STAR WARS MOVIE LOCATIONS YOU CAN VISIT
Added on: 4th Feb 2016
GUILIN
Like Grindelwald, Guilin in southern China was not actually filmed
for Star Wars but did serve as the location for plate photographs
which eventually were turned into parts of planet Kashyyyk,
home to the Wookiees.
PHUKET
Thailand’s famous party island, Phuket is the third place in the
Star Wars franchise which served only as a scouting location for
plate photography. As with Guilin, it was scouted for Star Wars
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and contributed scenes to the
Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk.
SHEPPERTON STUDIOS
The widely reputed Shepperton Studios in Surrey, hosted the
famous awards ceremony at the conclusion of A New Hope.
NEFTA
Just near Tunisia’s western border with Algeria, Nefta is the largest
sand dune in the area and scene of the famous R2-D2 and C-3PO
crash landing from Star Wars: Episode IV.
FINSE
Echo Base, the Rebel Alliance’s base during the Battle of Hoth,
was filmed at Finse, Norway. Stop off if you’re taking the train
between Oslo and Bergen to see the site. It’s also the highest
station on the Norwegian rail system.
KSAR HADADA
Ksar is the Meghrebi dialect (spoken mostly in north Africa) the
Arabic’s term for a castle. Central Tunisia’s Ksar Hadada was filmed
as the Slave Quarters of Mos Espa in The Phantom Menace.
KSAR MEDENINE
The second ksar filmed for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace,
Ksar Medenine was used in two scenes: when enslaved Anakin
brings his new friends home and when he returns to his
mother before leaving the planet with Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn.
KSAR OUELD SOLTANE
Can you tell George Lucas really liked Tunisia’s castles? Ksar Oueld
Soltane served as the third filming location for Tatooine’s Slave
Quarters Row. Tourists these days visit to see Anakin’s boyhood
home and the well-preserved ksar on the hilltop.
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