August 14, 2007

Our Visit to Naboo

On a warm and hazy afternoon, we visited Padmé's Lake Retreat on Naboo from Star Wars: The Attack of the Clones. It's actually The Villa Balbianello, which was built in 1787 for an Italian Cardinal. For a blow-by-blow of how the Lake is featured in the movie, check out this article.


The exterior of the Villa was digitally enhanced with domes for the movie, to match other architecture on the planet Naboo












Didn't you know that Grayson was an extra in the movie?

The Secret Wedding of Anakin and Padmé

Scenes from James Bond - Casino Royale were also filmed at the Villa

For the record, we walked really, really far, up hill, to reach the Villa

And Tony took a conference call while walking the grounds

And Grayson made a friend

He always finds the cutest little girls - he's definitely a ladies' man