Death Valley Star Wars locations driving tour

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Death Valley contains several filming locations for the Star Wars movies (episodes IV and VI).

Death Valley is the driest national park… so of course it was rainy:

Rainy
Rainy

Twenty-mule Team Canyon, where R2-D2 and C-3PO traveled to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi:

Twenty-Mule Team Canyon
Twenty-mule Team Canyon
Twenty-mule Team Canyon
Twenty-mule Team Canyon
Twenty-mule Team Canyon
Twenty-mule Team Canyon

Dantes View, where Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker looked down on Mos Eisley, the Tatooine spaceport, in A New Hope:

Dantes View

A little foggy:

Dantes View
Dantes View

Very hidden:

Dantes View

A break in the clouds:

Dantes View
Dantes View
Dantes View
Dantes View
Dantes View
Dantes View
Dantes View
Dantes View

Artists Palette, the backdrop for R2-D2's journey through the desert canyon right before Jawas captured him:

Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette
Artists Palette

Desolation Canyon, where the Tuscan Raiders attacked in A New Hope:

Desolation Canyon
Desolation Canyon