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The Star Wars Eclipse — Want to see the 2027 total solar eclipse on Tatooine? Head to Tunisia
From Mos Eisley to Mos Espa and the Jundland Wastes, here's where to experience the Aug. 2, 2027 total solar eclipse from Tunisia's Star Wars filming locations.
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On Aug. 2, 2027, darkness will fall on Tatooine. The path of the "eclipse of the century" crosses southern Tunisia, putting several of the most famous Star Wars filming locations in the moon's shadow for up to four minutes. Around Tozeur, eclipse chasers can experience totality among the dunes of Mos Espa and the rocky Jundland Wastes, while on Djerba, locations used for Mos Eisley and Obi-Wan Kenobi's home will also briefly go dark.
Other iconic sites are tantalizingly close to — but beyond — the southern edge of the path of totality. For example, Hotel Sidi Idriss, used as Lars Homestead in the original movie and in Attack of the Clones, gets only a 99.98% partial eclipse. So too Chott el-Djerid, site of the famous "binary" sunset over the salt flats — let's hope someone gets a partial eclipse shot from this iconic site. The nearby real-life Tunisian town of Tataouine is also just outside of the path.
For Star Wars fans planning to chase the 2027 eclipse, location will be everything. Here are four filming locations firmly inside the path of totality. All times, totality durations and historical cloud cover data come from Time and Date.
Location: south of Chott el-Gharsa, Tozeur Governorate, southwest Tunisia
Start of totality and duration: 10:06 a.m. CET; 2 minutes, 9 seconds
With a massive budget and three prequels to make, Lucasfilm built a new film set that would double as the Mos Espa spaceport on Tatooine for The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. This is where Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jar Jar Binks and Padme get stranded, where they meet Anakin Skywalker and where the podrace takes place. Now abandoned, it's in the middle of nowhere, between two huge salt lakes and subject to the intense heat and moving Eriguet dunes — but it is firmly within the path of totality. Nearby are two other shooting locations — the Ong Jemel outcrop, where Darth Maul arrives on the scene, and Yardang, where Qui-Gon and Darth Maul battle — the first-ever lightsaber duel filmed on location.
Location: Jebel Sidi Bouhlel canyon, Dghoumès National Park, Tozeur, southwest Tunisia
Start of totality and duration: 10:06 a.m. CET; 3 minutes, 37 seconds