Skellig Island

Did they film Tattoine's scenes in space or in Tunisia ?

Not wanna spoil but Endor is in California, Hoth is in Norway ... It would cost a lot to bring filming crew to Mars or Jupiter.

 

Just as the characters you see on-screen are all Earth-born human beings. You have to suspend your belief. In the case of Skellig, it's a magical place no matter how you look at it. That's the important thing.

 

Wait! What? They didn't film the Death Star in space? Or Bespin up in the Clouds of Saturn?

Thanks. You just ruined my childhood.

 

I thought Apple already has an app for that. Wait. I found it:

"Hard to balance, the budget is. But spend more on NASA, we will."​

 

You can say this about any movie if you really wanted to, in this genre. I get your point and what you are trying to get across, but what else do you want them to do? Actually when I see anything on Tatooine, I automatically think of all the behind the scenes footage and it makes me what to go visit. If I get a chance to go and see a site that Star Wars has shot on then it's 100% worth it.

I know the saying goes "To Each their own", but I actually like knowing where they shoot at. Just me

 

Yes I think I still miss it after your explanation.

Takodana, Jakku didn't look earthly to you ? Where's the difference with Skellig ?

 

And here I thought Dagobah was shot in Louisanna. And they just left out the Gators.

 

Actually, they filmed the mud hole in my grandfather's back yard.

 

i kinda want to agree with @Klai Kenobi on this one: TFA was the first Star Wars movie in which i felt like scenes were definitely shot on Earth.

that sounds dumb, i know. pretty much every movie ever has been shot on Earth, obviously. i guess the distinguishing thing though is that during the scenes at the Resistance base, i knew that was England. during Skellig Island, i knew that was in Ireland. Maz's castle, again, England.

i think the main difference for my perception this time around is that i was actively following the production of TFA, so i saw all the leaked filming sites and everything. after seeing TFA and feeling slightly disappointed due to this very issue, i decided not to check out any production stills from Ep 8, or any other Star Wars movie due to come out. i want to keep Star Wars whimsical in my head, which i feel is something that TFA kinda lacked. whether that was the film makers fault or mine is a moot point; i'm just hoping that they manage this franchise well moving forward!

 

Nahh.. the island looks amazing and I am glad they choose that place.

Tatooine = Tunísia
Hoth = Norway
Endor = California

Earth locations dont make me feel to "terrestrial" when I am watching the movies.

 

But they looked exotic enough to be believable as a GFFA...I get what the OP IS saying though because it looks like ireland weather (gloomy, etc.) and its too earth-like for a socalled water world...Kamino did it best to be exotic although that one was pure CGI...Now i think that they could have done something by adding to it visually to make it more exotic, but...bummer.

 

I've removed the posts about NASA and it's funding because it is wildly off-topic. The OP doesn't deserve that. Normally I'd suggest that a new thread be started if people want to talk about the other subject, but not in this case. The inherently political nature of NASA's budget is off-limits here.

If anyone has an issue or question, please contact me. But please don't respond to my post here. Let's just move on.

 

But we haven't seen EP VIII yet, nor all of Ach-To. Only Rey walking to Luke.

 

One of the things that amazes me about Star Wars is that most of the planets ARE "the" Earth. It just shows what a wonderful world we live on.

 

What I really liked about the prequels is that they pretty much didnt hold back which is something they should have done for TFA onwards (please don't kill me)