Star Wars filmed some of its iconic desert scenes in the Mojave Desert, which stood in for the fictional planet Tatooine.

The Mojave Desert served as the backdrop for many of the desert scenes in the original Star Wars film, particularly the scenes set on the fictional desert planet Tatooine. The film crew filmed in various locations, including areas near Death Valley and Alabama Hills, which provided the rugged, arid landscape needed for Tatooine. While The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Mad Max, and Lawrence of Arabia are also famous films with desert scenes, their filming locations were in different deserts, such as the Tabernas Desert in Spain and the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan.