[15], At the 2017 South by Southwest film festival, Edwards revealed that the planet's name, Scarif, came from a misspelling of his name on a coffee cup, telling the audience, "I must have said, 'It's Gareth,' and they wrote 'Scarif.'"[16]. In Rogue One, former scientist Galen Erso lives on a farm with his wife and young daughter Jyn. So to you, nameless barista, we thank you for accidentally providing the name of one of the more notable worlds in the Star Wars universe. "The idea of life on other planets resonates with people on a very personal level," Doug Hudgins, NASA's program scientist for exoplanet exploration, said. [13] The planet's islands were filmed in the Maldives, while the interior of the Citadel Tower was filmed at the Canary Wharf stop on the London Underground.
Their attempt was successful, and they managed to transmit the plans to Princess Leia Organa. Europa is an icy moon of Jupiter that resembles the snow-covered fictional planet Hoth, where the Rebel Alliance's Echo Base was set in "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back." [2] A deep-blue world speckled with clouds,[5] Scarif was comprised of tropical, volcanic island chains rising from clear, shallow oceans. Stormtroopers in the new Star Wars film "Rogue One" wade through the water of an alien ocean world. But these worlds might be more than science fiction. NASA Hunts for 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Planets. In the "Star Wars" universe, ice, ocean and desert planets burst from the darkness as your ship drops out of light speed. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. But as the director goes onto explain, the cast and crew were always in really good spirits. In our galaxy, we know of only one such world so far — Earth. The alien planet Kepler-16b has two suns just like the fictional planet Tatooine in the "Star Wars" universe, home of Luke and Anakin Skywalker. This includes the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the James Webb Space Telescope — which will examine the atmospheres of other planets — as well as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), which is expected to launch in the mid-2020s and will be used to capture images of exoplanets around sun-like stars. "The recurring theme of desert worlds in 'Star Wars' is really interesting, because there is some research that shows that these would be likely habitable worlds to find," Shawn Domagal-Goldman, an astrobiologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said in the statement. [7], Over the years, various officers treated Scarif as a place for an unofficial retirement, where they could neglect their duty in the comfort of a tropical paradise. STORMTROOPER: Check in, security.

Because of this striking resemblance, astronomers nicknamed the real-life exoplanet "Tatooine. NASA scientists believe ocean worlds exist in our own galaxy, along with many other environments. Says Edwards about the intense shoot. Mars, for example, is a cold and arid planet with the potential to support life. It turns out the inspiration came from someone misunderstanding director Gareth Edwards' name at a coffee shop.