According to a recent lawsuit, Raven Sun Creative is suing Disney World over the technology behind the amusement park's smash-hit ride, ‘Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance’. The attraction, which first debuted in 2019 at Disney World's Hollywood Studios in Florida, immerses riders directly into an altercation between the Resistance and the First Order. Walt Disney Imagineers racked their brains and combined the groundbreaking technology of a trackless dark ride, a motion simulator, and a drop-ride system to provide Disney World attendees with an exciting ‘Star Wars’ experience. Disneyland's version of the ride opened in California shortly afterward in 2020.
‘Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance’ is celebrated as one of Disney's most technologically advanced attraction to date. First envisioned in 2015 and shared along with the land announcement, the ride was even credited for providing a 2% increase in attendance for its domestic parks in its opening fiscal quarter. Since its debut, the attraction has garnered massive attention, even with the temporary park closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Between its advanced technology and the acquisition of the ‘Star Wars’ film actors who reprised their roles for the ride, guests continue piling into the parks to get their shot at the enthralling experience.
According to a report from Florida Politics, however, Raven Sun Creative filed a lawsuit against Disney World disputing the ownership of the technology behind their smash hit attraction. The lawsuit claims that Raven Sun Creative owns the patent for the technology that correlates a vertical-moving rider trolley with on-screen video. The ultimate goal of this combined technological effect is for riders of ‘Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance’ to feel like they are actually in motion in the atmosphere they are witnessing on the screen.
Details of the lawsuit include claims of Raven Sun Creative going to Disney with the technology back in 2014 and being met with no interest.
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