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old news to some, perhaps, new news to others:
U.S. director Lucas back in Tunisia for Star Wars
Updated 11:30 AM ET June 2, 2000 TUNIS (Reuters) - U.S. director George Lucas is returning to Tatouine in the Tunisian desert, scene of some of the most celebrated scenes in his Star Wars movies, to shoot part of the latest episode.
After preliminary preparations in August, Lucas is expected to start filming "Star Wars II" -- the fifth Star Wars movie but the second in the plot's chronological sequence -- by October or early November, Tunisian officials said Friday.
Lucas's fascination for the sand dunes, dry river beds and red-walled Ksours or desert palaces of the Sahara first brought him to Tatouine in 1977, some 300 miles south of Tunis, for his first Star Wars movie.
The area, immortalized in the latest "prequel," The Phantom Menace, as the arid planet Tatooine, has become one of Tunisia's leading attractions for tourists who can even go on "Star Wars safaris."
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Immortalized by TPM? Uh... Are we forgetting the original movie? I seem to recall some mention of Tatooine in that, too... *rolls eyes*
And, yes, I know they went there in RotJ, too, but ANH was earlier, so it makes more sense to mention it. :-)
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I don't know. I assumed it was Tunisia, since that was where the original ones were done...
------------------ "This is Major Tom to ground control. I'm stepping through the door, and I'm floating in a most peculiar way. And the stars look very different today..." -David Bowie, "Space Oddity"
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No no no, the first one was filmed in Tunisia (Which is a lot of fun to say.), but I believe Return of the Jedi filmed its desert scenes in California to cut costs.
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There were some scenes from the first part of Tatooine we see in ANH that were shot in California... Artoo's Arroyo, as its called, before he gets captured by the Jawas was filmed in a section of Death Valley called 'Artist's Palette.'
Does anyone else read 'Star Wars Insider' ?
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