Canto Bight Canto Bight was a coastal city on the desert planet Cantonica . The city was a destination for wealthy individuals , and it was filled with casino s and racetrack s . During the war between the Resistance and the First Order , Resistance members Finn and Rose Tico traveled to Canto Bight . Description . Canto Bight was the capital city on the planet Cantonica that lay on the shores of the Sea of Cantonica , the largest artificial ocean in the galaxy . Canto Bight was a destination for wealthy tourists , gamblers , and war profiteers , who visited its lavish casino s and racetrack s . Child workers rode quadruped creatures called fathier s in the city ' s racetracks . The Canto Bight Police Department were the law enforcement of the city . History . Canto Bight was a tourist and gambling destination on the Outer Rim world of Cantonica , which was part of a corporate fiefdom known as the Corporate Sector . At the time of the Galactic Civil War , Canto Bight was already being referred to as the most luxurious casino around by certain individuals . During the First Order – Resistance war , the Resistance operatives Finn , Rose Tico , and BB - 8 traveled to Canto Bight as part of a mission to recruit the Master Codebreaker in order to disable the First Order ' s hyperspace tracker . Finn and Rose parked their ship on a public beach , leading the Abednedo businessman Slowen Lo to alert the Canto Bight Police Department . They tried to make contact with the Master Codebreaker but were instead arrested by Canto Bight police officers for a traffic violation . While being detained at the Canto Bight police headquarters , the two met the slicer DJ , who offered to help them disable the hyperspace tracker in return for their freedom . BB - 8 also tied up the guards , allowing Finn , Rose , and DJ to escape the prison . While fleeing through the Canto Bight racetrack , Rose convinced the child worker Temiri Blagg to help them escape in return for giving him her Resistance ring . Blagg released a herd of fathiers , which stampeded through the streets of Canto Bight . The stampede cause the town ' s businesses significant damage . Finn and Rose escaped on a back of a fathier to Canto Bight ' s outskirts where they were picked up by DJ and BB - 8 , who had stolen the luxury yacht " Libertine " . The group then traveled to the First Order " Mega " - class Star Dreadnought " Supremacy " in an attempt to disable the hyperspace tracker . Behind the scenes . Canto Bight was created for , and it was described by director Rian Johnson as " a " Star Wars " – type environment , a little – ish , a little . " The planet and its casino were heavily inspired by the city of Monaco , the Monte Carlo Casino , and the Monaco Grand Prix Race . Parts of " Star Wars : The Last Jedi " were filmed in Dubrovnik in March 2016 . During the late design process of " The Last Jedi " , Lucasfilm Ltd . president Kathleen Kennedy said that Canto Bight ' s design didn ' t feel enough " " Star Wars " " to her , reason for which the creative team scrapped many of their original ideas for Canto Bight and ultimately drew inspiration from early drawings by Ralph McQuarrie for Jabba the Hutt ' s palace during the development of in the 1980 s .