What happened after the Ewoks sang “Yub Nub” and Luke burnt the body of the Darth Vader? Well, the Emperor was dead, the second Death Star was destroyed and many of the most significant capital ships in the Empire (e.g. the Devastator and the Super Star Destroyer Executor) went along with it. But, notably, Coruscant…
Before we begin, let me just say that the following reveals very little plot detail—certainly much less than what you’ll see in the Episode VII trailer. However, it gives (unverified) details on some of the environments we’ll see and one (maybe insignificant) plot point. A poster at the IMDb message boards, which is not often…
So TMZ has just posted some pretty amazing set pictures from Abu Dhabi. It’s kind of staggering how these photos have been leaked just a day after the Pinewood Tatooine set got leaked and immediately pulled—we now have 45 photos of Tatooine via the Abu Dhabi set. These photos aren’t really spoiler-ish. They simply give…
Star Wars Episode 7 News recently posted a set photo out of Pinewood Studios which featured what appear to huts in a Tatooine settlement. Lucasfilm asked the site to remove the image, so it appears that the photo was legitimate. What can we conclude? John Boyega and Daisy Ridley were apparently the only two stars out…
To be more specific, second unit on Episode VII are filming in (or near) Al Gharbia. If I had to guess, I’d say they’re most likely shooting in the desert outside the Liwa Oasis. Take a look at this photosphere if you want confirmation that they’re filming scenes set on Tatooine, or check out some of these images…
Abu Dhabi is definitely a location for Episode VII—we’ve had official confirmation of such. But people still want to debate about whether the locale is doubling for Tatooine. In my mind, there’s no doubt. Unless they’ll make it visually distinct, there’s no sense in shooting in the desert unless it’s to film scenes for that…
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