At the end of A New Hope these pyramids in the Guatemalan jungle were used to represent the rebel base of Yavin. The interiors were actually filmed at RAF Cardington in Bedfordshire.
Even though Tunisia is often considered to be the backdrop of Tatooine – Death Valley was also a very widely used location in A New Hope.
When Mount Etna erupted during the filming of Revenge of the Sith, the company behind the franchise, Lucasfilm, rushed a crew over to shoot the volcano for use in the finale. The lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) on Mustafar is where you will have seen volcano footage spliced into the movie.
It’s easy to see why this Jordanian desert is used so often in sci-fi movies. As well as Rogue One’s Planet Jedha, it also stood in for the Red Planet in Ridley Scott’s The Martian.
The extraordinary limestone mountains found in this particular region in China, made the landscape seen in Revenge of the Sith – the best of the George Lucas prequels – all the more surreal.
Although not the most popular of characters, The Ewoks did have an unforgettable home on the forest moon of Endor. Return of the Jedi was partly shot in the Californian Redwood National and State Parks.
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