UPDATE 2! New Photos and Video from the Star Wars Episode VIII Set in Dubrovnik. First Day Finished!
The start of the Episode VIII production in Dubrovnik is only hours away, and we got the latest photos and video from the set.
A new ceiling ornaments were installed in a narrow alley that will be part of the shoot. From StarWarsDubrovnik:
And they installed a new panel or power converter.
Also TheDubrovnikTimes.com has brought us this new video.
And here’s a better look at a new silver speeder sighted on the set (via net.hr):
Stay tuned for more…
UPDATE!
And even more photos from the set via DuList:
For the full gallery go to DuList.
As mentioned before today and tomorrow the crew will be mainly doing tests and rehearsals. The actual filming is expected to start on Friday. Filming is only happening in the late hours.
UPDATE 2!
And here’s the latest update by TheDubrovnikTimes:
Star Wars VIII started filming in Dubrovnik last night! At around 6 o’clock in the afternoon the main street of the old city was closed to the public, large panels were placed to keep away prowling camera lenses and hundreds of security guards blocked all side streets to the set. Dubrovnik’s position, front and centre, in the latest episode of Star Wars had begun.
Filming for the VIII episode went on long into the early morning hours and crashes, bangs and high speed noises could be heard coming from the set. It is believed that last night and tonight will be a rehearsal for the main filming, the cast are rumoured to be arriving on set on the 12th of March.
Here are just some of the photos. For the full gallery make sure to visit TheDubrovnikTimes
Hope its Naboo
I think it would be cool to see how a planet aged in a generation but the chance of seeing a senior citizen Jar Jar make even a cameo frightens me too much.
Looking a bit Naboo like to me, especially with the silver speeder. Maybe its where the senate will be based
Yep new Senate is my guess. it certainly has a feel of a capital city.
I hope it’s not Naboo. It would make the Galaxy feel far too small if they keep revisiting planets. The planets in TFA were aesthetically similar to the OT but still different. No reason it can’t be a different planet that simply harkens back to the prequels for a bit of visual continuity
If they are going to upgrade every Imperial uniform, I want to see a new Royal Guard but make them competent like ala Crimson Empire rather than for laughs like in III.
Yes, we know you dislike the prequels.
Hey, you whine just as much (if not more) about Episode VII. Don’t dish it if you can’t take it.
You still crusading to defend Ep. 7. I mean for gods sake, it wasn’t that great. Other than it being Starwars, it wasn’t very creative at all.
That is your opinion. Don’t get mad bro.
If you took Star Wars out of Ep. 7. It would still have been a pretty enjoyable movie, but then people would have been comparing it to Star Wars and they would all be saying “we wish this new movie was Star Wars because it’s so similar” lol
The fact that a new Star Wars movie is similar to an older Star Wars movie should not be a surprise to anyone at all, and for those who say well, it was too similar were expecting something completely different or were too hyped.
I agree; the story was extremely underwhelming. BUT, it had good acting, solid dialogue, good set designs, interesting interiors, interesting lighting, a riveting pace, fun background aliens, solid editing, few scenes talking by a window, great special effects, the old gang, humor, none of which you find in the PT
Yet from what I seen of the ST so far, Parts of it look brilliant by comparison which I really think may have been Lucas’s endgame after all.
Why am I not in Dubrovnik? T-T
u are welcome to go there anytime 😛
I don’t have the means nor the possibility 😛
if you´re in Europe it would not be THAT expensive..if you´re in the States then maybe some day…take it from me it would be worth your while! I am croatian and I thought to myself it was overhyped, but when I first went in 2012 I was blown away
I live in the north-east of Italy, the problem is not that I’m far, but that I am busy and can’t go there despite it’s close…
Looks awesome, very interesting.
I hope it is Naboo.
What kind of story can you imagine in Naboo?
Related to Palpatine, related to Padme…
Rey is not supposed to be there, but it could be a bluff…
Related to Leia.
Luke and Leia are son and daughter of Padme. Soo Naboo people are Leia and Luke people.
