Galaxy's Edge is the new Star Wars theme park located at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Both put visitors on the planet Batuu at a time point just after The Last Jedi in the Star Wars canon. Several months after the parks' openings, Wired takes a look at the origin, architecture, and engineering that goes into creating a fantasy world in the Star Wars universe.
There are two ways to talk about Galaxy's Edge. Both are true.
One:
The remote planet of Batuu was once covered with trees thousands of feet tall. After a cataclysm petrified them, only their trunks remained. For mysterious reasons, one looks like obsidian, giving a town that grew up around it its name: Black Spire Outpost. A disreputable trader named Hondo Ohnaka recently opened a cargo business there, for which he is recruiting pilots to fly off-books cargo runs that may also be in support of the galactic Resistance movement. Stormtroopers from the First Order have just arrived to hunt for Resistance sympathizers.
Two (this one is longer):
In 2012, George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Company for $4 billion.
Following that is the story of how Galaxy's Edge came about. But most of the article is a description of the Galaxy's Edge experience, which is not only geographically and chronologically placed in the Star Wars universe, but also follows an immersive storyline, while offering the rides, games, and character interactions you'd expect from a Disney park. You can even become a character in that world by logging in with your phone and unlocking games at various locations that follow the plot. Before you plan a visit to Galaxy's Edge, read what to expect at Wired.