1. 2012-07-04, 01:54 PM #1
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    Most of the Star Wars Tatooine Sets are Still Standing and Full of People

    http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/201...people/#page/1

    Recently this YouTube clip about some British guys going to Tunisia to fix up Luke Skywalker's house made the Internet rounds, which raised the question -- what the heck was Luke Skywalker's house doing still standing? Didn't they take down all the Star Wars sets they built in Tunisia after they were done filming? The answer is no. Basically all the Tatooine sets were just built out in the middle of the desert, so hey, what the f--k, once they were done filming they just left them.

    Not only are most of the sets still standing, but people have moved into many of them. The set for Mos Espa, Anakin Skywalker's hometown from Episode I now has several residents, and the "underground" portion of Luke Skywalker's house from Episode IV is now a hotel.

    Hit the jump to check out a couple videos of a guy wandering these now-inhabited Star Wars sets...via Rocket News 24 here and here
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  2. 2012-07-05, 09:21 PM #2
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    old news or noone cares?
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  3. 2012-07-05, 09:23 PM #3
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    Would be awesome to stay there for a night or two. I do wonder about the food situation though.
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    old news or noone cares?
    Old news, but still pretty cool. I am a huge Star wars fan.
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  5. 2012-07-05, 09:29 PM #5
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    wow.. i had no idea these places were just out in other countries.. i just always assumed they were built inside some big warehouse, and then torn down again after filming. just like the swamp area for pirates of the caribbean.
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  6. 2012-07-05, 09:33 PM #6
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    Well the entire thing is an age old bandit fortress, so even before Star Wars it was a bit of a tourist attraction.

    Ahh here it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tataouine
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matmata,_Tunisia

    So in short, it was there before Star Wars, it will be there after Star Wars.
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