Attack Of The Clones Filming | Locations

Perhaps the most misattributed location in Star Wars history. Fans assume the lakeside picnic was shot on a soundstage. In reality, it was filmed in the Plaza de España in Seville—a massive semi-circular brick and tile complex built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

The high ceilings and gothic ironwork of the set were directly inspired by the loading docks of Her Majesty’s Theatre. The crew built the bar on a hydraulic gimbal so they could shake the set to simulate a speeder crash. The seedy atmosphere is 100% practical plaster, smoke, and glass. 5. The Picnic on Naboo (The Royal Gardens, Seville) The Location: Plaza de España, Seville, Spain The Scene: Anakin and Padmé’s awkward picnic; the "I hate sand" speech. attack of the clones filming locations

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. Perhaps the most misattributed location in Star Wars history

The dusty, red dust of Geonosis is largely a digital creation, but the floor of the arena—where our heroes face three vicious beasts—is real. In a clever bit of misdirection, the production ditched soundstages for a windswept cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, just south of San Francisco. The massive concrete "Generator Station" (an abandoned PG&E facility) became the backdrop for the arena walls. The high ceilings and gothic ironwork of the

Because the beach is treacherous (known for "sneaker waves" and unstable bluffs), the cast and crew battled real mud and freezing fog to film the execution sequence. When you see Padmé dodging the Nexu, she is actually doing so on a cold, wet California beach, not a hot alien planet. The irony that the arid Geonosis was filmed in a marine fog belt is one of Hollywood’s best kept secrets. 3. The Droid Factory (The Happis, Tunisia) The Location: The salt flats of Chott el Jerid & The Hotel Sidi Driss The Scene: The conveyor belt chaos.