AURA

Yuma was different, I’ll say that. Sine would have liked it, and if he’d kept heading west on Interstate 8 from Yuma on his way to LA, he and his Tesla might as well have been on Mars as far as I’m concerned. Because the Imperial Sand Dunes has to beat out Tuba City when it comes to weird in my book. I know us desert dwellers are in the vanguard of what the rest of the population is going to have to learn, to cope with the desertification that’s going on all over the world if nothing else, but if living as if we’re in Saudi Arabia is where we’re headed, I’m outta’ here.- I preach too much. So here’s the dope on Return of the Jedi.

It wasn’t the first, and it sure won’t be the last flick to take a few shots in the Dunes. And I will say I’m grateful I got something out of it. ‘Revenge of the Jedi’ was the third of George Lucas’ Star Wars space trilogy. Depending on your age, ask your parents or your kids for details. Asking Yumans about it will tell you that, like all on-location film production, the work supplemented the Yuma economy with construction and acting jobs, back office and meals/accommodations work, and, all in all, was the biggest thing to hit Yuma to date. Even so, though activity in the desert around Yuma lasted for two months, those in the know claim that scenes filmed there occupy very little screen time in the finished product. I daresay I can attest to that. But for those of us working on it, it was really something.

CORONADO

Maybe so. But if you go over there, don’t bother looking for any letters about boats coming up from the Sea of Cortez.

SINE

Gulf of California. You know, I might go over there sometime. The links you wanted sound interesting.

● Imperial Sand Dunes - Overview

● Film site

● Behind the scenes

● 10 day weather forecast