article_snippet.sent: Star Wars' 787 Dreamliner painted like R2-D2 .
article_snippet.sent: It wasn't CGI, either, as much of the movie, Abrams said, was filmed on actual sets.
article_snippet.sent: That's not Tatooine .
article_snippet.sent: Abrams revealed that their shooting location was not meant to represent the Skywalker ancestral home of Tatooine, as many believed.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, it's a planet called Jakku, where much of the early action of the movie takes place.
article_snippet.sent: There's less CGI than in the prequels .
article_snippet.sent: And yes, the new droid BB-8 (who was a fan favorite at the panel) is not CGI.
article_snippet.sent: The ruins of the Empire are all around .