On Friday I’m leaving for a ten-day trip to Ireland with my Mom, Sister and Aunt. We’re going to be staying near several of the filming locations for Episode VIII, although I was quite disappointed to discover that the boat trips over to Skellig Michael are all booked up until the end of August (and this was a month ago). I guess that’s what happens when the highest grossing movie of all time that just came out six months ago and is also a Star Wars movie ends with a scene shot there. Oh well, visiting the Episode VIII locations a whole year-and-a-half before it hits theaters will feel less tourist-ey.

Dingle, where they recreated Skellig Michael, is on our itinerary, as is Cork where they wrapped in Ireland. I’m gonna try to save all of the spy photos of the set constructions on my phone so I can find the exact spots.

The one place I probably won’t get to visit is Donegal as it’s all the way up at the northern most point of the island and nowhere near where we’ll be staying.