Star Wars Rogue Squadron FIRST LOOK: Green screens and space ships are assembled for new Disney+ space adventure as work begins on an Essex building site far, far away
- A large production team got to work on the large Essex set
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Work continued on a building site far, far away on Wednesday as a not so futuristic set was methodically assembled for the next installment in the Star Wars franchise.
Tucked away in a secure location in Essex, a large production team prepared the green screens upon which the film’s CGI generated battle scenes will play out when spin-off Rogue Squadron goes on general release.
Offering a telling insight in what to expect from the new film – which has been slated for a Christmas Day 2023 launch – a series of battle weary spacecraft were seen being built around the sprawling set perimeter.
The force is strong in this one: Work continued on a building site far, far away on Wednesday as a not so futuristic set was methodically assembled for the next installment in the Star Wars franchise
Patty Jenkins was unveiled as its director in December 2020, becoming the first woman to helm a Star Wars movie in the franchise’s 44 year history.
Rogue Squadron will focus on the X-Wing Resistance fighter pilots featured prominently throughout the franchise, with Jenkins admitting she was keen to develop their story after growing up in an Air Force family.
Speaking at a Disney earnings presentation, she said: : ‘I love to move fast, and speed of any kind. I think that that’s because I grew up the daughter of a great fighter pilot.
Hard at work: Tucked away in a secure location in Essex, a large production team prepared the green screens upon which the film’s CGI generated battle scenes will play out when spin-off Rogue Squadron goes on general release
Looking good: Offering a telling insight in what to expect from the new film – which has been slated for a Christmas Day 2023 launch – a series of battle weary spacecraft were seen being built around the sprawling set perimeter
‘And every day, I would wake up and go outside and look up, and see my father and his squadron taking off in their F-4s, whirring across the sky. And it was the most thrilling thing, still, I’ve experienced in my entire life.’
Jenkins’ father William T Jenkins was an Air Force captain who earned a Silver Star in the Vietnam War and died during a NATO mock dogfight when she was seven years old.
She continued: ‘So, when he lost his life in service to this country, it ignited a desire in me to turn all of that tragedy and thrill into one day making the greatest fighter pilot movie of all time. But try as I might, and look as I did, I couldn’t find the right story ever.
‘I kept looking and looking, but I just couldn’t find the right one… until now. Now, I’ve found a movie about two things I love. So, I’m gonna see you very soon.’