According to a post on the the fan site makingstarwars.net, the Skellig Michael location has now been recreated in London’s Pinewood Studios, which means that film crews will not be returning to Ireland any time soon.
The post specifies that such move was done to avoid disrupting the habits of migrating birds and other environmental hazards inherent to the location.
Jason Ward, who runs makingstarwars.net, said:
“The Skellig Michael sets have been built and in some cases recreated at Pinewood. The location of the set at Pinewood is the same place they filmed the Jakku village scenes for The Force Awakens. Filming at Skellig Michael was just too complicated for environmental reasons. Migrating birds have more power than any corporation over that isle.”