Stormtroopers rush along a futuristic silver-grey platform that looks uncannily similar to Jubilee line station

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In a London underground station not so far, far away, a scene in the latest Star Wars blockbuster was filmed. But identifying exactly which one, featured in a new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has caused much debate online.

Fans of the science fiction series were quick to spot the familiar backdrop in one scene of the teaser clip, released on Thursday, that appears to be a Jubilee line underground station.

Rogue One clip - but what’s the station?

Stormtroopers rush along a futuristic silver-grey platform that looks uncannily similar to a station on the most recently revamped line. On Twitter, most commentators claimed the station, which appears in the trailer after 1 min 10 secs, was Canary Wharf.

James Cook (@JamesLiamCook) Side by side: New Star Wars trailer, Canary Wharf station pic.twitter.com/GOsUjPkcKy

The Guardian’s Alex Hern at first was sure it was North Greenwich:

Alex Hern (@alexhern) I think it might be North Greenwich not Canary Wharf fwiw pic.twitter.com/gXMYRZ2pt6

... but then backtracked:

Alex Hern (@alexhern) Oh it’s definitely Canary Wharf my bad https://t.co/OkceJOdev7

Others also said it could possibly have been filmed at Canada Water or Westminster, but these theories were soon thwarted.

Seb Patrick (@sebpatrick) Just so we're clear: 1. North Greenwich, 2. Canada Water, 3. Westminster, 4. Canary Wharf. pic.twitter.com/g5ruGZcnMW

It is likely to be Canary Wharf, part of the Jubilee line extension which was completed just before the millennium and has special platform-edge doors that open automatically when trains arrive. The station also features central escalators between north- and southbound platforms, which look to have survived post-production on Star Wars: Rogue One.

Gerald Lynch (@geegeemidnight) Oh man, imagine being 6 years old, visiting the Jubilee Line and realising you're in THE ACTUAL DEATH STAR #RogueOne pic.twitter.com/qGo3QgvfJR

Much of the filming for the last film, The Force Awakens, took place at Pinewood Studios, located near London, but the cast and crew have travelled to several places around the world to film scenes for the more ethereal and sandy locations.

Mimicking planets featured in previous films, the latest instalment uses the dunes in Tunisia, where scenes for the Tatooine desert were filmed, glaciers in Norway used as the backdrop of ice planet Hoth, and Death Valley in California for the scene in which C-3PO and R2-D2 arrive at the home of Jabba the Hutt.