Although Disney and Lucasfilm announced that all of the forthcoming Star Wars movies they intend to make for the foreseealbe future will use the legendary UK studio lots located at Pinewood and Shepperton (as did the original trilogy), British politician George Osbourne has taken to popular social network platform to capitalise on the May 4th holiday with confirmation that the Star Wars Saga will continue to support the British movie industry...
Pleased to announce #StarWarsVIII will be filmed here in UK @PinewoodStudios – great news for @starwars fans & our UK creative industries
— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) May 4, 2015
Episode VIII to be #MadeinBritain, bringing 100m investment and 3,000 jobs here. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) May 4, 2015
Also in recent news Vanity Fair have expanded upon the upcoming release of their awesome new The Force Awakens issue cover with a behind-the-scenes video shot during the movies production, with a batch of accompanying images taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz that will put an end to the speculation about the new villain Kylo Ren, confirming that the new Sith lord is portrayed by American actor Adam Driver, while also revealing that Lupita Nyong'o will be portryaing a CGI character called Maz Kanata.
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