A few days ago MakingStarWars reported a rumor that Star Wars: Episode VIII will be filming in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Now a local news site reports that the rumors are true and Rian Johnson’s movie will invade the city later this year.

From The Dubrovnik Times:

The Force is indeed coming to Dubrovnik! Rumours were flying around yesterday that the eighth episode of Star Wars was planned to be partly recorded in Dubrovnik. And now The Dubrovnik Times can confirm that the rumours are actually TRUE. And The Dubrovnik Times has learned from more than one reliable inside source that the rumours are true, Star Wars will indeed be filmed in Dubrovnik this year. The City of Dubrovnik and the Mayor of Dubrovnik met with the film producers at the end of 2015 and, according to our source, the city can look forward to being the host of yet another major film production.

The city of Dubrovnik is located on the Adriatic Sea and has already been used as a filming location for the TV hit Game of Thrones.

At first glance, while extremely beautiful the city doesn’t look like something that could fit in the galaxy far, far away. My personal guess is that they could probably use the coastal fortress as a possible filming location, or perhaps the nearby island. Another possibility is that they could use some of the buildings for several interior shots, in a similar fashion as they did in Italy for the Prequel Trilogy.

Star Wars: Episode VIII is expected to begin filming next month.

Source: TheDobrovnikTimes