Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens

When: 2015
Produced by: Lucasfilm Ltd
Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
 

Directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens picks up thirty years after the story told in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983). The Force Awakens sees new heroes allied with familiar faces that include Han Solo, Chewbacca the Wookiee and Princess Leia.

The highly anticipated film used Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean for one of its key locations. Our heroes Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega) travel to the planet Takodana, a lush green forest world. Rey then encounters enemy Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) in a lightsaber battle deep in the forest.

Puzzlewood was described by Kathleen Kennedy, Star Wars Producer and President of LucasFilm, as ‘the most magical forest on the face of the earth!' and by location manager Martin Joy as 'like nowhere else, it's an otherworldly space'.

Here's Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm talking about what she thought of Puzzlewood:

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