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Star Wars: A New Hope

Hotel Sidi Driss

Matmata · Tunisia  ·  Skywalker family homestead

Star Wars: A New Hope filmed at Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata. A hotel here stood in for the Skywalker family home on Tatooine. On screen it's Skywalker family home.

Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata
Habib M'henni · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where to go

33.542714, 9.967273

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
On screen
Skywalker family home
In real life
Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Hotel Sidi Driss today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Star Wars: A New Hope film at Hotel Sidi Driss?
At 33.542714, 9.967273 in Matmata. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Hotel Sidi Driss?
Open to the public, ticketed.
What else was filmed near Hotel Sidi Driss?
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