Felicity Jones Reveals A Brief Shot From the Rogue One Filming in Jordan!

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Get ready for a scene that involves a Stormtrooper riding a camel (that probably will later be replaced in post production) on the new ‘Rogue One’ planet called Jedha, the holy site for Jedi and those who believe in the Force. Read on for more!

 

 

Jordan’s Wadi Rum has been the magnificent desert landscape location for some major blockbuster films like Lawrence of Arabia, The Martian and the recent Ridley Scott helmed ‘Prometheus'(2012). Recently, director Gareth Edwards took off for Jordan to film scenes for his new film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Apparently, the famous Wadi Rum was the site of Felicity Jones’ first Star Wars involvement.

 

In a recent interview with Telegraph.co.uk, Jones talked about how she flew to Jordan to begin filming ‘Rogue One’ in the desert of Wadi Rum, after wrapping her new film ‘Inferno’ last July. The actress, who plays Jyn Erso, a rebel spy on a secret mission to steal the plans to the Death Star spoke a little about the first shot she was involved in:

‘One of the first shots featured a Stormtrooper sitting on a camel, and I thought to myself: “Wow, I’m in Star Wars!”’

 

First I thought she was talking probably about one of the extras using the local transportation system – the camels. But her words are pretty clear that this was a shot from the movie. So the most plausible explanation is that the camel that this Stormtrooper rode will later be replaced with another alien creature in post production like they did with the Special Edition of A New Hope (see title image).

 

And when you think about Stormtroopers and camels you can’t help but remember this guy… 🙂

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Star Wars fan Scott Loxley riding a camel in Broome, Australia on his latest stop for an Australia-wide charity trek.

 

 

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28 thoughts on “Felicity Jones Reveals A Brief Shot From the Rogue One Filming in Jordan!

  • October 5, 2016 at 8:27 pm
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    Please tell me there won’t be any camels from our world in Star Wars..

    • October 5, 2016 at 8:34 pm
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      There won’t be any camels from our world in Star Wars.

      • October 5, 2016 at 9:52 pm
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        SPAAAAAAACE CAAAAAAAMELS!!!!

      • October 6, 2016 at 1:25 pm
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        Always room for more banthas

    • October 6, 2016 at 12:02 am
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      I’m not saying I want them but there have been birds and snakes before

  • October 5, 2016 at 8:39 pm
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    But maybe Dewbacks……….I hope so !! That would be awesome !

  • October 5, 2016 at 8:41 pm
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    A camel in star wars? Meh.

  • October 5, 2016 at 9:13 pm
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    Begin the outrage about another desert planet in SW.

    • October 5, 2016 at 10:07 pm
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      Yep. God forbid another planet in the Star Wars universe have sand, snow, or trees.

      • October 7, 2016 at 3:47 am
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        Yeah, where’s the gas (E.g. Bespin)?

    • October 6, 2016 at 1:00 am
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      i personally don’t mind it, though it would be nice to go a more metropolitan environment every now and then.

      • October 6, 2016 at 1:37 am
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        Hopefully whatever the Dubrovnik planet is in Episode 8 will provide that.

    • October 6, 2016 at 8:02 pm
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      At least this doesn’t look exactly like Tatooine.

      • October 6, 2016 at 8:52 pm
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        It looks like the rocky parts of Tatooine.

  • October 5, 2016 at 9:35 pm
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    I SAID NO CAMELS, THAT’S FIVE CAMELS; CAN’T GARETH EDWARDS COUNT?!

    • October 5, 2016 at 10:11 pm
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      Probably compensation for his brother-in-law’s car.

  • October 5, 2016 at 9:47 pm
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    Tatooine?

  • October 5, 2016 at 10:36 pm
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    I bet the Camel’s name is Mark.
    Mark Camel……uhh…hmmm…that name sounds familiar to me.

  • October 6, 2016 at 12:35 am
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    Empire budget cuts. Gotta get around somehow

    • October 6, 2016 at 6:48 am
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      We’ll make Alderaan pay for the Death Star! They’re sending their most ferocious princesses to Coruscant and must be stopped.

    • October 6, 2016 at 1:33 pm
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      Before the prequels were made, some fans (?) made a list of “50 Reasons Why Jedi Sucks”, setting out why they think the third movie of the original trilogy is greatly inferior to the two preceding it:

      http://www.baboards.com/forums/printthread.php?t=7513

      Here’s their point seven: “PHYSICAL COMEDY: This is a galactic rebellion, for heaven’s sake! Yet an Ewok clocks himself with his own slingshot. Threepio’s legs point skyward after he falls off the skiff into the sand. Countless adorable Muppets zanily cover their eyes or flip-duck off their perches when faced with tense situations. Worst of all, there are two
      solid instances where burps are used for cheap laughs. Burps! And
      where are the fart jokes? Well, maybe in the next film.”

      (Unquote.) Why, oh WHY did they have to write the two last sentences?

      • October 6, 2016 at 8:40 pm
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        Its all repeating, every time… there will be always that kind of “fans” that are actually more haters than fans, or people who don´t really undersatnd Star Wars, but like to comment a lot about it. you see that every day.

  • October 6, 2016 at 3:36 am
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    That camel looks so real.

  • October 6, 2016 at 3:43 am
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    Real sets, practical effects.

    • October 6, 2016 at 8:02 pm
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      ha ha, here we go again…

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