Padme mother, father, sister and nieces are on Naboo. And they are familly of Leia and Luke.
Also survivers from Alderaan are settled on Naboo ( Naboo is a new home planet of Alderaan people ). Leia is their princess.
Capital of the new republic is destroyed. Naboo is maybe a new Capital.
We know that Naboo is important planet in new Star Wars canon.
and not Palpatine?
I wonder if Rey is related to him.
Palpatine? lol no XD
I am not a Palpatine admirer.
But he alone, intriguing, defeated an army of Jedi Knights.
He saw what Vader could become and controlled him better than Yoda.
The force must be strong in his family XD
makes no sense
Why not… anything is possible until the film is released.
We need to know who is Laura Dern.
Still makes no sense
Develop it a bit, show me how confused I am. XD
Palpatine died 10 ABY. Rey was born approximately 11 years after the Battle of Endor according to starwars wiki. So its impossible for him to be her father. And also dont say that she is a relative cause that would make 0 sense to do that story wise. Those kind of plot twists just convoluted things.
Yes, of course I know about the time line.
But we have a gap of 30 years where anything could happen. And in Jakku we just have seen only a small part.
Palpatine didn´t kill his master without knowing all his secrets. Probably he had a plan B or C in Endor.
Hehe Star Wars is full of plot twists like that, and also gaps…
Vader become Anakin when he was the guy who killed Luke´s father.
Leia suddenly was Luke´s sister.
Worse, in TROTS Padme died when Leia supposed to know her in TROTJ.
Or Obi Wan didn´t recognisze in ANH the droids we know in the prequels we knoe perfectly…
I hope it is too, but I’m not sure looks so different. Just fun to watch all this come together. No rey or luke here though or so we think?
I hope not. Anything that harkens back to the prequels is bad news.
In my opinion prequels are better than TFA.
I mostly agree.
You should get your fucking brain checked.
Nope, you need to check your brain.
You’ve got serious problems.
TPM: 55% on RT
TFA: 93% on RT
Oh yeah, serious brain problems. Come one, GMAB
I wouldn’t pay any attention to Lora
I try not to, but he/she/it is all over the place.
To any person who isn’t like age 4 or something, that likes prequels more than TFA i would recomend a nice visit to mental institution,they’re dangerous to society
Man, that’s a little extreme and ridiculous, people like what they like, it’s subjective, not science, these are movies, has nothing to do with sanity. I’ve liked all 7 films so far. I mix around which ones I watch, depending on my mood. I try not to rank them, there are elements of each of them I like better than the others.
It’s a joke, jeez…why is everybody so sensitive abaut everything theese days..
You seemed pretty sensitive yourself.
Ok, whatever……( i like how you like all 7 films btw)
I have sensitive teeth.
This I don’t get. Don’t you feel that the prequels stick out like sore thumbs? They are so inferior to IV-VII it’s impossible not to notice
Love all the movies.
The prequels are fucking horrible. Absolute disasters.
The Force Awakens is an actual fun Star Wars movie with great characters we can actually care about, not a boring nonsensical mess with idiotic characters that are impossible to like.
No they aren’t. I like both the prequels and TFA but even though I had issues it is overall a better movie than episodes 1 and 2. Episodes 1 and 2 had no weight, stuff just dont run properly. They also feel imbalanced story wise. Episode 3 on the other hand is a good movie. Say what you want about plot holes and acting but episode 3 is a fast paste and action packed movie filled with fun and emotion. Yes there is still some cringe worthy lines from Hayden and other of the actors but over the acting is a million times better than episode 2. For instance there is this one dude who is like in his mid 40s who I talk to at my church and he heard me and my friends talking about the new starwars movie and he went on to tell us that he was there the day starwars came out in 1977 and that they waited in line for 6 hours because only one theater in his area was showing it. I asked him if he was blown away and he said “I looooovvvved it” then he said “Im not a fan of the prequels though” I asked him why and he said “well I dont know Jar Jar binks and too much CGI and the acting was kinda just blah” Then I said yeah true but I like episode 3 and then he asked “wait which one is that one again” and I said the one where Anakin becomes Darth Vader and he said “Oh yeah well that one is good, I liked that one”.
