Our buddy in Dubrovnik has sent us the lowdown on what’s going on over there with the Star Wars: Episode VIII filming. Interestingly, Rey’s stunt double is supposedly on her way to the location which means Rey’s story takes place in that location. In the past Daisy Ridley has said she wouldn’t be there, which probably means the double is doing the location shooting and Ridley will do the shooting at Pinewood for those sequences as some of the sets in Dubrovnik appear to be mirrored at Pinewood.

Our buddy in Dubrovnik says: Jason, here’s a recapitulation of the last two shooting preparation days, on the eve of the real thing (Fri., Mar. 11, 2016): a) Daisy Ridley’s dexterous stunt double Chloe Bruce is confirmed to have departed to Croatia, as some stick-involving battle/fighting scenes were (reportedly) prepared today afternoon in the Dubrovnik aquatorium, i.e., the ones to be subsequently shot exactly on the deck of the luxurious tourist Sea Star yacht (cf. photo 1), whereas the actress would most probably be used for the Pinewood close-ups.