Star Wars: Andor filming takes place in Buckinghamshire village

Star Wars new Disney+ series Andor – which focuses on Alliance Intelligence officer Captain Cassian Andor – has been taking place in the leafy Buckinghamshire village of Little Marlow.

New images of the set taken on Wednesday show Empire Stormtroopers lining the streets as a meeting takes place in the centre of the makeshift village, which has been erected in an unused quarry in the area.

There appears to be some sort of stand-off taking place at the centre of the set, which is not unlike many of the Star Wars locations used in the past, including for its most recent project, The Mandalorian.

The set is thought to be for Andor, which is slated for release in summer 2022, and has been built alongside the Spade Oak nature reserve – featuring dozens of houses creating a galactic village.

The filming location was previously linked to another Star Wars series – Obi-Wan Kenobi – however this set can be seen in the behind the scenes’ trailer for the TV show that has been titled Star Wars: Andor.

A fan website called Fantha Tracks has also claimed to have seen ‘public records’ which links the location to the Star Wars franchises’ latest project, Andor.

A huge green crane could be seen looming over the set, which was recently noted by Virgin Radio host Chris Evans during a recent radio show, who said he had spotted the set.

Chris Evans said on Virgin Radio: ‘We think someone is making a major motion picture around the corner of our house but we’re not quite sure.’

‘There seems to be a temporary location and there’s all these illumines signs. ‘They’re usually film location crew signs, that is what they usually are and they are very good at taking them away, by the way. 

‘I think someone is making a major motion picture on the banks of the River Thames.’ 

‘There is a massive crane, there are two actually, we saw a camera on the top of the crane – it’s half a mile back but looks so much closer because there is so much going on.’ 

‘On Thursday we saw two cranes, massive cherry pickers – huge things, and they were a good couple hundred metres apart and they were holding up a massive green screen. It’s a huge thing that’s going on there.’ 

He added: ‘There are these huge temporary marquees, they aren’t the one you see at like a country fair. I think they must make them for movies or maybe it’s a Covid thing.

‘Maybe they’ve made massive marquees purely so you can make movies outdoors and be more easily Covid compliant.’ 

Later on in the show Chris confirmed that he had been told the set was for a new Star Wars show, and said: ‘Guess what they’re filming where I live, the new Star Wars TV show. They’re doing a mega-series, it’s the Star Wars TV show, it’s amazing. It’s very cool, it is opposite the garden centre that we go to! I’m really excited.’ 

Adria Arjona, 28, has been cast as one of the lead characters in Disney+’s forthcoming Star Wars series based on Rebel agent Cassian Andor [Diego Luna] from the 2016 film Rogue one.

Following the news she had been cast, Adria said in December: ‘I don’t know what I can say about it. It’s Star Wars!’

‘I was approached for this project in early 2020 and I sent a self-tape. I was in Paris, shooting a beauty campaign for Armani and they called me and said, “Can you be in London tomorrow?” We want to test you.’

Though her specific role remains unknown, she will star alongside Diego, 40, who is set to reprise his role as Andor, as reported by Deadline.

It has been reported online in recent weeks that iconic Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi will cross paths with Andor during the 12-part series.  

In addition, Corey Van Dyke, tweeted out that Kenobi wouldn’t be alone in appearing in Andor. He hinted that fans should expect to see Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano too.

The series which was announced in 2019, will take place ‘in the early days of the Rebellion against the Empire,’ prior to the events of Rogue One.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story co-writer Tony Gilroy, who is also serving as series show-runner, will craft the series’ pilot episode ‘in addition to directing multiple episodes.’

Denise Gough, Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller are also slated to be a part of the highly anticipated Star Wars project.

When plans for the series were revealed last year, it was vaguely described as a ‘spy thriller.’

Luna’s reprisal, as well as Alan Tudyk’s reprisal as K-2SO, Andor’s droid sidekick, were also announced at the time.

The untitled Rogue One spinoff is just one of many Star Wars related series’ in the works for Disney+.

Actor Ewan McGregor will be reprising his role as Obi Wan-Kenobi in a series focused on the young Jedi Master. There is no release date at this time.

The influx of Star Wars content stems from the success of Disney+’s very first Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian, which premiered on the streaming platform last year. 

It has been announced that the Star Wars TV show, Andor, will be released on Disney+ and consist of 12 episodes.