It seems to me most people see TFAs , Jedi and ROTS as kind of a tie. At the very least TFAs gets compared to Jedi quite a bit but I think the popularity is about the same as ROTS.
If you like bad acting, even worse dialogue, flat, unlikable characters, scenes of boring political debate about trade disputes, annoying sidekicks who step in poop, badly cliched romance, CGI overkill and a total lapse in judgement and rational thinking by your main characters, I could see how you would think that.
No they aren’t . But I do like the PT. It’s Rebels I have a problem with.
Your comment has been reported due to coming off as trolling and as bait people (and just plain being a hater). We get it, you hate the PT; stop harping and bringing it up like you have been for the past 11+ years like a person who still can’t get over their ex even years after breaking up. It’s pathetic man so drop it, get over it, and move on.
(stop trying to sound like your cool with your PT-hating quips and snide/snarky comments; you’re not impressing anyone).
And no, I’m not getting into an argument with you on this as I would be arguing with a hard-headed and stubborn individual that’s set in their ways so I’m not going to bother as the discussion usually leads nowhere when arguing with delusional and irrational haters who are in the loud and vocal minority despite of what they like to think (as various stats and data have show). Oh, and Rian Johnson actually likes the PT (don’t believe me? Google it).
It’s not trolling, he’s just giving his opinion. Trolling would be repetitive. You happen to harp on TFA all the time, so maybe you shouldn’t accuse other people of doing similar things.
You say you’re not getting into an argument with Crixxxx but you are and you started it. I think it’s that Crixxxx isn’t keen on the PT. Trolling is a missused word these days
Agreed.
Grow up. If you can’t deal with criticism and need to silence an opposing view that’s a sign that you have no real argument against it. You accuse me of being hard-headed and stubborn yet you try to get my comment removed? Yeah, you’re the real example of open-mindedness, there.
There’s a difference between hate and criticism. Stop being a baby and deal with it, or just ignore it if it bothers you so much. But trying to silence someone else who disagrees with you is just pathetic and desperate.
You need to get that sand out of your Vag.
Beautiful!
We get it people, Dubrovnik looks kind of like Theed on Naboo. But it also looks like Italy which was Theed and the inspiration for it. But just because something has similarities doesn’t mean it’s the same. For example, Dubrovnik is not any part of Italy.
But Croatia and Italy are neighbouring countries. Both where part of Roman empire.
But there are more countries than those 2 with similar looks.
Hahahahahaha you claim similarities because they were both in roman empire
I’am aware of that. My point was, both Italy and Croatia belong to the same region, same culture.
Dubrovnik was seperate country from 14-19th century.
Dubrovnik was part of the Republic of Ragusa, an Italian-speaking state that retained strong cultural ties with Italy.
yeah but when you mention the roman Empire you tend to forget the fall of the roman empire and the latter invasions, and the almost 5 centuries before Dubrovnik started to look like you see it. Plus now that I think of it Dubrovnik is a medieval-renaissance era city, Caserta that served for Theed was 1700-1800.
Rennaisance or Baroque are original from Italy, but they spreaded all over Europe and America or other colonies, like happened before for example with gothic architecture orgiginally from France.
There is a famous scene in TAOTC filmed in Sevilla, Parque de María Luisa. That is a building of begining of XXth century (obviously not Rennaisance, Baroque…) coping many classic elements of course, but also coping mudejar and muslim elements, mudejar is a middle age spanish style developed by the muslims who stayed in territories conquered by christians.
But it is possible in the SW Universe that different planets may have somewhat similar architecture, is it not?
Sure, It is not clear it is Naboo, and what they are showing has not any classical elements as Naboo had everywhere.
Indeed they are creating their own decoration and hidding classical elements.
Well it’s as I always say, if it’s not baroque don’t fix it
Makes sense. Rey would undoubtedly want to seek out answers about her ancestry. And the fact that her [possible grandmother] came from a planet so beautifully different than her own im sure was simply too compelling an element for the writers to ignore.
