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Lah'mu
A remote, windswept farming world of black sand where Jyn Erso spent her childhood.
- Region
- Outer Rim
- Grid
- L-3
- Sector
- Raioballo
- System
- Lah'mu
- Suns
- 1
- Moons
- 1
- Climate
- Dry and windswept
- Terrain
- Black-sand plains, farmland, lone homestead
Overview
Lah'mu is a remote farming world in the Outer Rim, a place of black-sand plains, dry wind and scattered farms[4][5]. Its settlers are human, mostly farmers[5].
The planet is best known as the home of the Erso family. Their remote homestead was a place to hide: Galen Erso had walked away from the Death Star project and brought his wife and daughter here[5][6]. Lah'mu lies in the Raioballo sector, at grid square L-3 of the galaxy map[5].
Who lives here
Human settlers
Human settlers, mostly farmers, make up the planet's population. The Erso family lived on a remote homestead[5].
Role in the galaxy
Chronicle
Events are in story order. Spoilers stay hidden until you open them — or mark the title as watched on the timeline, and they open by themselves.
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≈ 17 BBY
After leaving Coruscant, Galen and Lyra Erso settle on a remote homestead on Lah'mu with their daughter Jyn, and Saw Gerrera helps them buy the land[6].
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13 BBY
Spoiler · Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryShowYou've watched it
Orson Krennic arrives and takes Galen back to the Death Star project. Lyra is killed, and Jyn hides until Saw Gerrera finds her[1].
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Reign of the Empire
Saw later searches the homestead for Galen's research and destroys the house with a bomb[6].
Heroes from Lah'mu
Where to see Lah'mu
Every film, series and game in the timeline where Lah'mu appears, in watch order.
Filmed on Earth
Real places that played Lah'mu on screen.
Hjörleifshöfði, Iceland
The black-sand coast and mountains of Hjörleifshöfði, on the Mýrdalssandur plain, stand in for the Erso homestead[3].
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Questions about Lah'mu
Where was Lah'mu filmed?
Lah'mu was filmed in Iceland, at Hjörleifshöfði on the Mýrdalssandur black-sand plain. Its black sand, coast and mountains stand in for the Erso family homestead[3].