New Photographs Reveal that the Millennium Falcon has Touched Down in England
Photos have revealed that Star Wars most famous spaceship has touched down in London.
Star Wars: Episode VIII is halfway through filming, according to director Rian Johnson. Ever since production began on the film back in February, fans have been treated to a number of photos and bits of information from the set. Today we got our first look at the Millennium Falcon parked on a recreated portion of the famed Skellig Michael Island in Ireland. Skellig Michael is where the dramatic final scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes place.
Thanks to Dailymail, we now have a closer look at the huge set which resembles the world that Rey, played by actress Daisy Ridley, visited at the end of last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens when she finally tracked down the missing Luke Skywalker. Along with a beautiful view of the legendary starship and its location on Ahch-To, we also see other buildings, the now-iconic Jedi steps and a giant tree…
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May the Force be with you…
The Falcon is beautiful to look at from any angle.
Especially from the bottom, where you get to see that Batmobile.
episode 7 came out in December not the summer
Maybe the article was written in the southern hemisphere. So….what they told you was true….from a certain point of view. Or not. I have no idea. Haha!
haha maybe
What is that second half-built set? Is it part of Episode VIII filming?
Looks to me as a set from “Dubrovnik planet”. A theater or opera, which matches with the high-end society we’ve seen.
Looks like it’s definitely Old Republic style architecture that tallies with prequel-era. Possibly some sort of pre-Imperial remnant (perhaps a refuge of some sort?)
The thing that shocks me every time I see the Force Awakens is how fake the Millennium Falcon looks after it lands on Takodana. It really looks like painted plywood to me, whereas I never have that feeling in regard to the original trilogy shots. It also doesn’t seem like the right color.
You’re funny
Seriously, it looked no more like painted plywood than the Falcon sets in the OT.
it’s really just the underside as they are walking away from it that always struck me as too flat.
The build with the same blueprints they had in the originals, you are pretty much the only person I’ve seen complain about this.
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I disagree, it was actually shot at Greenham common, same place the Resistance base was. First time we’ve seen the falcon close up parked outside in green surroundings, didn’t happen in the OT.
It’s funny that you say that, because I thought that the only shot of the Falcon that didn’t look real was the CGI shot of when it first takes off and smashes into that arch at the entrance to the junkyard./
Reported for not being real.
That’s pretty dark tree,I wonder what it will be in the movie
It looks to me as if it was burnt
Wow they build the entire ship this time. Kind of like they built about half of it for ANH & TFA and the whole thing for ESB and EP8
I think with the sets in Ireland and this one in Pinewood I do believe we will see a lot of movie time at the first Jedi Temple.
I understand why they would need to match the sky & sea backdrops with the Irish stuff but to also film in Pinewood I really think it is going to be attacked and we need to see a bit of pyrotechnic destruction.
My bet is the Knights of Ren will be a major part and a partly trained Rey and fully geared up Luke will go on the defensive here before leaving the planet.
It makes perfect sense from a story & commercial basis. New characters to be able to kill without damaging the major players like Kylo & Snoke and of course a massive merchandise opportunity for Disney.
There’s certainly going to be aerial shots of this, why built that massive set and the whole falcon just for ground takes? And I really hope Rey does NOT have a vision inside that tree…
The full sized Falcon was built for The Force Awakens.
The built just over half of it for TFA, this here for EPVIII is a full exterior set.
I expect more visions to come, perhaps they had more of the vision in TFA and they’ve held off showing it for one of the future Eps.
I guess that anti-drone technology they were talking about had the day off – unless somebody flew over with a plane…
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The rotted tree is a beautiful retcon — it presages the minarets and spires of the Prequel-era Jedi Temple. Large central trunk enclosed in subordinate, vertical boughs. No doubt the Original and template for all Jedi Temple architecture. Genius. (Also, full scale Falcon!)
And also quite similar to the logos for the Rebel Alliance and the Jedi Order.
