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The Drone Wars have begun on Star Wars Episode VIII

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You’ve got to give Star Wars: Episode VII some credit, because when it came to secrets, the security on that movie was tighter than Goldmember’s favourite toiger. With an army of security in place, scripts being sealed away and cast members most likely being threatened with a trip to an actual Rancor pit if they dropped any information bombs, director JJ Abrams ran a tight ship of secrets.

That doesn’t mean that some fans were put off however. In fact, some eager beavers were so anxious to get a scoop on the going-ons of The Force Awakens, that they began using remote control drones to snap a few pictures. That naturally led to some problems, problems which Star Wars Episode VIII wants to nip in the bud with drones of their own.

While Episode VII considered using an anti-drone “shield”, a “an enterprise-grade sensor network and alerting architecture that integrates easily with existing security systems” according to the makers of such devices, Star Wars Episode VIII will instead deploy their own drones to patrol the skies while shooting.

That’s according to Croatian website MosCroatia, who say that Star Wars: Fifty Shades of Rey has begun shooting some location shots in the popular tourist destination of Dubrovnik. Apart from the fact that there is already an actual army of security that is comprised of 600 guards who are on site to execute an Order 66 on any spoilers, the skies above the shoots will be defended by a team of remote-controlled drones that will go after rebel drones that fly over the sovereign airspace when filming kicks off.

It’s absurd, insane and incredibly awesome all at the same time. Hopefully at least one of these drones will be nicknamed Bothan, and die in the service of retrieving some Star Wars Episode VIII spoilers.

Last Updated: February 23, 2016

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  1. Allykhat

    February 23, 2016 at 15:35

    China have been using drones to catch other suspect drones for a while now. They use a big net hanging from their own drones to catch them.

    I guess you can say… SKYNET is operational :O

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    • Commander Admiral Chief

      February 23, 2016 at 15:42

      LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

      Reply

    • Saitamago

      February 24, 2016 at 11:54

      Yeah, well the Dutch are using fricken’ eagles

      Reply

      • Allykhat

        February 24, 2016 at 11:55

        But is it Skynet?

        No. I didn’t think so. 😀

        Reply

  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    February 23, 2016 at 15:55

    I feel like the drone wars start every time people start waxing on & on about Star Wars.

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  3. Original Heretic

    February 23, 2016 at 15:57

    I’d love to see this! Can you imagine, a group of hungry, spoiler-lusty fans all banding together to attack the set en masse, their hundreds of drones swooping in and out, some in tight formations, some doing sneaky little solo missions.
    And then….
    DUN DUN DUN De de DUUN de de DUUNNNNN!
    The black Darkside drones stand in their way! If they’re Star Wars drones, they must look like little Tie Fighters!

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    • Saitamago

      February 24, 2016 at 13:13

      With powerful pen lasers that can shoot down other drones.

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