11 Real Star Wars Locations You Must Visit
9. Death Valley National Park (USA)
As a Star Wars buff if you're going to become a location hunter you'd better get used to sand.
The movie was over budget and couldn't afford a return trip to Tunisia so the nearby Mojave Desert was seen as a more than adequate stand-in.
Although the location had changed, the technical problems remained with sand, heat and extreme cold said to have played havoc with the electrics during shooting for Episode IV as R2-D2 developed a mind of his own and the sandcrawler would often break down.
Still, you're not a robot (are you?) so you should be fine.
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Death Valley might sound intimidating, certainly you wouldn't want to get lost there at any time of the day, and over the years various weather conditions have made identifying the cinematic hotspots from A New Hope more challenging.
Luckily with the help of the internet and a map you can take a self-guided tour of some of the sites like Desolation Canyon where the Tusken Raiders prepare to attack Luke, the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes where the escape pod from the Tontine IV crashed and, if you really fancy a walk, Twenty Mule Team which is the road to Jabba's Palace from Episode VI.