Attack Of The Clones Filming Locations May 2026

The viaduct’s brutalist concrete pillars provided the perfect "urban canyon" for a high-speed crash. The crew built a 40-foot section of the speeder and detonated it using air mortars. This location has since been destroyed (replaced by a new bridge in 2022), meaning a piece of Star Wars history physically no longer exists. 7. The Tusken Raider Camp (Buttercup Valley, Arizona) The Location: Yuma Desert, Arizona (near the Imperial Sand Dunes) The Scene: The massacre of the Tusken village.

When Lucas needed a desert that looked harsher and more remote than Tunisia, he turned to the dunes of Southern California/Arizona. Buttercup Valley (near Glamis) doubled for the Outer Rim. The iconic scene of Shmi Skywalker dying in her son’s arms was shot in a dusty, miserable ravine that the crew nicknamed "The Oven." attack of the clones filming locations

The blinding white of the salt flats acted as a natural light reflector, eliminating the need for massive lighting rigs. The "factory" interior was a massive set built in the abandoned Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata—the same hotel that served as the Lars kitchen in A New Hope . The production simply built the assembly line over the existing courtyard. 4. The Coruscant Nightclub (Her Majesty's Theatre, London) The Location: The "Outlander Club" set (Stage 9, Ealing Studios) The Scene: Obi-Wan hunting Zam Wesell. Buttercup Valley (near Glamis) doubled for the Outer Rim

Wait—a theatre? No. While the Outlander Club was a set built at Ealing Studios (London), its visual DNA was pulled from the industrial grime of London’s Smithfield Market and the neon chaos of Piccadilly Circus. Production Designer Gavin Bocquet admitted to visiting over a dozen "dive bars" in London and Prague to replicate the "used future" grunge. served as Padmé’s secluded villa.

While the Naboo capital was a CGI extravaganza, the human heart of the film beats in Lombardy. Villa del Balbianello, a 18th-century cardinal’s retreat perched on a wooded promontory jutting into Lake Como, served as Padmé’s secluded villa. The loggia—a stunning colonnaded terrace overlooking the water—is where Anakin confesses his massacring of the Tusken Raiders and where the pair share their forbidden kiss.