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Skywalker Ranch Visit and Lucasfilm Tour

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November 8, 2022 · Karen · 9 Comments

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I just returned home from a whirlwind adventure to San Francisco for the Rogue One press event. Check out my visit to Skywalker Ranch and Lucasfilm tour.

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Stormtroopers greeted us at the Skywalker Ranch before we screened clips of Rogue One in the Stag Theater.

The trip featured a visit to Skywalker Ranch to screen extended scenes from Rogue One and an evening reception, plus interviews with the cast and a fun tour of Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco.

Skywalker Ranch Visit

The purpose of our visit to Skywalker Ranch was to screen extended footage from Rogue One. We weren’t allowed to watch the whole movie but everyone was dying to after seeing 28 minutes of it!

The movie is going to be awesome! Here’s one of the longer trailers, to help hold you over until December 16th!

We watched the clips in George Lucas’s Stag Theater located in the Technology Building. Obviously, security was tight and there were no cameras or phones allowed in the theater.

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Rogue One wardrobe from the movie were on display at Skywalker Ranch

The director of Rogue One, Gareth Edwards spoke briefly before our preview, he even had a few goofy jokes ready for us. He came across as very excited about the film and also very nice. My opinion was confirmed when we interviewed him the next day at Lucasfilm Headquarters.

After watching the 28 minutes of footage, we headed out to the Rogue One reception in the lobby. The coolest part of the reception was the Rogue One costumes on display.

A photo opp with Stormtroopers is always pretty cool too. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Because our event was after dark, there was no tour of the main house or the rest of the property. Head over to my first visit for pictures of my Skywalker Ranch Tour.  And check out my short video below for more of our experience at Skywalker ranch this time.

Lucasfilm Tour

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A Yoda statue greets visitors outside the entrance to Lucas Film in San Francisco

The following morning we headed out to Lucasfilm Headquarters located at the Letterman Digital and New Media Arts Center in San Francisco’s Historic Presidio National Park. The most recognizable symbol from the outside is the famous Yoda fountain statute!

Although the Nissan Rogue One concept cars in the parking lot were hard to miss.

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Would you drive one of these super cool (and super geeky) concept cars? I would!
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It would be so cool to see someone driving one of these Rogue One cars around town.

There was lots of fun Star Wars artifacts inside the lobby to see! Including this Ashley Eckstein LEGO dress inspired by Ahsoka Tano.

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Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano wore this LEGO dress at Con-X

By the way, the public is welcome to visit the Yoda fountain and head into the lobby of Lucasfilm to check out the Star Wars artifacts.

Getting beyond the lobby requires a business or personal connection with Lucasfilm. So if you have an old friend from high school or 2nd cousin once removed that works at Lucasfilm, hit them up and ask for a full tour. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Boba Fett stands guard in the lobby of Lucasfilm Headquarters, San Francisco

And of course, we previewed lots of awesome new Rogue One merchandise. Including LEGO set and adorable costumes – my two favorites from the holiday collection!

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Rogue One Star Wars Death Star Set
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I loved the Rogue One costumes, in fact check out my own version of a Jyn Erso costume

After multiple interviews with the cast and director of Rogue One, we had time to tour Lucasfilm! Check back starting tomorrow for the interview posts!

LucasFilm Movie Memorabilia

There was so much amazing movie memorabilia and artifacts at Lucasfilm Headquarters. It was hard to pick which images to share but here are a few of my favorites!

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Concept art from Die Hard 2, featuring fictional Airlines North Eastern L-1011 & Fuji Air 747. P.S. Die hard is a Christmas movie ๐Ÿ™‚
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Models and toys from the movie Small Soldiers. The Gorgonites are the coolest, I enjoy this movie.
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It was close to Christmas when we visited, so everyone enjoyed this sweet Star Wars Christmas Tree
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Is it silly that Vigo is my favorite picture from the tour? I was so happy to find this picture, I couldn’t quite mimic his mean scowl.

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Ghostbuster props like this Vigo portrait were a really fun aspect of the Lucasfilm tour

We also checked out the motion capture room to see how they brought K2SO come to life on screen. The technology was super cool to watch in action! This is how Alan Tudyk brought the droid to life in Rogue One!motion-capture-for-k2so

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY arrives in theaters on December 16th. Have you bought your tickets yet?

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story L to R: (Felicity Jones) & (Diego Luna) Ph: Film Frame ©Lucasfilm LFL
Rogue One scene ©Lucasfilm LFL

Rogue One Interviews

  • Gareth Edwards director of Rogue One interview
  • Diego Luna interview
  • Felicity Jones interview
  • Riz Ahmed Rogue One interview
  • Ben Mendelsohn Rogue One interview
  • Donnie Yen Star Wars interview
  • Alan Tudyk & Mads Mikkelsen Rogue One interviews
This post was originally published December 7, 2016.

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  1. Brittany says

    December 8, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Ahh looks so much fun! ๐Ÿ™‚

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