Star Wars Filming Locations in the United Kingdom You’ll remember it as the planet with the white surface that had the blood-red soil, where the force projection of Luke Skywalker fought Kylo Ren to give Rey and the last remaining Resistance members time to escape. ![]() That battle was suppose to be the final defeating attack against the Resistance by the First Order. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia - This salt flat, the largest in the world, was used for the final battle in “The Last Jedi” on the planet Crait. Guatemalan Highlands, Guatemala - The picturesque landscape of this region was featured as the volcano planet Mustafar in "Revenge of the Sith" while the highland regions were used to represent the volcanic planet of Kessel in "Solo: A Star Wars Story." Tikal National Park, Guatemala - These ancient Mayan ruins, located in a rainforest, were used for the Rebel Base and the Massassi Outpost on Yavin 4 in "A New Hope." You get a great view of this area in the movie when a Rebel Trooper scans the Millennium Falcon upon landing at the base, and a few shots from the ground near the entrance to the base. Check out this Redwoods Endor article for more precise locations.īuttercup Valley, California, USA - On the border of the Yuma Desert, in Arizona, the vast sand dunes in this location were used for the Sarlacc Pit scenes on Tatooine in “Return of the Jedi,” including The Great Pit of Carkoon - which swallowed Boba Fett - and the massive sail barge. Redwood National and State Parks, California, USA - The majestic redwood forests, towering trees, and dense fern filled forests of these parks were used to depict forest moon of Endor, the home of the Ewoks, in "Return of the Jedi." Many scenes were filmed in Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park and Del Norte County, while the speeder chase is noted to have been filmed at “Avenue of the Giants” in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, and the Ewok ambush is noted to have been filmed in Marin County. Star Wars Filming Locations in the Americasĭeath Valley National Park, California, USA - Desolate landscapes between the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada were used to depict the Dune Sea backdrop for Tatooine in "A New Hope.” However, many shots of Tatooine are a combination of Tunisia locations and these locations in Death Valley. The Artist’s Pallet, Golden Canyon, and Desolation Canyon areas were used for scenes of Jawas attacking R2-D2 and of Sand People, Twenty-Mule Team Canyon was used for when the droids arrive at Jabba’s Place in “Return of the Jedi”, Dante's View provided a panoramic vista used as the approach to Mos Eisley in "A New Hope,” Artist's Drive for a scene involving a Sandcrawler, and the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes were featured as Rey’s outpost on Jakku in "The Phantom Menace" and “The Force Awakens.”
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