Filming Locations Guide: Where was The Mandalorian Filmed?

In the very first episode, the spacecraft arrives at the Arvala-7, a remote planet where the Ugnaught vapor farmer Kuiil lives.

The tall lighter pinnacle is the Manly Beacon and to the right is the Red Cathedral at Zabriskie Point.

The myriad eroded mountain ridges of red and yellow are the delight of tourists and photographers alike. Located in southeastern California, this low and arid region also served as a filming location for Tatooine in 1977's Episode IV – A New Hope.

Very few landscapes featured in The Mandalorian are real, although they are inspired by or directly taken from the real world.

The production makes use of a new technology called Stagecraft created by Industrial Light and Magic. Everything is recorded in a studio set called The Volume.

The actors are able to perform in a studio against a projection of the location where the scene takes place, instead of relying on the old green screen technique (and their imaginations).

In the second episode of the second season, The Passenger, the Frog Lady has a thermal bath in some hot-spring travertine terraces that look like the ones found in Pamukkale (Turkey).

The ruined Jedi Temple on Tython from Chapter 14: The Tragedy appears as a megalithic stone circle embedded in a landscape resembling the Texas Canyon near Willcox (Arizona) or the Alabama Hills in Sierra Nevada (California).

However, this was the very first time that The Mandalorian was filmed on location. Cast and crew took over the Rocky Peak Park in Simi Valley to film the Boba Fett episode directed by Robert Rodriguez.

By the way, have you heard of the Te Pito Kura magnetic stone on Easter Island? The people of Rapa Nui believe that this smooth spherical rock, considered to be the navel of the world, radiates some sort of supernatural energy (or force..?) called mana.

The planet Morak scenery from Chapter 15: The Believer looks like the lush jungles found in Hawaii.

The dam-refinery seems totally inspired by the Imperial Star Destroyer-esque Tetsuo Harano Tunnels passing through the Ko‘olau Range on the island of O‘ahu, a filming location featured in the new Magnum, P.I. series.

As in the previous seasons, the third one was also primarily filmed at the MBS Media Campus studios in Manhattan Beach.

The background for the helmet ceremony with the Armorer on a lakeside beach looks like Lake Powell on the Colorado River, between Utah and Arizona.

This desertic landscape was already explored in the HBO series Westworld.

Also in Chapter 17, "The Apostate", the spot where the Mandalorian Castle is located in Kalevala planet is the Neist Cliff Viewpoint in Neist Point, on the most westerly tip of the extraordinary Isle of Skye in Scotland.

The peninsula features an iconic lighthouse, built in 1909, with stunning views of the green jagged cliffs and the Atlantic Ocean.

In the third episode, "The Foundling", appears the silhouette of the famous Shiprock in the Navajo Nation land in New Mexico.

This iconic volcanic neck, rising 1,583 feet (482 meters) above the desert plains, is considered sacred by the Navajo people.

The coast of Adelphi Base, which first appears in Chapter 21: "The Pirate," seems inspired by the rugged coastline south of Half Moon Bay, California, with some tropical forest in the background.