Nominated for ten awards at the 94th Academy Awards (aka the Oscars), Dune was largely filmed in the remote Liwa Desert, western Abu Dhabi. This mesmerizing oasis area served as the perfect double for the fictional desert planet of Arrakis. But Dune wasn’t the desert’s first movie debut; it previously featured in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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