Attack of the Clones (2002)
Starring: Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Natalie Portman as Senator Padmé Amidala, Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Christopher Lee as Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus, Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu
The summer palace is shot at Villa Balbianello of Lake Como region in the northern Italy near the Swiss border. It is one favorite movie locations, also featured in Casino Royale, Ocean's Twelve...
Photographer: siomesiano.com on Flickr
The exterior of the Naboo Royal Palace is shot at Plaza de España at Seville of Spain. The Plaza was built on the edge of the Maria Luisa Park in 1929 for the Spanish-American Exhibition.
photographer: wikimedia/Gregory Zeier
Oung Jmel (arabic: Neck of the camel) is a rock near the salt lake Chot el Gharsa in Tunisia and has been famous among locals for its camel-like shape and recently has become a tourist attraction following a number of films, including The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, being filmed there.
Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Starring: Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Natalie Portman as Padmé, Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker,Keisha Castle-Hughes as Queen of Naboo
Mount Etna, located in southern Italy, is the largest active volcano in Europe. Although no scenes were filmed there, it was digitaly scouted to capture plate photography for backdrops in the Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Anakin Skywalker fight on planet Mustafar. Conveniently, Etna erupted while the film was being filmed, so Lucas sent a team to film lava flows to be used as moving backgrounds.
photographer: wikimedia/Josep Renalias
Grindelwald is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Although no actual filming took place in Grindelwald, its mountains were scouted to capture plate photography for backdrops on the planet Alderaan.
photographer: wikimedia/Cristo Vlahos
The area of Gulin, China, combined with Krabi Province, Thailand, was used for background plate shots to make the Wookiee planet.
photograher: wikimedia/chensiyuan
Krabi Province is a popular beach destination at the Andaman Sea in Southern Thailand. The most distinguishing feature of Krabi is the massive karst formations, rising vertiginously as islands from the sea.
Of the 154 islands in the province, Ko Phi Phi Leh is the most famous, since it was used in the movie The Beach.
Other notable islands include Ko Phi Phi Don, part of the Phi Phi islands.
