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Chott el-Jerid / Lars homestead exterior

Filmed as Lars homestead exterior

📍 Salt flats west of Nefta, Tozeur Governorate, Nefta, Tunisia

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Chott el-Jerid / Lars homestead exterior
Photo: Habib M'henni · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

  1. Lars homestead exterior

    Star Wars: A New Hope 1977

    Luke watches the twin sunset from the salt igloo.

    Luke Skywalker

Real-world history

Salt pan where the Lars igloo exterior was built. The dome has been rebuilt more than once after storms and souvenir hunters.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Open desert. Go with a local driver.

Parking & accessibility: No formal lot. Tour 4x4.

Best time to visit: Sunrise. The pan floods in wet winters.

What else to see here

  • Ong Jmal / Mos Espa set

    Phantom Menace spaceport.

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    40 min