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Added on: 4th Feb 2016

 

GUILIN

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

Phuket_Viewpoint

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

Shepperton_Studios

The widely reputed Shepperton Studios in Surrey, hosted the

famous awards ceremony at the conclusion of A New Hope.

 

 

NEFTA

Nefta dunes

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

Finse Norway in winter

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

Hotel_Sidi_Driss-underground_view_only

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

star wars desert camp

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

Ksar Ouled 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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