Star Wars film set's Millennium Falcon and X-wing fighter spotted from air
Matthew Myatt originally thought the photo was of experimental aircraft.
An aerial photographer has set Star Wars fans abuzz after posting online a photo he snapped of the Millennium Falcon and an X-wing fighter near the English set of the latest film.
Matthew Myatt originally thought the photo he had taken, as part of publicity shots for a flying school in Berkshire, were experimental aircraft, BBC reports.
"We didn't realise what we had. I looked at the pictures on the viewer on the camera but the resolution wasn't brilliant," he was quoted as saying.
"It wasn't until I got back last night and started going through the images that it just jumped out at me. I grew up with Star Wars so I started jumping around."
The photo was published on Twitter by Airbourne Aviation Ltd.
Episode VII is being filmed in the UK.
The picture, taken above a former British air force base, appears to show a partly-built Millennium Falcon, Han Solo's beloved spaceship. Also visible is an X-Wing fighter.
The film, due for release in September next year, will see the return of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford).
Disney, which owns Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, declined to comment on the pictures.
Author: Erin Tennant. Approving editor: Nick Pearson.
Source: BBC
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