They always try to tell us that Star Wars happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but let me tell you one thing: that’s not true. In fact, Star Wars happened on our planet Earth! That’s right!
Let’s take a look at some places you can visit where some iconic and not-so-iconic Star Wars scenes were filmed.
Hardangerjøkulen Glacier, Norway
I wanted to start us off with the easier to pronounce ones. Anyhoo, this location is where most of the planet Hoth shots were filmed.
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Redwood National Park, California
The national park was the set for the Forest Moon of Endor, where the Ewoks live. Leftover Ewoks are quite often misidentified as Bigfoot.
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Ajim, Tunisia
This is also known as Tatooine. I think most people know it as Tatooine.
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Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy
This location was used to film the Theed Palace scenes in episodes I and II.
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Grindelwald, Switzerland
This place is where the shots were filmed for the Alderaan backdrop to put on the green screen for most of episodes II and III.
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Whippendell Wood in Watford, England
Watford has a half-decent football squad and also a wood where some Naboo forest scenes were filmed for The Phantom Menace.
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Finse, Norway
This town was mainly used for the Echo Base scenes and the small scene where Luke gets severe hypothermia and hallucinates about Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Mount Etna, Italy
The erupting lava was used as a backdrop for the battle scenes in Mustafar.
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Death Valley, California
Remember how Tunisia was known as Tatooine? Well, Death Valley was Tatooine too.
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Yuma Desert, Arizona
You guessed it: also Tatooine. Lots of desert scenes in Star Wars, aren’t there? This particular part of the world is where the Sarlacc ate Boba Fett.
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Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Don’t tell the Empire, but this is where the Rebel base is.
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Skellig Michael, Ireland
You probably already knew this, but this is the location where the Ahch-To scenes were filmed. That’s where Luke Skywalker has been hiding for the last 30 years.
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Phang Nga Bay in Phuket, Thailand
This was another backdrop, so no actual filming was done on this location. The backdrop was used for the planet Kashyyyk. Yes, that’s 3 y’s. I don’t make up the names.
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
While this is also King’s Landing from Game of Thrones, it was the casino city of Canto Bight in the last Star Wars film.
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