PacificCoastNewsDone well, you have, brave pilot. Herh herh herh.
Matthew Myatt was flying over a former air force base in England several days ago to take publicity shots for his flight school when he spotted and took a pic of two mysterious objects. He told BBC News he "was in complete shock" to discover later what he had captured on camera. Myatt, a longtime Star Wars fan, said he "started jumping around."
An half-constructed model of what appears to be the Millennium Falcon, Han Solo's iconic spacecraft, and a smaller aircraft resembling a Star Wars X-Wing starfighter were seen in his aerial photos, taken over Greenham Common, a park that is a former United Kingdom Royal Air Force Base where cruise missiles were deployed during the Cold War in the 1980s to counter a possible Soviet attack.
"I happened to zoom in and spot the Millennium Falcon and was in complete shock," Myatt said. "It completely threw me and I had one of those moments where [I was like], 'Am I seeing what I'm really seeing?' So I had to grab my son to come and have a look and confirm what I'd actually seen, and of course, his excitement was unbelievable, as much as mine was, so we were dancing around—'Wow, we've got a picture of the Millennium Falcon!'"
Disney, which owns production company Lucasfilm, has not commented. Myatt's aerial discovery of what is believed to be a model of the Millennium Falcon marks what could be one of the most exciting new spoilers about the anticipated film Star Wars: Episode VII, the beginning of a third trilogy. Director J.J. Abrams had in July revealed the inclusion of a new X-Wing in the movie, which is set for release in December 2015.
Star Wars Episode VII is currently being produced at Pinewood Studios, located about 40 miles away, and stars original cast members such as Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo). Newcomers include Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, Game of Thrones actress Gwendoline Cristie, Girls actor Adam Driver and his Inside Llewyn Davis co-star Oscar Isaac.
"To actually see the sets and see the Millennium [Falcon] and the X-Wing there, and to know it's really going to happen is fantastic news," Myatt told BBC News.
Also earlier this week, Abrams tweeted a photo that many fans believe contains a movie-related Easter Egg, noting the similarities of the dark backdrop to the light display in another iconic spacecraft: The Death Star. The director, who posted the picture in response to Apple's announcement of the Apple Watch, has not commented.
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? Bad Robot (@bad_robot) September 9, 2014