The abandoned Mos Espa film set near Tozeur, Tunisia, will experience 2 minutes, 9 seconds of totality during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027. (Image credit: Chiara Salvadori via Getty Images)

On Aug. 2, 2027, darkness will fall on Tatooine. The path of the " eclipse of the century" crosses southern Tunisia, putting several of the most famous Star Wars filming locations in the moon's shadow for up to four minutes. Around Tozeur, eclipse chasers can experience totality among the dunes of Mos Espa and the rocky Jundland Wastes, while on Djerba, locations used for Mos Eisley and Obi-Wan Kenobi's home will also briefly go dark.

Other iconic sites are tantalizingly close to — but beyond — the southern edge of the path of totality. For example, Hotel Sidi Idriss , used as Lars Homestead in the original movie and in Attack of the Clones , gets only a 99.98% partial eclipse.…