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The above image, released by Disney as part of the long-awaited Star Tours update announcement, may offer some clues as to what destinations guests will be traveling to when the popular Star Wars-based ride is updated in 2011.

Seated at a table in front of boards of concept art are Walt Disney Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald (left), Industrial Light and Magic VFX Supervisor Bill George, and Star Wars creator George Lucas.

Here’s a closer look at the images behind them:

Here’s a list of Star Wars locations we’ve been able to identify as possible future Star Tours destinations based on the above image:

• On the far left, the round platform resembles something from Kashyyyk, the Wookie planet seen in Episode III.
• There are several images of forests above and around Tom Fitzgerald’s head. Perhaps Endor or Kashyyyk?
• The image above Bill George’s head looks like the waterfalls of Naboo, Queen Amidala’s home planet.
• The images between Bill George and George Lucas appear to be the nighttime streets of Coruscant, as seen in the speeder chase in Episode II.
• The Death Star is pictured above the head of George Lucas.

We’re a little rusty on our prequel Star Wars trilogy, so we’d like your help in identifying all of the locations seen in these blurry pieces of artwork. If you look at the full-resolution version of the image above, you’ll notice that the art is not simply out of focus but rather blurred out on purpose (most obvious if you look at the areas around each of the men’s heads). That indicates to us that perhaps these are indeed locations considered for Star Tours II and not just random storyboards placed to look nice in the photo.

Of course, the appearance of any of these locations in the above image in no way indicates that they will definitely show up in the new version of Star Tours when it reopens in 2011, but at least it shows that more is being considered than just pod-racing.

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