Surprisingly, the strange rocky outcrop sliced in two by Rey as she demonstrates her mastery of the light sabre, is not a prop but a real feature of the island (and still intact), known as The Wailing Woman.īut there were in reality only a few days’ filming allowed on the island which is a fiercely protected environment, so another location was found for most of these scenes. It’s a return to Skellig Michael, the rocky outcrop off the coast of southwest Ireland, for Luke’s remote retreat on the planet of Ahch-To.Īs Rey doggedly tries to persuade the reluctant Skywalker to teach her in the ways of the Force, there’s much more focus on the island retreat. The first shock comes with the ending of Episode VII itself undermined, as Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill) contemptuously tosses away the lightsabre handed to him by Rey ( Daisy Ridley). The Resistance is fleeing its base on the Outer Rim planet D'Qar, as the fleet of General Hux ( Domhnall Gleeson) arrives, a brief glimpse of the Greenham Common location from Episode VII, south of Newbury in Berkshire. ![]() It’s all-change as Rian Johnson is brought in as director and given carte blanche to throw out all the previous ideas for the saga, recklessly breaking rules and and bringing in reversals galore.
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