STAR WARS FILM LOCATIONS YOU CAN VISIT

AJIM

Tunisia has been a major filming location throughout the Star Wars

franchise, especially for scenes on Tatooine. Visit the port of Ajim on

the southern side of the island of Djerba, Tunisia, and look for the outside

of Chalmun’s Spaceport Cantina and Ben Kenobi’s hut (which was

originally and still is an old fisherman’s hut).

CASERTA PALACE

A little known town, Caserta (just northeast of Napoli) boasts the

largest royal palace in Italy, originally built for King Charles III in the

18th century. The 1,000+ room palace was made into the

Theed Royal Palace in Episodes I & II.

DEATH VALLEY

Death Valley, California, made it into Star Wars because A New Hope

went over budget and the team couldn’t afford to return to Tunisia,

their original desired filming location. R2-D2 was filmed speeding

away in search of Ben Kenobi’s hut.

HARDANGERJØKULEN GLACIER

The massive Hardangerjøkulen glacier is the sixth largest in Norway

and was used during filming of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire

Strikes Back to shoot scenes and battles from ice planet Hoth.

MOUNT ETNA

Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna was used to capture plate

photography which became the background for the epic lightsabre

battle on planet Mustafar between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

Mount Etna erupted during filming at which point George Lucas sent

crews to film the lava flows.

PLAZA DE ESPAÑA

Spain’s gorgeous Plaza de España in Seville was shot for the arrival of

Anakin and Padmé Amidala on Naboo. (Extended scenes can be

seen on the DVD’s deleted scenes.)

CHOTT EL DJERID

A dried salt lake in southwestern Tunisia, Chott El Djerid featured

the Lars family moisture farm and home where Luke Skywalker

was raised by Owen and Beru Lars.

HÔTEL SIDI DRISS

Hôtel Sidi Driss served as the inside of the Lars family home. A bit to

the east of Matmata, Tunisia, the hotel is a traditional-style Berber

house built hundreds of years ago. Guests can eat in the Star Wars pit,

the hotel’s restaurant, which was restored in the 90’s to the original

Star Wars theme.

GRINDELWALD

The Swiss mountain town of Grindelwald was never actually filmed

but did serve as the scene for a variety of photographs which later

played into the backdrop of planet Alderaan, home of Princess Leia.