![]() In 1997, after the base closed, a group of businessman bought the land from the Ministry of Defence, formed the Greenham Common Community Trust and transferred 750 acres to the council. The Resistance Base, to which everyone returns, where Finn is reunited with the presumed-dead Dameron, and C-3P0 with the sleep-mode R2-D2, is the old RAF base at Greenham Common on the A339 south of Newbury in Berkshire – this time, those looming mountains were digitally added.īuilt in 1942, the air base was used by British and American planes during WWII and the Cold War, but for anyone over the age of 30 in the UK, the words Greenham Common conjure up the Women's Peace Camps which grew up outside the perimeter fence in the early Eighties as a protest against the use of cruise missiles on UK soil. The Resistance fighters arrive to save the day, headed by General Leia Organa ( Carrie Fisher) and C-3P0 ( Anthony Daniels) – barely recognisable with his new red arm. ![]() Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: the planet 'Takodana': Lake Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria | Photograph: Tadas Zvinklys Stormtroopers attack at the usually peaceful Derwentwater, (where the hills of the Borrowdale Fells have been digitally removed), while the X-wing fighters of the Resistance arrive over Thirlmere, to the south. They’re inevitably spotted and when Kylo Ren sends forces to re-capture the map, the fight is on. Here, Rey is mysteriously drawn to the old light sabre that once belonged to Luke Skywalker. The lakes and the shoreline of ‘Takodana’ are just south of Keswick, in Cumbria’s beautiful Lake District. “I didn’t know there was so much green in the whole galaxy!” exclaims Rey as two outstandingly beautiful UK locations replace the barren sands of Abu Dhabi. It’s on 'Jakku' too that Finn ( John Boyega) deserts the ranks of the Stormtroopers after witnessing a massacre and hooks up with scavenger Rey ( Daisy Ridley), who lives by trading recycled junk for food.Īlong with BB-8, the spherical droid who’s carrying a vital section of the sought-after map, Rey and Finn commandeer the rusting, near-abandoned Millennium Falcon, unwittingly finding themselves alongside Han Solo ( Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca ( Peter Mayhew) and heading to the lush green planet of 'Takodana' for help from Maz Kanata ( Lupita Nyong’o) at her multi-cultural, multi-species cantina. Fast And Furious 7, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and even rival franchise Star Trek Beyond also seem to have found the offer irresistible. ![]() And it’s no longer Tunisia but the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert, near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, thanks perhaps to 30% rebates provided by the government to encourage film production. No, that desert planet isn’t Tatooine, it’s Jakku. This dangerous location was not a desirable place to hide, but her experience helped prepare her for a life in hiding after the Empire conquered the galaxy.Luke Skywalker has vanished, the First Order has replaced the Empire and the Resistance is once again striking back.ĭameron Poe ( Oscar Isaac) has been given a secret map to the whereabouts of Skywalker, now the last Jedi, but the First Order is hot on its trail in the person of sinister Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver). Ahsoka Tano ( Ashley Eckstein) spent some time hiding in the underworld after being framed for bombing the Jedi temple. Only the poor were stuck in this dark part of the city and criminals could operate largely unchecked in its shadows. ![]() Much of the underworld consisted of old construction that had long been abandoned. Large ventilation shafts granted air and access from the surface to the underworld. RELATED: Must Watch 'Clone Wars' Episodes For Live-Action 'Star Wars' Fans (Who Don't Want To Commit To The Entire Animated Series) But many levels down, under all the high-rises and air traffic, was an area so separated from the gleaming surface that it functioned as another city altogether. The capital planet of the galaxy was a beautiful and impressive city that sprawled across the entire planet’s surface. In Coruscant’s case, the underworld was a literal place. Every city has locations that cater to the criminal underworld.
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