UPDATE! Photos from a Second Episode VIII Filming Location in Dubrovnik, Plus More Photos from the Main Street!
StarWarsDubrovnik managed to get some photos from the Rector’s Palace as the second filming location in Dubrovnik for Star Wars: Episode VIII. This time for an interior shoot…
So far we’ve seen photos from the main street of Dubrovnik being transformed for the Episode VIII filming, as well as some shots with a landspeeder on rails, backing up the rumors for a possible chase scene happening on the streets.
Now StarWarsDubrovnik have photos from the preparation of the filming in the Rector’s Palace, one of the most attractive landmarks in the city. The Palace has been already announced as a filming location but with no activities happening until now. According to StarWarsDubrovnik the renovation happening in the Palace has been halted and the interior re-done for an upcoming interior shoot.
According to previous reports there will be another test shoot tomorrow, so stay tuned…
UPDATE!
The guys from StarWarsDurovnik.com also updated their gallery with photos from the main street and discovered several smaller alleys that have been changed for the filming. Here are just some of the photos:
The next photos are taken from a smaller alleys with just slight fixtures that many people won’t even notice. The fact that they did a makeover on such long distance of streets and alleys could definitely mean that there will be some running around from the main characters during the filming.
If you want to see the full gallery make sure to go to StarWarsDurovnik.com. These guys are really doing some great reporting from the epicenter in Dubrovnik.
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No please… that is not Star Wars… :´(
I think the PT showed that Lucasfilm doesn’t really care what “is Star Wars” or not. Calm ya’self.
The doors were ok, this palace patio is too much…
So please not!
Rian stop this :)))
People fail to realize it’s probably not going to look exactly as these photos show.
Please not…
Star Wars use their own alphabet to not remind our culture.
So please don´t use something so specific as renacentist classic language.
They use our numbers though! As seen in TFA on Poe’s binoculars and even Luke’s in ANH! Many also speak English like us.
Sorry In don´t see Ionian columns in Star Wars.
May be is a prejudice about pos modern architecture and all those non sense malls… but even that is reasonably argued.
It looks less true to my eyes, just that.
Those aren’t Ionian columns, they’re based on Corinthian columns…
No, I would say it is a composite order.
I wrote that when there was only the first picture, that seems composite.
The following looks Corinthian.
Whatever I was just giving an example.
*Galactic Basic Standard* 😉
Who decides on what SW is? Only the enviroments like the OT? They use those and get called rehashing. They go for something different of more real world feel it doesn’t belong over. What I hate most about Star Wars is…some of it’s fans.
Hey don´t hate, we don´t hate you for your opinions. Free speech.
I love many things in Star Wars, but not this one because I believe it does not belong to it.
Glad it’s not you deciding what belongs and what does not.
Well, the force hide many secrets.
Dude, you have free speech. No one is telling you to shut up. We are just exercising OUR free speech to tell you why you’re wrong. That’s all.
He answered you, not me, telling he hated some Star Wars fans.
He hated you, not me.
So you are welcome!
Well Star Wars universe also have past you know?!
Star Wars universe was not always futuristic.
Also this belongs to Star Wars. Because we already have this style in Star Wars.
Also Star Wars have galaxy. And galaxy have billions and billions of planets. It would be stupid that all of them look the same.
“Also Star Wars have galaxy”
You don’t say?
It is about the art the design.
If it seems so specific Earth art design I don´t feel I am watching a Star Wars movie.
Classical language has been so used and abused in western countries, that I don´t feel I am watching a movie about a different galasy.
I hope my argument has explained you my reason, even if you are not agree.
I agree.
what’s wrong with that. Caserta palace was used for Theed, why not using some more European stuff?
I don´t like classicism in Star Wars, I feel clasicism does not belong to that Universe.
Maz Kanata Castle seemed Italian Futurism of the 20´s, I liked it.
Skeelig Island is so cool, it belongs to Star Wars.
Jakku design was fine for me too.
Starkiller base was great.
Naboo and classic language, I feel doesn´t belong to that Galaxy.
