22 Items Tagged

Star Wars

Nashville, Tennessee

Chopper

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

A shelf full of unofficial merchandise.

Tavern Pachimon Wars

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

Lars Homestead.

Lars Homestead

The original movie set for the home of "Star Wars" hero Luke Skywalker.

Hotel du Lac

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

Mos Espa, Tunisia.

Mos Espa

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

Paleontologist Jean-Bernard Caron and <em>Cambroraster</em> in the Canadian Rockies.

Found: A Spaceship-Shaped, 500-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature

High-altitude fossils from the deep, deep past.

Isaac Schultz August 5, 2019

Zweibrücken R2-D2 Observatory.

Zweibrücken, Germany

Zweibrücken R2-D2

A university observatory dome painted like the beloved "Star Wars" robot.

Statue of Yoda.

San Anselmo, California

Imagination Park

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Matmata underground house.

Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia

Matmata Underground Houses

Made famous by "Star Wars," these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

Beehive huts on Skellig Michael, looking across to Little Skellig.

The Real-World Architecture of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Hideaway

The huts of Ahch-To exist here on Earth.

Alex Weinberg January 2, 2018

R2-D2 in the Folimanka Park in Prague.

Prague, Czechia

R2-D2 of Prague

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

For Sale: A Solid Gold Darth Vader Mask

May the gold be with us.

Eric Grundhauser May 1, 2017

A Centuries-Old Malaysian Puppet Show Puts a New Spin on Star Wars

A long time ago in a theater far, far away...

Lauren Young March 13, 2017

Head Stone of the First Ordained Jedi in Utah

West Valley City, Utah

Gravesite of Utah's First Jedi Priest

"May the force be with you always."

Bought: A Billboard Pleading For Old Star Wars Stories

Disney turned the Expanded Universe into Legends. Some fans never forgot.

Eric Grundhauser April 22, 2016

Darth Vader Statue

Odessa, Ukraine

Darth Vader Statue

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

space exploration

FOUND: An Unaltered, Original Star Wars Print

Sarah Laskow February 22, 2016

space exploration

Places You Can No Longer Go: Alderaan

Lucas Adams December 17, 2015