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Tunisia is a country in North Africa. Locations in Tunisia were used to film scenes for the first six Star Wars movies except Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

The main locations are:

• Chott el Jerid — exterior of the Lars homestead.
• Djerba (Sidi Jemour and Ajim)— Ben Kenobi's hut, Mos Eisley and the deleted scenes set in Anchorhead (Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope).
• Grand Dune — the Dune Sea where R2-D2 and C-3PO crash in Episode IV. Nefta was also in this area.
• Hôtel Sidi Driss — the interior of the Lars homestead.
• Ksar Hadada, Ksar Medenine and Ksar Ouled Soltane — the Slave Quarters Row.
• Oung Jmel — a rock seen in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, especially for Mos Espa.
• Sidi Bouhlel — the canyon where Luke Skywalker meets Ben Kenobi in Episode IV.

Names inspirations[]

Some Star Wars in-universe names were inspired by Berber or Arabic names, such as:

• Gial Ackbar
• Aiwha Squad
• Boga
• Boga noga
• Ghorfa
• Jerba
• Nefta
• Tatooine
  • its moons Chenini, Ghomrassen, and Guermessa
• Tozeer

Sources[]

• The Star Wars Sketchbook
• The Star Wars Album
• The Jedi Master's Quizbook
• "Star Wars Road Trip" — Star Wars Insider 48
• "Race Across the Dune Sea" — Star Wars Insider 61
• Storm Hits Production In Tunisia on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace Scrapbook
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Scrapbook
• Star Wars in 100 Scenes
• Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – The Official Collector's Edition
• "Bonnie Piesse: An Aunt for All Ages" — Star Wars Insider 204
• Clones at 20 | 4 Ways Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Helped Change Filmmaking on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Celebration LIVE! - DAY 2 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Celebration | Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• SWCA 2022: 8 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Phantom at 25 | Ahmed Best on the Creation and Legacy of Jar Jar Binks on StarWars.com (backup link)
• 25 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Making of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace on StarWars.com (backup link)

External links[]

• Tunisia on Wikipedia
• Star Wars Trip To Tatooine by Mark Dermul
• Sompeetalay in Tunesia by Tim Veekhoven
• Bart & Andrea's Tatooine trip report
• Real Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina by Jeremy Beckett
• The road to Star Wars (.doc file) from Steinninn.is
• Stars of the Desert - A journey across the dunes of Tunisia to discover lost "Tatooine" by Brady Walters