Ahead of the world premiere tonight, Disney has released a brand new behind-the-scenes featurette forStar Wars: The Last Jedi. The film was kept under lock and key throughout shooting, just asThe Force Awakenswas, but that didn’t prevent writer/directorRian Johnsonfrom using real locations to bring the environments ofThe Last Jedito life. This featurette highlights those locations and singles out how much of a difference it makes when filmmakers go out of their way to use real environments rather than try to craft everything on a soundstage and fill out the backgrounds with CG.
As you can see, Croatia stood in for the new hoity-toity planet Canto Bight, where Finn (John Boyega) and Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) encounter new character DJ, while Bolivia brought the new planet Crait to life in stunning detail.
It’s a really fascinating if all-too-brief look at the hard work that went into makingThe Last Jedia reality, and it’s pretty crazy they were able to shoot all of this stuff in real locations withouttoomany leaks.
Check out the newStar Wars: The Last Jedifeaturette below and check back later tonight when we’ll round up the first reactions to the movie. The film also starsDaisy Ridley,Mark Hamill,Carrie Fisher,Adam Driver,Oscar Isaac,Andy Serkis,Domhnall Gleeson,Laura Dern,Anthony Daniels,Lupita Nyong’o, andGwendoline Christie.Star Wars: The Last Jediopens in theaters on December 15th.
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