Sunday, May 18, 2014

Rumor: Episode VII Scenes With Chewbacca and Stormtroopers Being Filmed in Iceland

By: Dominic Jones

With Star Wars Episode VII now officially shooting, the guerrilla set reports are beginning to surface.  The latest comes from Bleeding Cool, who have spotted a Facebook update from Warhammer writer Gordon Rennie in which he claims to have spoken with some members of the second unit on Episode VII.  According to Rennie, the second unit is currently shooting in Iceland and the scenes being shot will feature Chewbacca and "old skool" Stormtroopers.  

Iceland has been rumored to be a shooting location for Episode VII for a while now.  However, no word on what part of Iceland the crew is located in, so there's no point in really speculating where in the galaxy it's filling in for.  As Jason Ward from MakingStarWars.net points out, Iceland has a very diverse landscape that ranges from lush greens to icy plains.  It is interesting to note that it is second unit work being done there now, and that JJ Abrams is likely not there (he, himself, said he's in London).   And if Chewbacca's involved, it's likely a double for Peter Mayhew, who spent the last weekend in Orlando, Florida for Star Wars Weekends.  However, if Chewie is involved in the scene then I would expect both Abrams and Mayhew will be making the trip out to Iceland fairly soon (but that's just speculation on my part).

As always this is just a rumor until confirmed or denied by Lucasfilm or Disney.


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4 comments:

  1. the LeatherymanMay 19, 2014 at 3:17 AM

    Just the facts.. will do fine. Speculation doesn't work on me. I'm a Troydarian!

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  2. UnknownMay 19, 2014 at 1:51 PM

    So Clone armour changed from Phase 1, through Phase 2 & likely a Phase 3 over 15 years to arrive at the ANH Stormtrooper, the Stormtrooper armour continued to evolve over the 5 years of the original sage but 40 years later they still use 'Old school' armour?
    Wishful thinking on someone's part methinks...whatever armour is in play 40 years after ROTJ it will have as much resemblance to ROTJ STormtroopers as they do to Phase 1 clones.

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  3. AnonymousMay 19, 2014 at 5:38 PM

    Or, we could just forget those horrible prequels ever happened and not worry about phases...

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  4. GallologicMay 19, 2014 at 7:03 PM

    Last weekend in Orlando - SW Weekends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9iVIzcxsGo

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