- February 2, 2020
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- In Explore Yuma, Filming in Yuma, Imperial Sand Dunes, Production and Film
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Welcome to Jet Rent We are thrilled to offer you an unforgettable off-road adventure amidst the stunning Imperial Sand Dunes Here is everything you need to know to make the most of your off-road adventure. Locations and Directions We are located 25 miles away from the Grey’s Well also known as Buttercup Area, a small
“Building the set at Yuma was an enormous project… Over Thanksgiving holiday when we first erected the fence around the set, there was a reported crowd of 35,000 dune buggy enthusiasts there. We needed to camouflage ourselves from the public and to schedule our shooting to avoid stray dune buggies creeping into a shot in
The filmmakers decided to stay in sand dunes around Yuma for making Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Buttercup Dunes, California was used as the filming site for the Great Pit of Carkoon sequence on the Dune Sea. Filming took place in April 1982, though construction had taken place over the previous five