At the end of last year, Disney announced that "The Rise of The Resistance" attraction at Disneyland would be closing January for a significant refurbishment. It's a fairly new ride, so this was surprising. But it's fairly technical, so maybe not.
And then, early in the year, they announced a sort of re-theming of the Star Wars themed land in Disneyland (only).
A little context: Disney created an immersive themed land called Batuu (as a planet in the Star Wars universe, which includes a storyline as to how it fits into the lore). It has shops, and things going on, and a couple of rides.
The original intent was create different lands, that fit into different time periods, in Disneyland and Disney world. But they ultimately decided to make them pretty much exact duplicates…
One of the key problems was that Disney was confusing the lore and timeline and it became messy. The land was supposed to fit in somewhere in the timeline near episode 7, but they include elements from the original trilogy, and even some from the prequel. And they mix up what things might happen in these timelines.
So the change they announced was that they're going to try and break up the area in Disneyland into different time periods, as a means to rectify this. They have said the storyline of the "Rise" attraction will remain the same, but I have heard some rumors that it may change when it re-opens.but, we'll have to wait and see.
Disney world will remain the mish-mash it is for now. I suppose while they figure out whether this works or not.
