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Rian Johnson Shows Ireland is the Dream Location on the Shoot of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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In a brand new, behind-the-scenes film released today, Mark Hamill describes Ireland's beauty: "
director Rian Johnson recalls shooting:
Filming for on Skellig Michael took place over just two days in 2015 before moving to the mainland. Rian explains: "
To continue to film on location in Ireland , the crew returned in 2016 and built replicas of Skellig Michael's 6 century monastic 'beehive' huts on the mainland. The location scouts were so taken with
Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way that key locations in counties Cork, Kerry, Clare and Donegal were handpicked to represent the planet Ahch-to in
More background and stories about Star Wars filming on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way are available here: http://www.ireland.com/starwars
Since 1977, the renowned movie franchise has travelled through many galaxies. Ireland's journey, which began in Portmagee, County Kerry in 2014, has spanned some 2,000kms of the Wild Atlantic Way - from the south-western Skellig islands to Ireland's most northerly point, Mailn Head.
Describing Ireland , Rian said,
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