Rumor: Second Unit Shooting for Rogue One Already Underway + Leaked Concept Art With Maz Kanata from The Force Awakens?

Rogue OneAccording to MakingStarWars, filming has reportedly begun on Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars: Anthology movie – Rogue One. Also a new leaked concept art from The Force Awakens shows what appears to be Lupita Nyong’o’s character – Maz Kanata…

 

 

From MakingStarWars:

 

Felicity Jones has filmed her first scene already.

 

It shouldn’t be a huge reveal that loads of trees are being brought into the studio again. It shouldn’t really be a surprise that there’s a landing in the jungle being filmed either. It isn’t the most exiting news of all time on that front. Not all of the sequences of the landing are going to be filmed at Pinewood.

 

The ships we told you about that are being repurposed have already seen some second unit shooting, including the Star Destroyers and the landers. There’s some stuff that looks like the Death Star as well, but it may just be more interiors of the Star Destroyers. The source couldn’t be 100% on the difference unfortunately. We had this same problem with The Force Awakens but it ended up just being Star Destroyer sets.

 

 

Another interesting bit from this report is that Disney want Pinewood to rival the WB Harry Potter tour. For those not familiar with Warner Bros. Studio Tour, it opened to the public on 31 March 2012. With each tour session typically lasting three hours, the studio tour has the capacity to handle 5,000 visitors daily. The tour, includes major sets, props and costumes from the Harry Potter film series.

 

Having a special Star Wars tour at Pinewood makes perfect sense. The studio has been the home of Star Wars for almost 40 years, with plenty more to come.

 

Here’s a taste of the Harry Potter tour:

 

 

 

 

Also MakingStarWars posted a concept art image with a creature that highly resembles the one from the second teaser trailer, believed to be Maz Kanata, a character played by Lupita Nyong’o. You can see the image HERE.

 

 

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28 thoughts on “Rumor: Second Unit Shooting for Rogue One Already Underway + Leaked Concept Art With Maz Kanata from The Force Awakens?

  • July 2, 2015 at 3:02 pm
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    Maz’s new concept art looks like a cross between a rabbit and a skull face. Still, it sure beats the hell outta that Aunt Jemima-looking one… 0_o

    • July 2, 2015 at 4:18 pm
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      I’m not a big fan of the kanata concept. In the trailer it looks like she has larger eyes ?anyone else see what I mean ? I’m not a fan of rabbit nosed humanoids, reminiscent of the whos from the grinch film.

      • July 2, 2015 at 5:37 pm
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        I feel like those are goggles she’s wearing

        • July 2, 2015 at 7:24 pm
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          I hope not because I think larger eyes might look better…hopefully we’ll get a better look at her on July 10th !

          • July 2, 2015 at 9:29 pm
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            Personally I love it. It’s the first thing I’ve seen that wasn’t Ralph McQuarrie. I like when Lucasfilm thinks originally… They should do it more often.

          • July 2, 2015 at 11:01 pm
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            McQuarrie wasn’t the only concept artist working on the OT… & I’ve found that a lot of the new designs are pretty original. (the bioman behind Daisy ridley from the celebration promo shots looked pretty unique/ the band of pirates). I pretty much love everything I’ve seen so far.

            Actually when looking through a lot of the humanoid alien drawings McQuarrie did with crowds in the bars or cities… it looked like for the most part his ideas weren’t implemented.

    • July 2, 2015 at 7:28 pm
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      More evidence that Jaxxon is poised to return.

  • July 2, 2015 at 3:43 pm
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    Wasn’t the OT filmed at Elstree? I think Episode One was shot at Pinewood though.

    The transport infrastructure would be better to have the Star Wars studio tour at Elstree I would have thought.

    • July 2, 2015 at 5:21 pm
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      The OT was filmed at Elstree. There were some scenes at Pinewood… but nothing that would warrant “the home of Star Wars for almost 40 years” That would be Elstree Studios north of London.

      Episode I was shot at Leavesden. This was before the first Harry Potter movie was filmed there. Since then, Warner Bros has bought the studio outright, at that is where the Harry Potter studio tour is now, along with the sound stages.

  • July 2, 2015 at 5:42 pm
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    Ugh guys no :/ Star Wars has always been filmed in a galaxy far far away…

    • July 2, 2015 at 6:01 pm
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      Shame they CGI’d her…she looks good as she is

  • July 2, 2015 at 6:34 pm
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    I’m curious how they rigged the expression on her character, because how the face emotes will make or break the design.

