|
|
|
Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata
 |
|
Description: Detail in the inside courtyard at the
Hotel Sidi Driss, where the scenes at Owen Lars farm
take place. This is the same place where filming took
place 24 years ago.
|
|
|
 |
|
Description: Detail in the walls at the set in
Matmata.
Footnote: this is in the dining room at the Lars'
Homestead.
|
|
|
 |
|
Description: Detail in the accommodation - door
switches.
Footnote: this is from the Hotel Sidi Driss in
Matmata.
|
Chott el-Gharsa, near Tozeur
 |
|
Description: Mos Espa into the desert with Tozeur.
The white towers are vaporators, not rocket launchers,
as often assumed.
Footnote: the boards on the ground on the right
side of the picture is a broken down building (new for
Episode 2).
|
|
|
 |
|
Description: Behind the facade of the set of Mos Espa
in the proximity of Tozeur.
Footnote: this is the small set used in Episode 1
when Anakin repaired his podracer. It is not seen in
Episode 2.
|
Chott el-Jerid, near Nefta
 |
|
Description: The repair dome from the outside.
Footnote: you can see that the entrance mechanism
has been broken away.
|
|
|
 |
|
Description: Looking much like an Eskimo Igloo,
another part of the homeland of Owen and Beru Lars, with
the sun setting over the Sahara inn the background.
Constructed from wood and plaster.
|
|
|
 |
|
Description: At the home of Owen and Beru Lars from
air
Footnote: the centre of the dome has been
destroyed since this picture was taken.
|
|
|
 |
|
Description: At the home of Owen and Beru Lars (on
the salt lake Chott el-Jerid). Wood construction. Under
this roof hatch Luke Skywalker cleaned R2-D2.
Footnote: the damaged roof panel has been
replaced, but it is still loose. The three vague humps
in the middle of the picture are vehicles on the
Nefta-Algeria road.
|
Translation of the original article
Download original article - 360kb
|
