Movie production and directional signs for “Star Wars 7” have been popping up all over Atlanta but, before you get out your favorite Princess Leia costume and head down to Georgia, here are few reasons why we’re pretty sure it isn’t actually Star Wars: Episode 7.
– The signs – spotted along Moreland Avenue N, Freedom Parkway, on Highland pointing towards Ponce Ave, on Ponce Ave and around Little Five Points – actually say “Star Wars 7”, we’re pretty sure they wouldn’t advertise it so blatantly if they were filming secret scenes in Atlanta.
– It’s been confirmed Star Wars: Episode 7 is still filming in the UK. It is common for a movie to have a second unit at a second location but having a main unit in London and having a small second unit randomly show up in Atlanta seems a little far-fetched.
– New Mexico and Los Angeles have both been mentioned as possible filming locations for the new movie but, as far as we know, Atlanta has never been in play as a potential filming location.
– A couple of tipsters have spotted the signs, but no one has actually found a set associated with them.
Considering all of this, it seems far-fetched the signs are for Star Wars, so what are they for?
A couple of people have speculated it is some elaborate prank but that seems like a lot of work just to get a few fanboys’ hopes up.
We’ve thought it might be a commercial. We’ve noticed some commercials in other cities use the name of more famous past projects as their working title, but this is probably a long shot, too.
If you have any idea what these signs are for, we’d love to know! Leave us a comment or shoot us an email at olv@onlocationvacations.com!
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I work as an actor in Atlanta Georgia. They just opened the first U.S. based Pinewood Studio in GA. Ant-man was going to start filming there in May before they had director issues. It is possible second unit is building sets at Pinewood Georgia which would not require a fake name seeing as they make us check in with guards at the gate with our I.D.
Pinewood studios is in Fayetteville. These signs are in the middle of Atlanta. I did notice some today that just say SW.