Or maybe it’s not Naboo.
The question is who are the ancestors of Rey. Padme, Palpatine, please dont Jar Jar…
I don´t think it is Naboo, but obviously it could be.
But it is possible in the SW Universe that different planets may have somewhat similar architecture, is it not?.
This is like the old days 🙂 Love the little glimpses. Couldn’t stand the JJA approach.
Althoguh you would never see the kind of transparency with TFA that we’re likely going to be getting with this [and the following episodes.] They probably intentionally dodged real world public settings such as this to avoid spoilers.
Boyega posted on instagram of him on a skype videochat, wich I suspect could hint at the possibility for him to be going to Dubrovnik, wich means this is what Finn will be doing (maybe with Poe?) while Rey is with Luke
I hope its just Rey and Luke. Keep Finn out of this
Daisy said she was not part of the shoot, so it’s not Rey. Unless she’s not telling the truth!
Daisy ridley already said she’s not going to Dubrovnik, so Luke won’t be there too.
I hope this is the movie I’m looking for. Force Awakens copy and paste plot was disappointing when they got so many other things right. The PT potentially had a good story to tell but fumbled it dramatically and visually. Please somebody just make a new Star Wars movie with a story that I haven’t seen before, with great acting and FX that don’t take me out of the movie and no annoying characters.
Im with you bro. Your sentence about TFA hit my feelings and thoughts right on the head. I do have faith in Rian though man, his story telling and directing is much more mature than JJ’s. I have faith. I know this is just a stupid set for maybe a few minutes of the movie, but it already has Rians feel to it.
I’ll be watching TFA for the 2nd time when the BluRay comes out, maybe now with all the hype dying down I can enjoy it more. I felt similar to Dark Knight Rises after loving the previous two so much but when I saw it again a couple of years later I was more forgiving and enjoyed it more than I thought.
when I buy the DVD for TFA it’ll be my second time watching it too… I thought I might be the only fan who only saw it once in theaters.
Its near universal that fans loved TFA the second time.
We all carried way too much baggage into TFA the first time.
Here’s hoping !
Don’t get me wrong but for me and the others, the plot similarity is the big reason why the movie is loved, because it makes you understand the concept of Star Wars as whole, it makes you feel more familiar with it. Say what you like but The Force Awakens never and will disappoint me.
Maybe it’s all about expectations, I was expecting something much more original, there were all sort of rumours and fake plots which turned out more interesting than what actually hapened. They can afford to take more risks with EP VIII so lets hope Rian is brave.
You honestly expect them to be able to make a SW movie that will never have anyone complaining about it on message/comment boards? Impossible. No matter who writes or directs, there will be people complaining. The fact that they pleased about 90 percent of critics and fans alike was a feat it itself. Call em’ sheep if you want to. .
Seven movies in and they made a great Rocky movie..It can be done
And I am sure someone is complaining about it somewhere on another board somewhere.
People still complain about Rocky V
there’s people that don’t like Episode IV: A New Hope too and it’s why we’re all here on this site looking for news about Episode VIII all these years later
There is something decidedly romantic about it. A late night stroll though the city perhaps; by whomever the lovers will be in this saga.
They have made doors in the 2 sides, so I think they will complete 2nd floor with CGI.
Althoguh you would never see the kind of teansparency we’re likely about to get with this [and the following episodes] with TFA. They probably intentionally dodged real world public settings such as this to avoid spoilers.
There is some poetry in Luke meeting and training Palpatine offspring.
what?
Obi Wan cared and taught the son of the guy he defeated.
Rey could be Palpatine´s offspring.
That makes 0 sense
Star Wars is full of plot twists like that.
I am not saying that is going to happen, I think is a way they could surprise us.
And it is a good plot, in my opinion.
Someone, not Luke, left her in Jakku to hide her from the dark side.
palpatine has been dead for at least 10 years when Rey borned…
Plus, he was already extremely old, and probably wouldn’t want to have kids.