… as well as the shape of an xwing
Why not!
The Jedi temple in Coruscant had such appearance because of its location..it’s a city planet..the temple had to look like it belonged there..there are many temples with more natural designs..an example being the Jedi temple on Lothal. So it’s not really a retcon just a display diversity.
That’s so epic!!!
The front of that building reminds me of the Jedi enclave from Knights of the Old Republic
my first thought too
Me too than the pattern looked like mortis. Also notice the green screen columns maybe they’ll add some kinda effect
Could that be the remains of a Jedi tree, similar to those recovered by Luke and Shara Bay in the 4th issue of the Shattered Empire comic books?
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the original Force Tree at the original Jedi Temple? In shattered Empire the two Luke recovers were supposed to be what remained of the tree that grew in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
Tree looks like an X wing. Yodas tree?
Does
Hope Chewie hangs around until Rey is ready to leave the island. Think Chewie will be the new owner of the Falcon, it’s what Han would have wanted.
Yeah, She should probably get it after he dies or something.
I’m pretty sure Rey is the new owner, and Chewie is her co-pilot. Strange how many people missed the hints of Rey becoming the daughter Han and Leia never had.
There are “hints” in the movie that she is Luke’s daughter, hints that she is either Han and Leia’s by birth or “becoming the daughter they never had”, and even visual hints that she could have some sort of Kenobi heritage. We won’t know until we see Episode 8, or even 9, how to interpret those hints from TFA
‘There are “hints” in the movie that she is Luke’s daughter.’
I recall no such obvious hints. On the other hand, when Kylo Ren reads Rey’s mind, he explicitly reveals that she views Han Solo as a father figure.
The most obvious clue that the Falcon will be hers is that she (and not Chewie) is the pilot at the end of the film, and just like Han Solo, she is an ace pilot who understands Wookiee.
What about when Maz tells Rey “that lightsaber was Luke’s, and his father’s before him, and NOW it is calling to YOU”?
Rey doesn’t know who Luke’s father was – why mention the bloodline if not to suggest that Rey is part of the bloodline? Sure, it could be more evidence that she is Leia’s / same bloodline.
As for Kylo reading Rey’s mind – you said it yourself “father figure”, not “father”. I suspect any child, male or female, growing up in Rey’s situation without parents would be tempted to latch on to someone like Han Solo as a father figure.
At the end of the day, it is all “hints and speculation” for now. If it was clear cut, we wouldn’t be discussing it.
Maybe the Falcon is now Rey’s, maybe it’s not. I don’t recall Chewie signing over the Falcon’s registration papers to Rey, though. Perhaps Chewie just recognises that Rey is the superior pilot of the two of them. Or, perhaps Chewie just wants to sit back and be chauffeur driven to Luke.
It’s calling to Rey because she’s Anakin.
She might be another “chosen one”, but I don’t think she will be Anakin.
“What about when Maz tells Rey “that lightsaber was Luke’s, and his father’s before him, and NOW it is calling to YOU”?”
Maz could have mentioned this simply to emphasis the history and significance of the lightsaber. The lightsaber has only ever passed between father and child once. I don’t believe that necessary confirms that Rey is of the Skywalker bloodline. Part of Rey’s journey is to re-unite Luke with his lightsaber. It’s quite possible that Rey will have her own lightsaber (perhaps a double bladed one that her proficiency with the staff suggests).
I absolutely agree that it doesn’t mean Rey HAS to be Luke’s daughter. I was just replying to Paul D who suggested that TFA implies Rey becomes the daughter Han and Leia never had. Personally, I think people can make a convincing case that Rey is Luke’s daughter, or Han and Leia’s, or a Kenobi, or not related to anyone we know. We clearly don’t know for sure, or it would be canon.
I’m sure Rey will have her own lightsaber, but I hope Luke still has his green one somewhere, and that it wasn’t all about getting him the blue one. Although I do remember the early rumors going around that the blue lightsaber was the key to unlocking something important.
