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The Jedi Are Driving a Landspeeder in Croatia During Star Wars 8 Shooting

You can pretend not to care about Star Wars, that sci-fi movie stuck in the 70s, but ticket sales of episode 7 suggest everybody on the planet watched it. Filming has started for the 8th movie in Croatia of all places, where Rey and Luke Skywalker are filming Tale of the Jedi Temple.
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The Jedi Are Driving a Landspeeder in Croatia During Star Wars 8 ShootingThe Jedi Are Driving a Landspeeder in Croatia During Star Wars 8 Shooting
Since nothing in the Star Wars universe has wheels, maybe with the exception of R2-D2, we can't report on the cars they're using. There won't be any shots of Vin Diesel shifting into 14th gear or of Batman turning his car into an airplane.

The closest thing we have to a car is the Landspeeder. Many decades ago, we all thought that one day, when Earth would turn into a desert, we'd all by cruising in our wheelless convertible car with three jet turbines, and two wanted droids in the back seats.

That hasn't happened, and instead automakers are giving us skinny tires and vehicles that ruin the environment even further. Thank you, Volkswagen! But we haven't forgotten the Landspeeder, a symbol of its era that will make a comeback in Episode 8.

Over the past two months, fans have been gobbling up leaked information about the upcoming movie. Apparently, Luke Skywalker will be in charge of teaching Re how to walk the Jedi walk.

The film crew is currently on location in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The medieval fortress located there has been dressed up as a sort of Game of Thrones's King's Landing from the future.

Dress rehearsals for a chase scene with Rey and Luke took place three days ago on March 2. A silver speeder has been spotted by Croatian magazine DuList, sending the Star Wars community into a frenzy. Does the speeder take corners, can it lift itself over buildings, and does it have toys that would make Batman envious?

Unfortunately, we won't find out this year, not even from a trailer. The next Star Wars movie is scheduled to come out on December 15, 2017.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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