Where was Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope filmed?
1977 film directed by George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) — 7 places named in its Wikipedia article, in United Kingdom, United States, Mauritania, Tunisia. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Arizona, California, Guatemala, Tunisia. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Part of the Star Wars film series · the Star Wars original trilogy
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Places named in Wikipedia's article
The article’s article names 7 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to the sentence’s home.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Elstree Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
8 film & TV studios in Borehamwood, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Van Nuys
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Death Valley
🇺🇸 United States
desert basin in Inyo and San Bernadino counties in California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Sahara
🇲🇷 Mauritania
desert on the African continent
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🏙 Towns & cities
Tozeur
🇹🇳 Tunisia
Tunisian town
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🏙 Towns & cities
Matmata
🇹🇳 Tunisia
Tunisian town
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Chott el Djerid
🇹🇳 Tunisia
chott in Tunisia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Arizona, California, Guatemala, Tunisia, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States · Tunisia