Star Wars Planets and Places You Can Actually Visit
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Skellig Michael
The force awakened on this teeny-tiny island off the coast of Ireland – part of Episode VII was shot here in 2014. From the water, the island looks like a mountain gutting out of the Atlantic, with a spiraling staircase trailing down from the top.
Tikal, Guatemala
Star Wars is all about the future, but in Episode IV, A New Hope, ancient Mayan ruins were used as a landing site for Han Solo's spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon.
La Grande Dune, Neftah, Tunisia
The sparse, sandy desert in the African nation of Tunisia was used for multiple scenes in the Star Wars saga, as the Dune Sea and the Krayt Dragon Ridge. Nearby is the Chott el Djerid, a dry salt lake whose salt flats were used to shoot the exterior shots of the Lars family home.
Phang Nga Bay, Thailand
This eerily beautiful bay in Southern Thailand served as the Wookiee homeland of Kashyyk. The lush greens and endless blue water make a perfect setting for a planet that only sees one season.
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- By Diana Pearl / People