Wrong it is what the Old Republic was founded upon. It was Classical Styles. Why else was Galactic Basic of Coruscant sounded British?
British is not classical. Or not only.
Classical orders come from Greece, Romans used them as decoration, and Rennaisance in Italy rescued them.
They arrived to England by Palladio/Serlio writings 2 or 3 centuries later.
I was referring to Old world styles as stand ins for the Old Republic styles.
Maz kanata was literally a medieval castle, lol; what I always think of when I see futurism is an abstract painting that has little to do with Maz’s castle. Plus, this is not classical architecture, it seems more reinassance-gothic architecture.
Well, it depends how many medieval castles have you visited.
Google Futurism architecture. It reminded me it more than castles.
Hehe, Rennaisance is classical. Nothing to do with gothic, that is a renacentist patio.
I literally live next to 5 medieval castle ruins, and I was referring to mostly the interiors.
I googled “italian 20s futurist architecture”, and found only slight resemblance with Maz’s castle. Renaisance is a sort of attempt to copy classical, but also has many romanic influences (e.g. Brunelleschi thought that romanic architecture was made by ancient romans), and finally yes, that’s a renaissance patio, but I was looking at the doorway in the third pic that reminded me of a gothic cathedral doorway, my bad.
Well, look for Antonio Sant´Elia sketches, some are really similar to the castle outside. They called it Castle, so what can I say more.
Yes the interior look like a castle.
I think you are confusing terms, sadly English use the word Romanesque to refer what in other countries is “Románico”, but I think I get your point.
Rennaisance recover classical orders as Greeks and Romans defined them and also add some following the same rules.
Rennaisance is all about proportion and naturalism.
You cannot say all that about Romanesque. They coincide in the use of semicircular arch, or the vaults.
Brunelleschi used many influences, even Santa Maria del Fiore has Gothic elements and construction.
Not later renacentist architecture, they gradually separated from middle age elements.
When I wrote all that there was only one picture the first one.
I feel that classical orders has been used and abused too much in our culture, like they were the bible.
I always felt that Star Wars was free of them, because that reason.
Not in Naboo of course, but not too much people really love the PT, and I felt that art design was related to that.
TL;DR
Nobody asked you to read it.
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yes, I was using the term romanesque to translate the term Romanico that I use at school. Are you Italian too?
There is a similar confusion in English with modern and modernism.
I am Spanish, buongiorno!
In Italy probably the columns and Chapiters early romanesque “recycled” for Christian temples were “greatest quality”,in Spain they recycled anything they found.
Also romanesque produced original Chapiters and columns, not related to orders, many of them really interesting even funny.
Uh no actually they recicled everything they found here too
Yeah, I know.
What I was meaning is that what they found in Spain was “lower quality” compared to temples, theatres, colliseum… you had in Italy.
oh, okay… well, this was some good discussion here on Swnn
Who’s to say what belongs in the SW Universe with it’s many worlds? It’s a mix of everything.
Well, I say it, it is just my humble opinion, free speech.
A galaxy is a BIG place with lots of worlds and cultures, so I don’t know why the hell this can’t be in it too. It will have the SW touches added I am sure.
May be you are right.
But I cannot see it in Star Wars.
I loved the art design of the first trilogy, all the worlds were clever design.
I liked some art of the prequels, but not the part were they used a mix of classic and other mix of decorative styles.
You can build an airport using brick walls, arab or romans ceramic roof tiles, chapiters and architrabes, but don´t blame if I critizise it.
I’d be curious to know the statistics on how many people don’t like the idea of, or get upset over having Classical architecture in a Star Wars movie…?
I’m going to make an educated guess and say the people who care about this are so far beyond being outliers that they wouldn’t even register on the graph if you were to plot the amount of people who care and don’t care about this.
I just find it funny how extremely picky, and cynical some Star Wars “fans” are. I’m a huge fan myself, but sometimes this fanbase can really be irritating and ridiculous.
Fanbase can’t even decide what they want. My point is, it’s a galaxy with many different worlds, aliens, cultures. It can have things like this with the SW touches they are adding. I’d love to see what the dude commenting about it not being SW would have them do that is, in his mind, SW.
