Disneyland’s original trilogy and Hollywood Studios’ sequel trilogy timelines in the parks’ respective Galaxy’s Edge outposts. It also implies that Hondo is temporarily stealing the Falcon from Chewie for our use on the mission.
And, while the preshow has been updated just before the attraction’s first new mission since it opened in 2019, it makes no mention of the Mandalorian or any mission specifics (other than Hondo’s singular focus of “profit,” of course). Therefore, this new preshow dialogue is most likely a permanent change to Smugglers Run, as it can work with any storyline — meaning we may see more new missions added to the ride in the future.
Watch our video of the updated Smugglers Run preshow here:
We don’t yet know if the new preshow has been deployed to Batuu West (a.k.a. Disneyland); we will update once we confirm.
‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ Mission
On May the Fourth, Disney Parks shared a first look at the mission briefing video guests will see on The Mandalorian & Grogu version of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World on May 22, 2026. Walt Disney World Annual Passholder reservations are already booked up for Disney’s Hollywood Studios on that date.
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