Chronology 1934 Ann Lucas born 1936 Katherine Lucas born 1944 George Walton Lucas, jr. is born in Modesto, CA on May 14 1947 Wendy Lucas born 1958 Lucas family moved to a Walnut ranch on the edge of town 1962 Car accident on June 12 Graduates Thomas Downey High School Enrolls in Modesto Junior College

After my great trip in 1999 to Star Wars filming locations all over the world, I found myself very anxious to find some others a little closer to home. My first trip would be to the Imperial Sand Dunes in Buttercup Valley near Yuma, Arizona. This is where the Jabba's Sail Barge scenes for Return of the Jedi were filmed. New scenes for the ANH Special Edition were also shoot near Yuma according to Star Wars Galaxy 6. I didn’t really have a lot to go by to find the exact spot but it was only a 4-hour drive away so why not go check it out.

These sites were originally published by Kolby "Kahunna" Kirk but diasappeared after aurrasing.net went away.

Road Trip: Tatooine or Bust - April 8th, 2000
Pictures From Tatooine... er.. Death Valley
Road Trip: Tatooine or Bust II - January 20th, 2001

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Kahunna is by far the biggest expert that I know of for Star Wars Locations in Death Valley. He has a great website on world travel at Kahunna.net and has organized several trips to Death Valley through the LiningUp.net message boards including these:
Road Trip: Tatooine or Bust V - November 21st, 2003
Road Trip: Tatooine or Bust VII - October 7th, 2005
Road Trip: Tatooine or Bust VII - October 7th, 2005 pictures

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...OK maybe it wasn't so long ago, but it was pretty far away. Jared and I traveled together to visit Star Wars film sites from Tunisia to Norway. The trip lasted for a month, covered thousands of miles, and cost more then we had planned, but it was worth it. I returned home with the memories of a wonderful vacation, a few small props, and some dirt from distant worlds.

This site was originally published by Lionel Noetzlin at:
http://www.infomaniak.ch/~lionel/starwars/default.htm

Here is a version that was archived before it went down, click here.

Added Captcha v2.0 to hopefully help with spam. Anonymous users will need to enter in a string of letters or numbers before being able to submit a comment, post to the forum, contribute a story, etc. Logged in users should never see the captcha. Another benefit of creating an account and logging in will be member albums in the Media Gallery. I will be setting this up so you receive your own album to post your pictures in once you create an account.

Thanks,
Bill

More coming soon.

In the meantime, check out my current site, http://www.chirrick.com