recordings of a series set in the universe Star wars At Xátiva Castle (Valencia) has already started. Vehicles carrying all the necessary materials have been entering and leaving the Setabense castle, which has been in a tightly armored condition since the beginning of the week.. So, employees from a surveillance company arranged Several security filters at castle entrances and they only allow vehicles through which the production company in charge of the shooting has allowed. As announced by Levante-EMV of the Prensa Ibérica group, the historic complex of the capital La Costera was chosen to shoot scenes from the second season of the series. andor serieslanded on Valencia City of Arts and Sciences in the last weeks
Currently, records in Setabense territory do not cause many curious people to come to Xátiva. Of course, the Castle area is visited daily by walkers and runners and these days they have seen how they had to change their routines with the advent of cameras and actors. “I was running in the area and suddenly a convoy of ten or twelve trucks was heading towards the Citadel.. Most Autocares said Demetrio, but there were also unmarked vehicles. It is seen that they carry quite a lot of material. They were going pretty fast and all together. An athlete who was near the castle at around 23.00 yesterday made a statement to this newspaper, “There was an effect as if the freight train had passed.
Sources consulted by this newspaper suggest that a plot is being filmed in some kind of intergalactic marketplace.
As in the capital city of Túria, the plot is shrouded in secrecy. However, sources cited by this paper explained that recordings to be made on Xátiva appear to be framed in a kind of intergalactic marketplace.. They are not strange scenes from the universe of one of the most famous epics in cinema history. The sale of gadgets on the black market or on street stalls already appears in many plots, whether in movies or comics, for example. In such scenarios, the protagonists come into contact with all kinds of criminals and rogues, expanding the variety of scenes and the cast of characters. Not everything can be epic, jedi fights with lightsabers or blaster shooting. Actually, Two of the planets where the Andor plan takes place – Coruscant and Corellia – have fertile black markets. Everything indicates that Xátiva Castle will take place in one of these scenarios.
More than 27,000 Euros
For the records of the Star Wars series, the closure of Castle Xátiva coincides with the high season days of the year. Easter. Therefore, the responsible producer faced a payment of 27,563.73 Euros. according to a file that this newspaper has access to. The figure in question was divided into EUR 5,005.80 for the private use of public property and EUR 8,339, which was determined as compensation in favor of the consulate for entrance tickets to the castle, for the performance of private actions in the castle. 14,218.93 compensation for the closure of the facilities of the Castillo cafe restaurant between 2 and 6 April. sections Heritage, Urbanism or Tourism They have published reports about it.
In fact, in the official profile of the Talaia del Castell restaurant, they confirmed that their premises were closed between April 2 and 6 on their official social media profiles. “As many of you already know, there will be a movie shoot at our castle next week (Yes, Disney+ production company is shooting an episode of the second season of the Star Wars saga Andor series). La Talaia del Castell has no choice but to apologize for being closed. full and we’ll be back with full force,” they explain in a Facebook post.
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Although the presence of the filming of the Star Wars series was presented as a notable element in terms of short, medium or long-term promotion for the city, some voices questioned the choice of date on social networks.. Everything indicates that the production company wanted to link the shooting in Valencia with the shooting in the capital of Costera in order to squeeze resources. In fact, the use of the parking areas near the Castle is limited. And the parking area of the volleyball pavilion, located on the road to the Lluís Alcanyís hospital, was occupied by rental vans for the film production. The Xátiva Local Police have placed a sign at the venue with a clear message: “Operative Film”.
However, on social networks such as Twitter, some users took advantage of the opportunity and warned about the state of the city’s Arab baths, one of the historical sites of Xátiva that could replace the Citadel as a tourist attraction these days. castle armored. In fact, tourist visits to this site and the Roman nymphaeum are offered for April 6. It never rains to everyone’s liking.
Castell de Xátiva has become the set of a series of coverage around the world this week. The city has been the scene of other shootings before.