Via BBC.com:

Jedi Knights in training are again making a pilgrimage to Skellig Michael after it opened for the tourist season.  The Unesco World Heritage Site was home to a monastic community from at least the 8th Century but is best known these days as Star Wars Island.

Having featured in three of the latest movies, the County Kerry attraction is now pulling in a new brand of visitor. However, this year’s influx was delayed by poor weather and an opening date of 18 May had to be pushed back.

A spokesman for the Office of Public Works, the Irish government agency responsible for looking after all national monuments, said: “Due to the sea weather conditions of wind resulting in swell and given the significant amount of cargo and materials which needed to be transported, the boats upon which the OPW rely could not travel until 16 May.”

Since the Stars Wars effect kicked in following the release of The Force Awakens in December 2015, Skellig Michael has seen thousands make the crossing from various harbours to see the monastic stone dwellings where Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Daisy Ridley (Rey) shot key scenes.

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