Does the Dark Side have a creche?
or maybe Couldn’t… think about his appearance
Yes i know.
My point is that they are making so clear and evident that she is Luke´s daughter but not telling it, that it must be a plot twist.
And I guess if she is the offspring of the dark side, as Kylo Ren come from the light.
Still it doesn’t make sense…
Well, imagine we go to watch Ep. VIII, and she is Luke´s daughter… all people would think “so what?”, if it is not this they will need anything else surprising us, Snoke, Kylo… anything…
Rey being Luke’s Daughter makes so much more sense than being daughter of any of the ones mentioned by you. If I were a film production Company I would reject your idea immediately
Haha probably you are right. Lucky them they don´t care about me.
Have you watched Mark Hamill interview in Oxford University? So funny about this matter and many others, I hope he has a good role in these 2 films.
If you think about it there is not any clue ensuring us she is Luke´s. They even could film different solutions and pick the one more cool in their opinion after watching them, and of course to keep the secret too.
But if they pick the Luke choice, the film will be plain in that matter and hard to explain why the guy abandoned her, look Kanaan and Ezra. Also the parent training offspring is new in a SW film, and “I have a bad feeling about this”. =)
I see. But I still have the feel that Episode VIII might be the film that’ll hold the quality of the sequel trilogy
I just have read a tweet of M.Hamill making fun about he could be Poe Dameron father too.
TFA was a good movie. SW films don´t need to be extraordinary movies, but give us iconic characters and surprising plots.
To think I was happy with just the arches!
Ok im really liking the look of this set.
Yeah dude, Force Awakens was awesome and all, but knowing the cast, and knowing Rian Johnson is at the helm AND seeing these photos and videos of the set, the potential this trilogy has as a whole is insane… I wont get carried away but this ST could be so badass… Lets hope they deliver on the potential
I don’t know for SURE, but in a way it’s possible this could “spoil” some part of the movie in some way, for some people (ofcourse you view any of this at your own risk) and I’m not trying to make a thing out of it because I enjoy it and eager to see stuff like this. I’m just saying.. the average person seeing this would probably think this is the beginning of the movie but could very well be towards the middle or very well, the last act of the movie. The thought alone is so fascinating and builds the hype up, atleast for me in my own mind
I think the average person would know that movies are not filmed in order.
But as far as spoilers go, yes it spoils the location if you wanted that to be new to you. If other details are picked up on set (dialogue, etc) and reported here, that will be a spoiler. As we move into production on these movies, this is a site you’ll probably want to avoid if you want to be 100% spoiler free.
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I foresee a chase
Stop it guys, I can only get so erect!
okay sometime soon I hope someone manages to get out a few spy pics of some of the main actors on this elaborate, amazing location. which ever of the actors/actresses are slated to be there.
I absolutely luv the seeing these pics…
I was hoping Coruscant would be the first civilized planet the OT characters would visit but at least this one is a new one.
Never realized that till you mentioned it-
The OT characters were never seen on a populated planet (unless you count Death Star and cloud city as planets.) very interesting.
and even then, the bespin cloud city didn’t really come across as populated. In theater-version, there was like one scene with some random people walking through the halls, but after that it was just the big 3 by themselves with 0 extras. I’m guessing the wider shots of the exterior with crowds of people bustling was added in Special Edition (correct me if wrong), but even then, the ambiance of a developed city never really felt properly integrated with the central characters.
Hate as I do to admit it, but I think the PT did a better job of giving the feeling that the characters were inside a city, AOTC especially. The green-screen was bad, but further than that, the extras and the set-pieces WERE properly integrated with the action of the main characters in the Coruscant club-district sequence. This is more a kudos to the set-designers, 2nd-unit direction, and photo-compositors.
To save money mostly which is why Lucas went in the other direction with the PT since he was so frustrated by the limitations and why some fans had a problem with it. That wasn’t a dealbreaker with me though since they did it all the time in the EU.
In other news, Target exclusive bonus content on TFA is going to be digital download only.
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