There are large tapestries and even stained glass windows which you can get a taste for in the Vanity Fair photo along with a few alcoves: It is very much a European castle with alcoves sporting slight technological constructions. The castle has ramparts as you would expect a castle to have. The pirate castle (not to be confused with the Evil Castle/First Order Castle) from the film is very much like one you would see in Lucasfilm’s Willow. Perhaps Yavin has a richer history than we once thought? It does seem interesting that the Resistance is stationed in ancient temples and the pirates are in a huge castle. I don’t know if Maz and her pirates and the Resistance have an agreement to coexist on the world or if they just keep to themselves. This is why, when the emissary is killed, Leia is able to appear at the location rather quickly. The “green planet” or Yavin IV is where Maz Kanata’s pirates seem to be and apparently where Princess Leia’s Resistance Base is stationed.

Notice the jungle beyond “Greenham Common.” The most recent teaser was going to give us a good look at the planet with BB-8 in the back of Poe’s X-wing but the edit that our sources saw wasn’t final. But such a large amount of people are saying this and there is concept art depicting Yavin that I think it is time to assume it is Yavin and not another jungle planet. Drone photos of an X-wing being constructed at Greenham Common.ĭifferent sources from different parts of the industries related to Star Wars: The Force Awakens are all saying this planet appears to be Yavin or the one from Star Wars: A New Hope. I was initially hesitant because generally if people see trees, they think Endor and sand must be Tatooine.

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