Other Star Wars productions came back to California's Tatooine. For Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, released in 1983, Lucas used the dirt Twenty Mule Team Road, about 7 miles south of Furnace Creek, as the path to Jabba the Hutt's Palace.
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George Lucas used Death Valley National Park in California to shoot scenes of the desert planet Tatooine in A New Hope. He used the area between the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada for the scene where Obi-Wan Kenobi meets Luke Skywalker, R2-D2 and C-3PO for the first time.
Death Valley National Park, USAIn Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Death Valley National Park in California was used as the filming location for the desert planet of Jakku. Specifically, scenes involving Rey's scavenger outpost were shot in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, a popular area within the park.
According to Mandalorian director Jon Favreau, most of the show was actually shot in California. “There is real photography being incorporated, but the actors aren't brought on location. The location is brought to the actors,” Favreau told The Hollywood Reporter in 2019.