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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Where Star Wars: The Force Awakens says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Every planet is invented, yet the desert is Abu Dhabi, the castle lake is the Lake District, the snow is Iceland and the last cliff is in Ireland
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Scenes and places
Jakku, the desert planet (2015)
Rey, a lone scavenger, finds a small droid carrying a secret that the First Order is hunting. She is waiting on Jakku for a family that left her there, and now the First Order is coming for the droid.
Set in Jakku (fictional desert planet) — A scrap-strewn desert world where Rey scavenges and where the map to Luke ends up.
A fictional desert planet, filmed in the real Rub' al Khali desert.
Filmed at Desert east of Liwa Oasis, Rub' al Khali, Abu Dhabi — Principal photography began in Abu Dhabi; the desert east of the Liwa Oasis stands in for Jakku. The point is the oasis, so the exact dunes are approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana (2015)
Han brings Rey and Finn to Maz Kanata to get BB-8 to the Resistance. In the castle Rey is pulled to a hidden vault and finds a lightsaber that shows her visions she cannot explain.
Set in Takodana, Maz Kanata's castle (fictional) — A lakeside castle on a green planet, run for a thousand years by Maz Kanata.
An invented castle on an invented green planet; the lake is a real English one.
Filmed at Derwentwater, Lake District, Cumbria — Lake District landscape stood in for Takodana's landscape; the lake-level match rests on a Wikipedia location list and a regional news report, with the lake's centre as the point. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The woods outside Maz's castle (2015)
Frightened by what she saw in the vault, Rey runs into the woods and refuses the lightsaber. The First Order arrives while she is alone among the trees.
Set in Takodana woods (fictional) — The forest around Maz Kanata's castle, where Rey runs after the vault.
A wooded area in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
Filmed at Puzzlewood, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire — Puzzlewood is listed in the film article as a shooting location; a news report places the woods outside Maz's castle here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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X-wings over the Takodana lake (2015)
As the First Order attacks, Han, Chewbacca and Finn are saved by Resistance X-wings led by Poe, whom Finn thought dead. Elsewhere in the chaos Kylo Ren takes Rey.
Set in Takodana airspace (fictional) — The skies above the lakeside castle as the First Order attacks.
A lake in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Filmed at Thirlmere, Lake District, Cumbria — A news report places the X-wing run over the lake on Thirlmere, with the background flipped left to right on screen; the lake-level match rests on a Wikipedia list and a regional news report. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Resistance base on D'Qar (2015)
Finn reaches the Resistance base, where Leia thanks him for turning on the First Order. He wants to rescue Rey; instead he is asked what he knows about the weapon that destroyed an entire star system.
Set in D'Qar, Resistance base (fictional) — A planet where General Leia Organa leads the Resistance.
An invented base for the Resistance, filmed on a former RAF airbase.
Filmed at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire — The former RAF base was used in September 2014 for built sets of several spaceships. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Starkiller Base's frozen surface (2015)
Kylo Ren takes Rey to Starkiller Base, where she resists his attempts to read her mind and discovers she can use the Force herself. The Resistance attacks the base's weak point before it fires again.
Set in Starkiller Base (fictional) — A planet turned into a superweapon, covered in snow and forest.
A fictional planet; its snowy landscape is tied to an Icelandic glacier.
Filmed at Eyjafjallajökull ice cap, Iceland — Iceland is a named location country for the film; a news report and a Wikipedia location list tie the snowy base to this glacier, so the exact spot is approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The cliffs of Ahch-To (2015)
Rey sets out to find the missing Luke Skywalker on a remote island world.
Set in Ahch-To (fictional island planet) — A remote ocean world with an ancient island sanctuary.
A rocky island off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.
Filmed at Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland — Filming took place here over three days on 28 July 2014; a news report ties it to the final scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Pinewood Studios, England — Interiors such as the Millennium Falcon Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Rey — A lone scavenger on Jakku who discovers she can use the Force.
- Finn — A stormtrooper who deserts the First Order and joins the fight against it.
- Han Solo — The smuggler turned Rebel hero who reclaims the Millennium Falcon and helps the young heroes.
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- Where were the planets of The Force Awakens really filmed?