Deep in Tunisias Sahara desert is an abandoned settlement, part submerged by the sand, somehow alien, yet strangely familiar. The surrounding landscape looks like its from another world, in a galaxy far, far away -- which is why movie director George Lucas chose it as a location for filming parts of his blockbuster Star Wars series. The Tunisian Sahara was transformed into Tatooine -- the barren planet with twin suns that was the birthplace of Anakin Skywalker, otherwise known as Darth Vader. At the Tunisian governments request, the lavish set for Anakins home town, Mos Espa, remains intact -- a beacon in the desert.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 09:13:38 +0000
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