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ARParr
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My SW Locations Book is coming Dec 1 - Please check it out!
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16-Oct-2011, 1:05 PM

Yeah, about Muir Woods...

An interesting story.  In point of fact, NO scenes were ever filmed at Muir Woods.  All of the Endor shots took place north of Muir Woods, closer to the Oregon border in various parks.

(ALL the actual Endor locations are covered in detail in the book.  It's quite a chapter.)

Originally, everyone had believed the Endor Bunker location to have been destroyed over 20 years ago.  No one thought it existed anymore.  So... while we were in the San Fran area, we decided that Muir Woods would be a great place to visit, and at least get the Endor feel 10 mins north of San Fran, as opposed to having to drive northward for hours to the others spots.  (That would be another trip.)

As it turns out, the Endor Bunker location was NOT destroyed.  This discovery was just made about a year ago.   The location is included in the book in detail, along with all the other Endor shooting locations, which are well north of Muir Woods. 

And that's why Muir Woods is included.  It's not an actual shooting location, but it's convenient as hell, and really pretty.  We don't claim it to be anything more than it is, but it's certainly worth a visit, and makes for some damn fine pictures, and one heck of a beautiful hike.

Like I've said, (perhaps elsewhere), this book is pretty much a definitive resource on the subject of shooting and other sw-related locations in the US.  I'm pretty proud of the fact that it's infinitely more complete than anything else out there today, books and websites included.  (The overseas stuff is planned for the second edition, if this one is successful enough!!)

[and yeah.  once i got the word on the street about the blu-rays, well ahead of release day, i cancelled my pre-order.  still haven't bought them.  i'll pick 'em up on ebay at some point, i suppose.  fan edits, on the other hand, are freakin' amazing....]

- Adam