They are going to remove/replace most of it digitally anyways. I doubt there will be much “this looks like real dubrovnik” left once postproduction is done,
Yes, please do the poll for me.
Lets design it:
1. We show them this pic, the courtyard, patio, with the Chapiters, the arch, the columns…
2. And we show them any picture of Starkiller Base, any.
Then we ask, what of these belong to Star Wars?
A. 1
B. 2
C. Both.
D. None.
E. I don´t care, go to hell man, you are irritating and ridiculous.
You have your desired stats. Let me know when you finish.
I really don´t care too much how many people like this picture for Star Wars, or how many doesn´t, I just don´t.
It seems important for you.
With the same pictures Do a second poll, it seems you are smart and you like polls.
What of these belong to game of thrones?
(…)
E. Hey yes, that is totally Game of Thrones, I can see Tyrion Lannister behind that column!
Lol lol lol lol
I’m the one who cares?!
You’ve been commenting on nearly everyone’s posts saying things like I don’t like this idea or I don’t like the looks of greek/Roman columns in Star Wars.
I’m not the one trying to defend against everyone why Star Wars shouldn’t have classical architecture.
The facts are, if you care about them, that these are just pictures of where they most likely will be shooting scenes. These sets may or may not look anything like they do in the finished film.
It just seems like you got too carried away with expressing your opinion and that’s fine, I do it too
However, it’s all for naught because we have no idea what will be used, what won’t be used, and how it will look in the end. So, it’s just too much concluding based off nothing but potential shooting locations.
Well, the fact is that I like the Doors pictures and I don´t like the courtyard balustrade, chapiters… I really hope that this set is for Game of Thrones.
😀
That’s because it’s the same location as where they shoot scenes for King’s Landing.
Naboo has very natural looking almost Italian Renaissance or Spanish looking architecture, did you not like the looks of Naboo too?
Nope, it is Star Wars.
I don´t feel it.
People complained when it looks too much like Star Wars.
People complain when it looks different.
Sheesh.
Yes, people think.
That is so weird…
People complain no matter what’s done.
Not my case.
I like Star Wars if I didn´t I would not be here, but not everything, critical thinking is called.
Did you enjoy Jar Jar? for example.
When I like it, I write it.
When I dislike, I write it too.
“I don’t like this”/”That is not Star Wars” is not ‘critical thinking’ though: it’s just whining.
“I don’t like this BECAUSE x, y z […] and I think it would be better if […]” <– this, is critical thinking
"That is not Star Wars" based on a bunch of pictures from a single set without any kind of cinematographic context, is just shallow prejudice.
Read my past comments about the matter, as I see you are very interested in them and not trolling, I am not going to make the effort for you writing them again.
:))
Well said.
I’m back to my naboo theory. But it really looks like a post-war Naboo, or maybe just a similar planet.
This is really interesting. TFA was very elemental like the OT. I like that we are going to get a mix of prequel and OT look on this trilogy. Hopefully it all turns out good too!
My money’s on it being an old Jedi temple. The land speeder scene could be a bit of fan service with Luke and Rey on the run. I’ll guess it’ll be confirmed once we get spy shots of the actors
Looks like it could be Naboo, personally I don’t mind a bit of Classiscism as long as it’s real. And this all looks very real.
I think their shooting a chase scene at night, with a stunt crash rigged for the speeder.
The neon in this will look fantastic.
I trust Lucasfilm at this point. TFA was just great. I can’t wait until Decembers (all of them).
That place is just KICK. ASS.
Good stuff!
We finally get some actual sophisticated structures and not just sand wastelands, forest wastelands and icy wastelands!
Love it 😀
Okay the way this is shaping up I’ll admit this could very well be Naboo, but it’s different looking enough to be some place entirely different. Mostly, it’s just really disappointing that they don’t seem to be too concerned about coming up with cool new environments, every location we’ve seen so far in this new trilogy looks like some place we’ve already been to, except for Ahch-To.
Well…there’s only so many environments on Earth, and I’d rather a planet looks familiar than looks fake.
