Where was Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope filmed?
1977 film directed by George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) was filmed at one place in Guatemala: Tikal. The place comes from Wikidata.
Part of the Star Wars film series · the Star Wars original trilogy
Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 18 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
London
England
Capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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Studios & sets
Shepperton Studios
United Kingdom
Film studio, special effects studios and pre- and post-production centre
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Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
England
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
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Towns & cities Van Nuys
United States
Neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States
“ILM began its work on Star Wars in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California.” Wikipedia
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Studios & sets
Elstree Studios
England
Film and television production facility on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
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Towns & cities
Borehamwood
England
Town in Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Towns & cities
Middlesex
England
Historic county of England
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Towns & cities
Iver
England
Village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England
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Landscapes & nature
Death Valley
United States
Desert basin in Inyo and San Bernadino counties in California, United States
“Additional Tatooine scenes were shot at Death Valley in the United States.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Death Valley National Park
United States
National park in California and Nevada in the United States
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Landscapes & nature
Sahara
Niger
Desert on the African continent
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Towns & cities Tozeur
Tunisia
City in southwest Tunisia
“Meanwhile, a construction crew in nearby Tozeur spent eight weeks creating additional Tatooine locations.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Nafta
Tunisia
Tunisian town
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Towns & cities
Matmata
Tunisia
Tunisian town
“The scenes of Luke's Tatooine home were filmed at the Hotel Sidi Driss, in Matmata.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Tataouine
Tunisia
Tunisian town
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Landscapes & nature
Chott el Djerid
Tunisia
Chott in Tunisia
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Landmarks & buildings
Calakmul
Mexico
Archaeological site
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Landscapes & nature
Tikal National Park
Guatemala
National park in Guatemala
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Places whose own article says it was shot there
3 places say on their own Wikipedia pages that this film was shot there. Not on the map: each quote is linked so you can check it.
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Towns & cities
Borehamwood
England
Town in Hertfordshire, England, UK
“Many films were shot at the studios on Shenley Road including The Dam Busters (1955), Star Wars (1977, and subsequent films in the franchise), Moby Dick (1956), Summer Holiday (1963), and The Shining (1980) starring Jack Nicholson, some of the Indiana Jones films.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Tikal
Guatemala
Ruins of major ancient Maya city
“Filmmaker George Lucas used Tikal as a filming location for the fictional moon Yavin 4 in the first Star Wars film, which premiered in 1977.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Marine World/Africa USA
United States
Former animal theme park in California
“One of the park's star attractions was that it was home to Mardji, a trained Asian elephant that portrayed the Banthas in the original Star Wars film and that was also filmed for reference movement of the AT-ATs in The Empire Strikes Back.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in Arizona, California, Tunisia, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
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Lawrence of ArabiaWar film1962
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Set in the same places
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More filmed in Guatemala
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