Our Cantina member MagnarTheGreat conducted yet another great detective work, this time uncovering that the stunt doubles of several key characters in The Force Awakens did some additional filming last week in Iceland (it’s unclear if it’s for re-shoots or pick-ups).

While we’re not going to go too far into detail to protect the people involved, we do know that the stunt doubles for Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley were all present. We’re definitely going to see a scene in the movie with all these characters together.

Here’s a direct quote from MagnarTheGreat (we intentionally didn’t include the names of the stunt doubles):

They did re-shoots in Iceland during the past week. The stunt doubles for Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Chewbacca and Harrison Ford have been said to have been there. They were described to be there for “re-shoots” by someone working on the film. Last year I seconded a report that the stunt double for Ridley was in Iceland at the time of the original filming after my own research.

Also here’s an earlier article that filming was imminent from a local news site (visir.is):

The team that shoot scenes for The Force Awakens in Iceland last year, is expected to return, to catch a few well-selected shots according to sources. Last year filming took place in Iceland’s lake the Mývatn. On the website IMDB shows that the team shot at the volcano Krafla which takes its name from a volcanic mountain in the highlands close to the crater Viti northeast of the lake.

The mentioned lake Mývatn (image above) is described as:

“Pseudo craters” mark the land surrounding Lake Mývatn in Iceland. The southern part of the lake rests on a lava flow that was emitted 2,000 years ago. The pseudo craters are continually formed as water trapped beneath the Earth’s surface turns to steam and explodes through the layer above .

Also mentioned in the report is the volcano Krafla close to the crater Viti (images above). These filming locations are also listed on IMDb. Although we’re pretty sure that these re-shoots did happen, we can’t confirm if the locations they visited this time are the same from last year.

Are we going to see a volcanic planet in TFA? What do you think? Is that Sullust? Obviously Sullust will be very important in the new Canon. The planet is already featured in the upcoming video game Battlefront and the latest issue of the comic book – Princess Leia.

Also it’s worth mentioning that re-shoots and pick-ups are absolutely normal for movies with such magnitude. So there’s nothing to worry about. And the fact that no actual cast members were present is also reassuring that this was nothing major.

It’s interesting to think about, considering that Iceland was the first location where footage for The Force Awakens was shot – even before principal photography began for the movie itself.