I like Naboo. And I hope that we will see Naboo in EP VIII.
But I want alien looking planets too.
People fail to realize it’s probably not going to look exactly as these photos show.
It’s a planet in a restricted zone, halfway between Tatooine and Naboo… can you guess its name?
You had me until “not cool or new”, this place is 100% certified awesome, and what I like about it is that it’s rough around the edges, it’s nice, but you can definitely tell people have been actually living in this city for hundreds of years. Not like Italy [basis for Naboo] where the locations were kept pristine and preserved, this city is actually lived-in and really should have been in SW years ago.
What part of my post had you convinced I give a shit what you think?
Take a chill pill (and try not to overdose).
i respect your comeback
Some scenes of Naboo palace complex were in Sevilla.
Pristine and preserved because the buildings were from about 1910.
It’s Boo-na. Totally different planet from Naboo. Like Jakku was totally different that Tatooine. Just to irritate me.
I’m pretty sure it is a new planet called Nerd-whinecrymoanbouteverything
Sounds overpopulated.
May be it is a Bully-enjoyinsultingpeople type.
Um……was that supposed to be a comeback?
Insulting people is not an argument, is bullying.
Dooku’s residence….no doubt!
It’s Snoke’s Palace or Lando’s but my bet is Snoke
The Visual Dictionary says that Snoke’s home base is mobile and constantly on the move. They could change that, but I doubt he has a planetary home base as a mobile station is a more interesting idea and more secure for him.
If it is Naboo then it has to be Palpatines old home. Luke & Rey are looking for a Sith relic before Kylo gets his hands on it?
That would be the only explanation for Naboo. Otherwise, what’s the point to go out of their way to make a trip to Naboo? Luke saying to Rey, “So this is where my mother grew up, sure is fancy, aint it?”
Well Luke’s and Leia mother are from Naboo. Luke’s and Leia living family ( aunt, grandmother, grandfather, cousins ) are from Naboo.
Survivors from Alderaan are living on Naboo. And Leia is their princess.
Soo they have alot of reasons to go on Naboo.
I won’t lie, I would think it would be cool to see Luke and Rey (given that Rey is his daughter) tour the planet of their family’s origins, but given that they’ll be spending a lot of time training on Ahch-To while the First Order is building itself back up and the Knights of Ren are readying themselves to wreak havoc, I don’t see them making time to make a trip to Naboo unless there’s some very important jedi relic for them to uncover.
Or maybe Leia is the one who will go on the planet.
Maybe Naboo is the new capital of the Republic.
Rey and Luke are not the only characters in the movie.
A lot of reasons that sound like bullshit filler to explore in the comics or something else you mean.
May be Rey and Palpatine are related.
But that scenario could be for anyone else in the movie. May be Leia?
Looks awsome.
I would love to see Naboo again. One of my favorite Star Wars planets.
Maybe some different city on Naboo.
Reminds me of season 2 of Game of Thrones.
I’m not sure for wich season or episode, becaus I don’t follow GoT, but actually Dubrovnik served as location for the series
It is King´s Landing in the series…and a few other sites…
Dubrovnik is used for Kings Landing. It’s used in every season.
Well GOT is filmed in Dubrovnik.
You’re all wrong. This is Chewie’s palace!
This is just a fantastic place!
Especially from an old city!
The glowing door is just GORGEOUS.
http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Set-04-1.jpg
Yes, I like it.
That looks Star Wars XD
At the risk of sounding like a negatroll, I really don’t care for the Nabooish aestethics (sorry for the probably butchered spelling). I do like Clone11038’s idea though – what if Chewie all this time was a prince of his people (classic story for a classic saga)
A lost/rogue prince? I could see that (in a shitty fanfic).
“I could see that (in a shitty fanfic)” Then maybe we will see it in E8 :/
ROASTED.
Bro!
A shitty fanfic that just ignores that fact that we already got some of Chewbacca’s backstory, and he was a military leader of his people during the Clone Wars and best pals with Yoda. Although I love the idea that wookiee royalty lives in some kind of palace that totally doesn’t fit in with the rest of their cities which are built on the tops of trees.
