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unusual facts about Skywalker Ranch


When the World Comes Down

Many components of When the World Comes Down was recorded at the famed Skywalker Ranch, in San Rafael, California.


Gives You Hell

"Gives You Hell" was written by Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter in Vancouver, Canada on a secluded writing trip for the band's third studio album, and recorded at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch studios in California.

Star Wars: Battlefront

Some sounds and foley for the game were taken from Star Wars reference material, while others were recorded during a two day visit to Skywalker Ranch, near Nicasio, California.


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Oprah's Next Chapter

Throughout the first season, Oprah interviews Aerosmith's Steven Tyler at his New Hampshire home; journeys to Haiti with Sean Penn nearly two years after a devastating earthquake took the lives of more than 300,000 people; tours Skywalker Ranch with George Lucas as her personal guide; has a slumber party at Southern chef Paula Deen's Georgia estate; and travels to a small town in Iowa devoted to the practice of Transcendental Meditation.