Making The Millennium Falcon For Star Wars

Creating An Iconic Movie Ship

♦Our friends over at starwars.com recently put up a video of Roger Christian and Joe Johnston talking about how they brought one of the Star Wars Universe’s most recognisable ships to life, Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon, so we thought people might enjoy seeing that chat…

Star Wars: Episode VIII is an upcoming American epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It will be the second installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy following Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). The film, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Andy Serkis, Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran.

Scenes that required shooting at Skellig Michael in Ireland took place during pre-production in September 2015, with principal photography beginning at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom in February 2016, and ending in July 2016. Episode VIII is scheduled for release on 15 December 2017 and it is likely that the Millennium Falcon will be appearing in it.