[Dewberry] Working at Disney is fantastic,
and it's a struggle because we have so much riding on this project.
We want to make sure that everything is perfect for our guests when they come.
There's the stress of "Okay, now we're here.
[chuckles] Let's make sure that everything is great."
But you have that pixie dust.
You have that magic when it comes to,
"Hey, I'm going to work at Disneyland today."
And even after ten years, I still have that.
I am Kristina Dewberry.
I am a huge Star Wars fan, and I'm working here
with Walt Disney Imagineering on Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
My background in construction started as a child, actually.
My father was a Mr. Fixer around the house,
and so my brother and I would always help him on little projects.
And when it came time to graduate from high school
and figure out what I was gonna do with the rest of my life,
construction just made sense.
Now I am the construction manager logistics lead
for the entire Disneyland Resort when it comes to Walt Disney Imagineering.
So, Imagineering is imagination plus engineering.
Which is definitely construction management.
Which is what I do.
Definitely would consider Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
a legacy project for me.
I fought very hard
to make sure that I can do the best that I can on this project
because I want it to reflect that.
I wanna reflect my love of Star Wars
in all of the work that we have been doing.
And sometimes that makes you push a little further, right,
and that's what we do as Imagineers, is we push a whole lot further.
It's just part of our culture.
We are at finishing touches.
It is all hands on deck
to finish all the little things to make that magic happen.
We're aging this piece to make it look like it's been in outer space.
We've got a few touch-ups
-just minor, little things to do. -Okay. Okay.
Just to kinda dial it in.
Are you a Star Wars fan?
-Oh, yeah. -Okay. Very cool.
It's a magical mix of people and talents
coming together to make amazing things for our guests to come and enjoy.
This is our X-wing, super iconic ship.
It's unbelievable, right?
It's the size that it is in the movies.
But unlike a movie prop where, you know,
the movie props and the sets that they built,
they aren't forever.
This...
This is forever.
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge has been a mission for Imagineering
for quite some time.
You've got lots of folks that are very creative, right,
that have this amazing imagery in their head,
and then they're able to go ahead and put it on paper and then create it.
And I'm one of those individuals
that's able to then go ahead and make that image happen.
This is our space pig. It's very exciting.
There's a robot over there
that's gonna go ahead and roast it for us,
and it smells delicious.
And we just got somebody putting some finishing touches on the engine.
When it fires up, wow, it's really cool.
So, these are the toys and the things that the kids in Batuu would play with.
A shop like this is so amazing
because the attention to detail is phenomenal.
Working here on Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is really a dream come true.
We all grew up loving Star Wars.
So, original Star Wars figures that I used to play with as a kid
and I've kept them ever since:
Wicket, of course.
Princess Leia in her amazing costume
where she went to go rescue Han Solo in Jabba's Palace.
And then, of course, Chewbacca, because he's cool.
And we're putting all the finishing touches now
on all of the soft goods, if you will,
to really give it that look.
Good morning.
Now we're in the area where the First Order is getting set up.
We've got banners going in. We've got show lighting happening.
As a young girl,
Princess Leia was just an icon for me immediately.
She handled things with style and grace.
She was able to command a team, right?
And that's not something that necessarily young girls saw at that time.
To be able to build something,
bring something to life for all of the guests,
I can't describe how that makes me feel
other than like there's pixie dust all in me because it's amazing.