I see that, I agree Rey could be a Skywalker, Kenobi, or some unconnected descendant. Speculating is a part of the fun.
No, Rey is a Skywalker. George Lucas said in the past that a sequel trilogy would have a female protagonist, who would be the child of Luke. Kathleen Kennedy said the Star Wars saga films are the Skywalker story. So unless Leia had a another child, there is no other possible way.
The only other way the Skywalker lineage continues, is if Ben Solo survives, or Luke has a child in the future. But considering the older you are, the higher the chance of your child being autistic is, I doubt this. Unless, Luke mind tricks a young female into sleeping with him, and then uses the force to ensure his offspring is strong 😉
It would be a big slap in the face to Chewie if Rey simply becomes the new owner, after all Han and Chewie have been through together. Get that Han was enamoured with Rey, but I don’t think he would write-off all the history with Chewie so easily.
I recall that they buiot a half falcon, not a fuol scale one for ep.VII, or was it just for greenham common?
I have yet to see any Force Awakens set photos with a fully complete Falcon, only the half-built one at Pinewood and the half one at Greenham Common. The one built for Empire was complete, but only 2/3 scale of what it should’ve been to fit it on the Ellstree soundstage. So this one would be the first complete, full-scale Falcoln to be built.
Are we sure this scale is any different than the ESB one?
It looks bigger if you compare the size of the workers walking on it. This plan supposedly compares the size of the Empire Falcon to the TFA scale:
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I get that, but study the side by side comparison. The size of the people near the round pits on the mandibles up front.
The Empire set mandibles look elongated, but maybe that’s just the camera angle. Possibly it was done to minimize the fact that the whole thing was 2/3 scale. But the guys on the round portion of the Ep. 8 ship look smaller than the ones on the Empire ship.
I’m trying to figure the scales based on the size of the people working on in the photos
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Does anyone else see the similarity between the shape of that tree and the Rebel Alliance logo?
So if they are halfway through shooting already, does this mean the film is going to be finished well before December next year, and will just be sitting around somewhere, locked up tight like the idol in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
They only started shooting about 3 months earlier this year (mid Feb) as compared to TFA started shooting May 2014. So this just gives them simply about 3 more months to work on the film than TFA had.
Fair enough, that’s not too bad when you put it like that. Thanks 🙂
Yeah, because the special effects were the weakest part of episode 7.
It means they will spend a year a half editing, completing thousands of effects shots, mixing, scoring and looping the movie and have plenty of time to complete a quality product without being rushed.
Maybe they have built a full size falcon to use at a UK star wars attraction or they’ll dismantle it and ship it to disney land in the US or Paris
that arena looks very phantom menace-esque to me.. interesting to speculate about what these locations will be!!
Most probably a different island on Ahch-To.
is this sarcasm.. xD
That arena is the nicest thing I’ve seen about the production design so far. It’s nice to see something resemble the PT for once.
tell me about it.. i don’t know why they’re ignoring the prequels completely. i honestly think far more good came from those movies than bad.. and the set design was definitely great. apparently rian johnson is a fan of the prequels so hopefully he mixes both styles!
Wonder if this tree is one of the original “force trees” which were mentioned in one of the newer comics. I think it was Poe’s parents who planted them.
That’s what I was thinking. Might be.
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Yeah, the two saplings were stripped from the one at the heart of the Jedi temple on Coruscant.
Just a thought.
It’s expensive to build the Falcon, always has been, most of them have been partial.
Once that cliffside is gone, it looks like it would be quite easy to push the Falcon onto the other set.
Saving a few quid.
Not to mention using it in the Han Solo movie which will probably start filming right after 8 wraps. They just need to swap the new dish with old round one.
No one cares about saving squid, y’all!
Trolling again TUD?
No, I was TOTALLY genuine.
Yes, I was making a joke.
VIII is going to be off the hook!
Looks like they’ll be using that port that Lando used to recover Luke in TESB again. These photos show it open!