    I quite like the concept art, but the little part of her face visible in the screencap is definitely in “Who of Who-ville” territory,

    my only worry is that they may give her a big punchable grin like in the movie “Paul”, i hate that guy,
    Maz seems considerably better designed, it’s sort of an old lady hagrabbit with a slight dorsal fin, it works.

  • July 2, 2015 at 6:59 pm
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    still I want a star wars studio tour.

  • July 2, 2015 at 7:21 pm
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    Lupita is academy award hot actress, Mortion capture is a lost opportunity to say the least. The movie will be better if we could have seen her beautiful face.

  • July 2, 2015 at 7:32 pm
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    we make the dam movies yet Disney can’t be bothered to give us rebels in blue ray or the lost missions…the uk should be treated with respect….what’s next?….uk doesn’t get ep7 until April!!….joke

  • July 2, 2015 at 8:02 pm
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    I was Googling for Star Wars Spoilers and someone has released “Star Wars Spoiler Antidote Hypnotherapy”. https://goo.gl/H8iJ2C

    I downloaded the track and it’s a soothing voice that you’re meant to play while you sleep I guess, that tells your subconscious to forget all the spoilers you’ve heard before you go to watch the film for real.

    I can’t avoid the spoilers! But I don’t want to read the spoilers! Maybe this will give me the best of both worlds. I’m going to try it, but I guess I won’t know for sure till December 21st!

    It’s on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play etc. Let us know how you get on.

    • July 2, 2015 at 8:43 pm
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      Is it really real? Because I’ve read so much spoilers to the point I want to forget all about it

      • July 3, 2015 at 8:58 am
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        We won’t know till December! Worth a try.

  • July 2, 2015 at 8:04 pm
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    Will Vader return ? That is the question. Buy rights he should be linked to this movie in some way. Let’s hope he features. If the overall story unfolds slightly expanded and away from the main planet/moon assault buy the rebels, it should indead feature Vader planning, participating or in someway being visible in the movie. It’s a New Hope I am Hopeing for lol.

  • July 2, 2015 at 8:11 pm
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    In many ways I am looking forward to Gareth Edward movie more so than the main Star Movie 7 The Force Awakens movie. The Storey brief for Rouge One sounds more interesting and more dynamic and visual and defo sounds more of a Actors movie. Let’s hope it’s brill.

  • July 2, 2015 at 8:39 pm
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    i dont think is that creature, because Lupita has “points indicators” in her nose and mouth, and the “helmet” has to

  • July 2, 2015 at 8:41 pm
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    Gawd I’d rather Her be an Elder Ahsoka…

  • July 2, 2015 at 8:47 pm
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    I still don’t understand why they have to mix cgi characters with costume characters.
    In my opinion cgi is for environments and ships.

    I always thought mixing gungans with costume characters was distracting.
    Now,theoretically, cgi is better. Hope it will look ok on screen.

  • July 2, 2015 at 8:47 pm
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    Max Kanata character is hybrid-alien look of Steven Spielberg influence (Close Encounters) that Kamino cloners Tan We and Lama Su looks come from. This time less turtle but turtle/rabbit hybrid face. I want to also rekindle my Star Wars meets Disney character mix joke (three years ago): Stars of Disney wars featuring – Snow White as Princess Leia ANH, Jasmine of Aladdin or Arial of Little Mermaid as Princess Leia Slave ROJ, the Beast of Beauty and the Beast as Chewbacca, Pinocchio as Tattoine Luke Skywalker, Peter Pan as Endor Luke Skywalker on Speeder Bike, Wall-E as R2-D2, Robin Hood Endor Han Solo, Prince Charming as Han Solo (Knight-replaced Stormtrooper suit), Trident or Poseidon, of Greek Sculpture, of Little Mermaid for Ben Kenobi, Big Bird as Jar Jar Binks, Kermit the Frog as Yoda, Tin Man of Wizard of Oz as K-3PO where C-3PO as Metropolis robot, etc. I know Warner Brothers, Pixar and Sesame Street characters also mix for Disney Stars but Hollywood’s best talents are selected for each Episode movie character when recreating such Disney parody I would have expected heading into TFA! With Spaceballs movie by Mel Brooks and Family Guy’s cartoon I am guessing another comedic project parody is too “old school!?”

  • July 2, 2015 at 9:37 pm
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    Wow, that is one ugly design. What the hell, people?

  • July 2, 2015 at 9:56 pm
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    Noooooooo, JJ, is CGI!!!!!

  • July 3, 2015 at 12:01 am
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    Lupita is so beautiful

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