I can see him in Angkor Wat type place.
I want that doors
Me too!
I’d love more of this:
http://rebelsreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MCQ_IA_111.jpg
and less beige landscapes; between desert and adobe homes, SW seems like a very poor galaxy…
Yeah, and they do more of that people will say it looks like bad CGI.
A bit too Flash Gordon.
It’s a McQuarrie design and I’ve read they are going to use it in Rebels
Looks like it could be Leia or landos place or just another location for the leaders of the republic
if there are any left.
It’s possible that some of the high-ranking leader of the New Republic actually knew of the First Order’s intentions and decided to make an emergency plan in case if something happens to Hosnian Prime.
Remember that this Republic has a transitional capital.
wow, that palace looks awesome. this movie is quickly turning into a series of places i want to visit.
That breaker-board built into the stone wall is awesome, I know the only thing made for the film is the lamp tacked on, but still, the breaker-wall is pretty sweet, great choice for inclusion in film.
Looks like the set of ‘Pride & Prejudice & Stormtroopers’.
I dont’t think it’s Naboo. Very little similarities as far as architecture is concerned other than the colour palette.
I agree. I think it’s another case of Jakku/tatooine fiasco.
Except this doesn’t even look like Naboo and the other shooting location they showed looks like it could be but again ould be something totally different.
Italy and Spain comprised Naboo.
I liked Jakku, the ship cemetery was cool.
Naboo is a big planet though. We only saw one city.
But you’re probably right.
Not so, there were different locations outside of the city in Episode 2 and 3, and they were still easily recognizable as Naboo. And otherwise, your point is a little weak since Star Wars is known for having uniform planets that fit a particular easily recognizable style.
True but the Lake Como setting in AotC was quite different to Theed in TPM. So these photos could be different again & located in another city. Possible but unlikely.
Yeah, no chance I’m thinking. Disney is still pretty much on its ‘destroy all references to the PT’ kick.
Doubt it. The PT are their movies. They own them. Right now they’re squeezing alot of PT references into Rebels.
“Without the Jedi there can be no balance to the force” was one of the first lines of TFA. They brought Ewan back to do Kenobi voice. We know which other movies talked about balance in the force.
“You were my brother, Anakin!”
There’s a lot of PT stuff in EPVII as well, everyone saying that Disney is hiding the PT are the same people that say that the PT’s are the greatest movies ever made.
Well, I didn´t like the first pics with that ugly Balustrade, the classical orders… hope that is Game of Thrones set and not Star Wars :))
And I really like the doors, they seem cool, those really look a Star Wars movie.
Throw in a ton of aliens, droids, and people crowding the streets and a CGI sky with ships flying about and baby you’ve got a stew going.
It seems that “these” Bothan spies must have support from Outer Heaven in getting the photos…
Another picture of the finished street at night. Talk about eyegasm.
http://i2.wp.com/makingstarwars.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Street-View-2.jpg?w=640
That looks nice.
Ah, so THIS is how Harrision in still in the cast! Obviously Rick Deckard finally made the move offworld!
It’s those doorways again, looking as complete as ever! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6b8bef2d648d350a972bb98dec14fff00b454de21563d7eb3d50d7e0e677e71b.jpg
I could look at pics of those doors for hours on end.
Very cool
I adore the mix of future and renaissance aesthetic! I hope the whole movie takes place in this doorway! (lol JK- but they do look awesome).
I don’t think its naboo just because we haven’t returned to any planets yet in the new trilogy and Disney has shown they aren’t afraid to create similar planet to existing ones so unless they are going for the palatine connection I don’t see them returning there. Plus they already went back in the comics, which dosn’t mean they can’t, but it seems less likely. To me it looks different enough that I’m totally fine with it being a totally new world, or, even better, a world that already exists in canon but has never been seen before.
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http://www.moscroatia.com/upload/2016/03/du2.jpg
Somewhat random but… anyone play Star War Galaxies back in the day? The interior shots of that palace/house are nearly identical to the naboo homes featured in that game. Not even kidding. Maybe it’s just a popular architecture/design but I literally had deja vu looking at it.